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the Glorious Apostle Santiago, patron of Spain, as he was likewise 

 of this city which he favored with his presence, aiding the few 

 Spaniards to capture it when it was surrounded by a multitude of 

 heathen. This city has many fertile and prolific valleys in its neigh- 

 borhood, producing many kinds of native and Spanish fruit of high 

 quality. The Spanish residents have their farms and country places 

 in these valleys, with vineyards, sugar plantations, fruit orchards 

 and cattle, sheep, hog, and llama ranches, with many mules and 

 horses for their service ; in the rivers there is abundance of delicious 

 fish, and the region supplies all else that is necessary for [human] life. 



Chapter XCIX [93] (96) 



Continuing the Description of Other Provinces in This District. 



1604. The Diocese has very wide jurisdiction over a large popula- 

 tion in extensive provinces, thickly settled and rich in cattle, mines, 

 and other valuable possessions. From N. to S. it runs from Uramarca 

 and the Province of Andahuailas, where it borders on the Diocese of 

 Guamanga, to the Province of Paucarcolla in the S., where it touches 

 the Diocese of La Paz, and where the jurisdictions of the Circuit 

 Courts of Lima and the Charcas meet ; this is more than 130 leagues. 

 From E. to W., from the Andes and the Vilcabamba Mountains and 

 the eastern hot country provinces, where it borders on vast heathen 

 regions, to the Provinces of Aymaraes and Parinacochas on the 

 plains to the W., where it touches the Diocese of Arequipa, it covers 

 more than 100 leagues. 



1605. In the jurisdiction of this Diocese there are 18 Corregi- 

 mientos ; 2 of them, that of the city of Cuzco and that of the Andes 

 of Paucartambo, are filled by appointment of His Majesty in con- 

 sultation with his Royal Council of the Indies; and in 16 the Viceroy 

 of Peru makes the appointment : Andahuailas, Abancay, Cotabambas, 

 Vilcabamba, Parinacochas, Aymaraes, Omasayos, Chumbivilcas, 

 Velille, Quispicanche, Yucay, Canas y Canches, Cabana y Cabanilla, 

 Taraco, Asillo and Azangaro, and Carabaya. 



[Chap. Of Other Provinces, etc.] 



The Abancay Valley, which is very fertile and prolific, is between 

 the Rio de Apurimac and the Province of Andahuailas; the Viceroy 

 appoints a Corregidor for its wise administration and the dispensing 

 of justice. 



1606. Seven leagues from the city of Cuzco to the E. begins the 

 Province of Los Andes of Paucartambo, with the villages of Challa- 



