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which usually have snow, and particularly with Chimborazo, which 

 is [always] white with snow and very conspicuous on account of its 

 height [and whiteness]. 



1098. The jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Quito is bounded 

 on the N. by that of Panama, at the port of Buena Ventura which 

 is on the seacoast opposite the city of Cali ; that is uninhabitable 

 country, hilly, wooded, and full of streams ; it rains practically all 

 the time there. There are some heathen tribes in those regions, 

 living like savages, though they have settlements ; some live in the 

 trees, building their houses there so that when the rivers are in flood 

 they shall not be drowned. 



1099. On the NE. it touches the territory of the New Kingdom 

 of Granada at the Corregimiento of Rondanillo in the State of 

 Popayan, and at Timana ; on the S. it borders on the Circuit Court 

 of Lima at the Rio de Calva in the Province of Los Calvas and 

 Paltas, near the village of Ayabaca, which belongs to the Court of 

 Lima, to the Diocese of Trujillo and the Corregimiento of Palta. 



1100. From the port of Buena Ventura, which is on the Gulf of 

 Panama, along the coast to the port of Paita, first on the plains of 

 Peru and 12 leagues from Piura, from which the whole Kingdom 

 of Peru takes its name, it is some 300 leagues ; and from Paita to 

 Popayan, where the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court terminates 

 near Timana and Rondanillo, it is over 300 leagues, almost straight 

 N. and S. ; in breadth E. and W. it is very narrow, in parts only 

 20 leagues, and at the widest, 60. On the E. there are large provinces 

 and regions to be converted to the Faith; they are heathen, well 

 settled and rich. The Circuit Court contains two Dioceses, Quito 

 and Popayan, as well as three States and four Corregimientos, appoint- 

 ments to which are made by His Majesty, and nine Corregimientos 

 whose incumbents are appointed by the Viceroy and the Governor 

 of Popayan [and outside of the State of Popayan a Corregidor 

 appointed by this Governor just mentioned, in Rondanillo ; in the 

 district of the Diocese of Quito, two States and four Corregimientos 

 to which appointments are made by the Council : the States of Los 

 Quixos and of Zaguarzongo, and the Corregimientos of Quito, 

 Cuenca, Loja, and Guayaquil ; and five other Corregimientos whose 

 incumbents are appointed by the Viceroy, which are Otavalo and 

 Latacunga ; the Governor of Popayan appoints to four Corregimientos, 

 which are in Popayan, 400 pesos ; Pasto, 500 ; Almaguer, 300 ; 

 Rondanillo, 100] : Riobamba, Chimbo, and Los Yumbos, in the hot 

 country some 6 leagues W. of Quito, which are administered and 



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