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mientos, which are all in the district of the Archdiocese ; lo of them 

 are Ubate, Guatavita, Suesca, Chia, Ubaque, Bosa, La Sabana de 

 Bogota, Los Panches, and Los Sutagaos ; and lo in the district of 

 Tunja — Chita, Gameza, Tensa, Toca, Ceniza, Moabita, Turmeque, 

 Sogamoso, Soata, Sachica, Pamplona. When any of the Governors 

 dies, or the Governor of Popayan, the President of the New King- 

 dom appoints a Governor ad interim. 



Chapter VII 



Continuing the Description of the Features of Bogota and Its 

 District. 



949. There are in the city of Bogota Superior Courts of Accounts 

 (Tribunales Mayores de Cuentas) and of the Holy Crusade ; further- 

 more, it has Officials of the Royal Patrimony. The Archdiocese has 

 wide jurisdiction: N. and S., from the town of Mompos to San Juan 

 de Los Llanos, over 200 leagues. In its district it has the States 

 (Gobiernos) of Antioquia or Zaragoza, that of Los Muzos, and that 

 of La Grita or Merida, with 2 Corregimientos, those of Tunja and 

 Mariquita, to which His Majesty appoints ; plus the 19 Corregimientos 

 in the appointment of the President of the New Kingdom, and 2 

 garrisons, that of Carare on the Rio Grande de La Magdalena, and 

 that of Chaparral, called San Lorenzo. 



950. The Archdiocese of Bogota has three suffragan Bishops : 

 those of Cartagena, Santa Marta, and Popayan. In the district of 

 the Archdiocese there are many cities and towns with Spanish resi- 

 dents, the principal being Bogota. Tunja, Pamplona, Antioquia, 

 Zaragoza, Mariquita, San Matias, Velez, La Palma, Merida, San 

 Cristobal, and other of less importance. 



951. The New Kingdom is level country with many valleys, in 

 which there are settlements of the Moxca tribe ; it is surrounded on 

 all sides by the tribe of the Panches. The Panche country is all in 

 the hot belt ; that of the Moxcas, which is the district of Bogota and 

 Tunja, is almost like spring in its uniform climate, and the days are 

 the same length as the nights. It is some 150 leagues long, from 

 less than 3° N. up to 5° and 6°, in which district are the tribes men- 

 tioned. The wealth of gold, emeralds, and silver to be found in 

 these provinces is well known all over the world, and it would be 

 much greater if 1,000 Ethiopians should be sent over for the exploita- 

 tion of these precious metals with which the country is paved. 



952. The natives of this kingdom are of good stature and propor- 

 tions ; they wear cotton clothes, striped and many-colored ; the women 



