Returning to the fountain, I have to say that, after it had been lost for six or seven months, some little Indian boys were playing along the side of the stream, when they saw the spring of water coming up through the broken and hitherto stopped up pipe. At the novelty of the sight they called others to behold it, until at last some older Indians and Spaniards came, who suspected that, from being so near the convent, it was the water which had been lost. They ascertained the direction taken by the pipe, and seeing that it led towards the buildings, they felt that their conjecture was correct, and gave notice to the monks. The holy men repaired the pipes with great care, although not with the efficiency that was afterwards attained, and brought back the water to their garden, without further attempts to find whence it came. It is certain that there is much earth above the water, for the pipes are very deep in the ground.

That garden, which now supplies the convent with vegetables, was in the time of the Yncas a garden of gold and silver, such as they also had in the royal palaces. It contained many herbs and flowers of different kinds, many small plants, many large trees, many large and small animals both wild and domestic, and creeping things, such as serpents, lizards, and toads, as well as shells, butterflies, and birds. Each of these things was placed in its natural position. There was also a large field of maize, the grain they call quinua, pulses, and fruit trees with their fruit; all made of gold and silver.