Among the other famous temples that were dedicated to the Sun, in Peru, and might compete with that of Cuzco in costly ornaments of gold and silver, there was one on the island called Titicaca, which means “the rock of lead.” The name is composed of titi which is “lead,” and caca which is “a hill,” both syllables being pronounced at the back of the throat. For, if the word is pronounced as the letters sound in Spanish, it means an uncle, the brother of a mother. The lake called Titicaca, took its name from the island, which is about two shots of an arquebus from the mainland. It is five to six-hundred paces round. The Yncas say that it was on this island that the San placed his two children, male and female, when he sent them down to instruct the barbarous people who then dwelt on the earth. To this fable they add another of more ancient origin. They say that, after the deluge, the rays of the Sun were seen on this island, and on the great lake, before they appeared in any other part. The lake is eighty fathoms deep, and eighty leagues round. Father Blas Valera, writes that the reason why ships cannot sail on the waters of the lake is that it contains much loadstone; but of this I can say nothing.