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the arroba. They gather much cummin seed, which brings the same 

 price. They likewise harvest abundance of corn, which sells very 

 cheap. There is in this district a very sizable lake, which is 5 leagues 

 long and 3 broad ; it is fresh water and they cannot reach bottom. 

 They get quantities of pejerreyes (fresh-water sardines?), crayfish 

 (cangrejos), and other fish, in such abundance that they supply fish 

 for over 150 leagues, although the whole country has plenty of fish. 

 This Corregimiento has 22 villages under its jurisdiction, 16 in the 

 sierra and 6 down on the coast, where they raise quantities of cacao 

 and other fruit and luxuries. 



637. On the farther side of the lake the Corregimiento of Tepan- 

 titlan borders on that of Santiago de Atitlan ; the lake divides them. 

 This has 20 villages under its jurisdiction ; in these they work up 

 quantities of cloth into escapapules, which are the cloaks of the 

 Indians. They raise quantities of swine, goats, sheep, and cattle ; 

 they produce silk and get much corn and other cereals and medicinal 

 fruits, gums, and roots. 



638. This Corregimiento borders on the coast with the Alcaldia 

 Mayor of San Antonio de Los Suchitepequez, whose incumbent is 

 appointed by the Council. This district raises quantities of cacao and 

 has very active trade with Mexico City and all of New Spain ; it is 

 36 leagues from Guatemala. 



639. Along the coast this borders on the Corregimiento of 

 Esquuintepeque in the hot country, 7 leagues from Guatemala. This 

 region produces much cacao, and its rivers are full of delicious fish, 

 especially tepemechines, which are much better than trout. This 

 Corregimiento contains within its district more than 40 indigo labora- 

 tories, where they prepare and turn out the best indigo that comes 

 from the Indies. It has 16 Indian villages under its jurisdiction, and 

 likewise one village of free Negroes and mulattoes. This has its 

 Town Council with Alcaldes and Regidores (Aldermen) from their 

 own number for its administration. They are responsible for the 

 satisfactory government and the tranquillity of the region ; when any 

 Negro slave runs away from his master to join those in the bush 

 (cimarrones), it is their duty to track him down, and they return 

 him to his master for a moderate fee given them as compensation 

 for the care and trouble they take in searching for him and in keeping 

 the slaves under sure control. 



640. Along that same coast toward the E. runs the Corregimiento 

 of Guazacapan, on the Pacific coast, in hot country. It has large 

 crops of cacao, among the best harvested in all that country. In its 



