Excerpt from The Modern Part of an Universal History, From the Earliest Account of Time, Vol. 39: Compiled From Original Writers Garcilas SO having one day quefiioned the Inca; his uncle, concerning the origin of the, nation, and the rife of the Incas, was anfwered in there words. Coufin, I molt willingly comply with your requeit; for it is of confe quence for you to know thefe things, and imprefs them deeply in your heart. You mull therefore underliand, that all this region and country was mrmerly one intire forefi and defart, and the people a kind of brutes, devoid of religion and go verament, defiitute of all the arts necell'ary to fociety; and norant of (owing, reaping, building, fpinning, or weaving. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.