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road. At 6 leagues is a river called the Rio de Lujan ; 3 leagues 

 farther, [another called] the Rio de los Arrecifes; but for all the 

 rest of the 120 leagues there is no other river or spring; travelers 

 drink at wells dug by hand, from day's journey to day's journey ; 

 there are a few tanks for the cattle. There are some ranches and 

 Indian parishes near the cities ; all the rest of the way is uninhabited 

 but all those plains are covered with escaped (cimarrones) mares 

 and horses in such numbers that when they go anywhere they look 

 like woods from a distance ; it is the same with cattle in some places. 

 There are countless deer, guanacos, partridges, quail, and ostriches, 

 for all those plains have such wide pasturage and excellent climate 

 that everything prospers and multiplies exceedingly. This must 

 suffice for the district of Buenos Ayres ; we shall now treat of Chile. 



TABLE 



Of the Repartimientos (Allotments) by Provinces and Corregi- 

 mientos (with the Tribute-paying Indians) Existing in the Districts 

 of the Cities of Lima, Huanuco, Trujillo, Chachapoyas, and Piura. 



1832. In the Corregimiento of El Cercado which is in Lima, in 

 the Indian villages of its district, there are 6 curates : 2 clerics, 2 

 Franciscans, and 2 Mercedarians. Each Indian pays a tribute of 

 5 assay pesos every year, and i tomin for their hospital. 



Tribute Old 

 payers people 



Surco 192 61 



La Magdalena 89 26 



Guateaymarca 60 13 



Manchay 12 10 



Guanchoguaylas .... 7 o 



Lati 31 9 



Pocorucha 6 3 



Huancayo 45 6 



Chuquitanta 20 10 



Comascarvaillo .... 20 3 



Cacahuasi 9 5 



Pachacamac 70 17 



Lurigancho 31 .... 



482 163 



So that from this Corregimiento the tribute comes to 2,793 assay 

 pesos 3 tomines and 5 granos ; the Corregidor and curates and other 

 expenses are paid out of this sum ; there remain for the encomenderos 

 1,204 pesos 3 tomines and 5 granos. 



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