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the city has in its outer wards many houses thatched with straw for 

 the poor. There are [many] merchants and shops here; they make 

 large amounts of knitted woolen stockings, which sell for 4 reals a 

 pair. Furthermore, on the other side of river to the N., and ac- 

 cessible by a [fine] stone bridge, the city has an [excellent] Indian 

 village called Santa Ana, a Dominican curacy. This bridge carries 

 the highway for Camana, Lima, and all the lowland country. This 

 city has a Corregidor appointed by the Council for its satisfactory 

 administration ; in the district of the Diocese there are eight Cor- 

 regidores. Three of these are appointed by the Council — that of the 

 city of Arequipa, and for Arica and Collaguas ; and five by the 

 Viceroy — Camana, Vitor, Condesuyos, Ubinas, and Moquegua. Near 

 the city there are many Indian villages and provinces, such as Chiqui- 

 guanita, Quimistaca, the Province of Los Collaguas and those of 

 the Condesuyos and Ubinos, for the service of the city and its resi- 

 dents ; they come in by weekly drafts, according as they are notified ; 

 the Corregidor of Arequipa makes the assignments [to the residents] , 

 for them to perform their tasks and their duties. 



1391. Near the city to the ENE. is the Province of Los Conde- 

 suyos, with many villages and a large population ; there are excellent 

 gold mines there, and many llama ranches. The Viceroy appoints 

 a Corregidor in this province for its satisfactory administration. 

 These Indians come in by mitas for the service needs of the city, 

 for they belong to its jurisdiction and are assigned to its residents. 



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Continuing the Description of the District of This City, etc. 



1392. Next this Province of Los Condesuyos lies the extensive 

 Province of Los Collaguas, which is all thickly settled [with people 

 and many villages]. The Council appoints a Corregidor for its 

 satisfactory administration. His residence is in the village of Yanqui, 

 which is the capital of this province. It contains large llama ranches, 

 which make it very wealthy ; it is well supplied with corn, potatoes, 

 meat, and fish ; it has excellent silver mines. This province belongs 

 to the Diocese of Arequipa, and its inhabitants are apportioned to 

 the Arequipans and are under obligations to provide personal service 

 [to its residents] for their mitas ; [and it belongs to the Diocese 

 of Arequipa, like Los Condesuyos ; in these provinces it borders on 

 Cuzco to the E., on the Diocese of Cuzco. In the Vitor Valley and 

 its vineyards the Viceroy appoints another Corregidor ; but I cer- 

 tainly do not know what his function is except to extort money 



