Excerpt from First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas, by the Ynca Garcilasso De La Vega, Vol. 2: Translated and Edited, With Notes, an Introduction, and an Analytical Index; Containing Books V, Vi, VII, VIII, and IX
The maize lands were sown every year, because, as they Were irrigated and manured like a garden, they were always fertile. They sowed a seed like rice with the maize, called quinua,§ which is,also raised on the cold lands.
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