any deaths fit to appear in, and dared not 

 refufe the invitation. The next day, a 

 Spanifli officer belonging to admiral Pi- 

 zarro's fquadron, whofe name was don 

 Manuel de Guiror, came and made us 

 an offer of two thoufand dollars. This 

 generous Spaniard made this offer with- 

 out any view of ever being repaid, but 

 purely out of a compaflionare motive of 

 relieving us in our prefent diftrefs. We 

 returned him all the acknowledgments 

 his uncommon generous behaviour me- 

 rited, and accepted of fix hundred dollars 

 only, upon his receiving our draught for 

 that fuin upon the Englifh conful at 

 Lifbon. We now got ourfelves decently 

 cloathed after the Spanifli fafhion; and as 

 we were upon our parole, we went out 

 where we pleafed to divert ourfelves. 

 This city is fituated in about 3 3 degrees 

 and 30 minutes, fouth latitude, at the 

 weft foot of the immenfe chain of moun- 

 tains called the Cordilleras. It ftands 



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