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Prescott speaks of the ridgid enforcement of protective laws for the [[strikethrough]] into [[/strikethrough]] wild huanacos & vicunyas by the Incas who hunted them annually for their wool & meat. They were surrounded by some 5,000 to 6,000 men in a gigantic drive who used spears & lances. Some of the males were killed for the meat, especially the deer but the vicunyas & huanacos were only captured, sheared & turned loose again. [[circled]] 26 [[/circled]] Reached Coquimbo at 8 P.M. & stopped 2 hours for mail & passangers only. Weather cloudy or misty, cool with a fresh south-west wind & rather large swells or rollers. Mist obscured most of higher mountains, only coast line being visible.