WHOLE VOL. THE WEST INDIES VAZQUEZ DE ESPINOSA 467 



From Santa to Guanape 11 



From Guanape to Trujillo 7 



From Trujillo to Paijan 9 



From Paijan to San Pedro de Lloc 7 



From San Pedro de Lloc to Pueblo Nuevo. 4 



From Pueblo Nuevo to Sana 5 



From Saiia to Lambeyeque 8 



From Lambayeque to Morroco 5 



From Morroco to Sechura 3 



From Sechura to Piura 30 



From Piura to Paita 10 



163 



So tliat there are 163 leagues and 19 posts, 

 which, at J real each per diem, and 34 patacones 

 4 reals a year, and i at 40, amount to 660 p. 

 4 reals 660 p. 4 660 p. 4 



5.187 p. 4 



From Paita to the city of Quito. 



1317. From Piura to Quito there are 

 30 posts, each costing 11 patacones and 

 2 reals per annum, which comes to 



337 P 337 P- 



From Paita to Manta there are 8 

 posts ; these are paid only on courier 

 days ; these 8 posts cost 10 patacones on 

 the days the courier passes through, 

 which happens 12 times a year, thus 



amounting to 120 patacones 120 p. 



From Guayaquil to Riobamba, which 

 is where one joins the Quito King's 

 Highway, there are 7 ])osts, and these 

 also are paid only on courier days ; each 

 courier trip through them costs 3 pata- 

 cones and the year's trips will amount 

 to 60 p 60 p. 



517 P- 517 P- 



So that the cost for the Chasque In- 



dians for i year over all this kingdom 



sums up to 5,704 patacones 5,704 p. 



