16 A VOYAGE TO 



cm'ding'ly thev pursuo thnrasHves the shortest road, 

 and poiform the remainder of the joiirnev with re- 

 markable chearfuhicás and dispatch. 



On the 2()th we left Morro))e, and arrived at 

 La-.nbayeque, four leajj^ues fiojn it: and being- ob- 

 li£i:ed to continue there all the 27th, we obserwd its 

 latitude, and found it 0" 41' 31" S. This place 

 consists of about 1 ;)()() houses, built some of bricks, 

 others of bajareques, the middle of the walls being- of 

 cane, and plaistered over, both on the inside and out- 

 side, with clay: the meanest consist entirely of cane, 

 and are the habitations of the Indians. The number 

 of inhabitants amount to about X^OO, and amoni^ 

 them, some considerable and opulent families ; but the 

 generality are poor Spaniards, Miilattoes, Mestizos, 

 and Indians. The parish-church is built of stone, 

 large and beautiful, and the ornaments splendid. It 

 has four chapels called ramos, with an equal number 

 of priests, who take care of the spiritual concerns of 

 the Indians, and also attend, bj turns, on the other in- 

 habitants. 



The reason why this town is so populous is, that 

 the families which formerly inhabited the city of 

 Sana, on its being' sacked in 1685, by Edward Davis, 

 an English adventurer, rc.uoved hither; being under 

 a farther necessity of changing their dweliing from a 

 sudden inundation of the river of the same name, by 

 which every thing that had escaped the ravages of the 

 English was destroyed. It is the residence of a Cor- 

 regidor, having under his jurisdiction, besides many 

 other towns, that of Morrope. One of the two 

 oiiicers of the revenue apjjointed for Truxillo, resides 

 here. A river called Lambayeque, washes this 

 place; which, when the waters are high, as they 

 were when wearried here, is crossed over a wooden 

 bridge; but at other times may be ibrded, and often 

 is quite dry. 



Tup neighbourhood of Lambayeque, as far as the 



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