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monntalns de Caxamarca, and Chacaj);)yas, cairva-5 

 made of cotton tor sails and otlier siiiQs of ihnt 

 kind, and also of Pita: cordovan leather, aiidsoap, 

 are made all over Valles.* From ti>e sontliem p.ro- 

 vinces^ as Plata, Ornro, Potosi, and Cusco, is sciii 

 Vicuna wool for making,- hats, and some stnifs of :.i 

 peculiar iineness. Lastl)', from Paraguay the herb 

 called by that name is sent, of which there is au 

 íimaziriíj,- consum»ttion, it beinj;' sent froiu ÍÁw.si. 

 among the other provinces, as far as <4>uiio. '^llirrc 

 is no province in Peru, which does nut rem:t 1« 

 Lima its producís and manufactutcs, and >V!j;- 

 pltes itself from hence with tlie necessarv conmiodi- 

 ties. Thus Lima is the emporium to which people; 

 resort from all p.irts ; aiid trade being- alwavs in a 

 constant circulación, iscsities the continual resort of 

 strangers, the ñunilies of rank are enabled to support 

 die expences of that splendour í have already men- 

 tioned ; for without such continual assistance they 

 must either contract their ex pences, or fall victims t(* 

 iheir ostentation. 



It would naturally be imagined that by a com- 

 merce so extensive and im[)oríant, numy vast tbr- 

 lunes must be acc[uired^ especially as every 'oraüch <)f 

 it is attended with great proiits ; but ii' tliere are sonie 

 who actually do acquire great riches, neither their 

 number nor opulence are equal to what might be ex- 

 pected; for by a narrow inspection there will fiardly 

 be found above ten or fifteen houses of trade, exclu- 

 sive of innnoveables as lands and offices, whose stock 

 in money and goods anmunts to iive or six hundred 

 thousaml crowns; and to one that exceeds this sutr, 

 there are more that fall short of it. Many possess 

 from one to three iumdred thousand crowns^, and 



* Their cotton canvas is not abovt-; four iuche-i \\\dc, so tliat sail- 

 making in this part ol' Auicrica is very tedious j IjuI ilicii saii¿ m.^uL- 

 of Uiis naiTüw canvas are wry átron<¿ and lasting. A. 



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