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And from this indulp:cn<:e granted to every branch of 

 commerce, it flourishes very greatly. There are, 

 however, many families, who, as I have already ob- 

 served, support a proper splendor entirely by the re- 

 venue of their estates, without joining in the cares 

 and hurry of commerce. But a greater number with 

 estaies, add the advantages of commerce, in order to 

 preserve them. These, however, deal only at the fairs 

 of the galleons, and in other large branches of com- 

 merce ; and find the benefit of having abandoned 

 those scruples brought by their ancestors from Spain, 

 namely, that trade would tarnish the lustre of their 

 nobilitv. 



CHAP. XL 



Extent of the JjiriscUcfion of the Viceroi/ of Peru .* 

 iogctlier ivith the Audiences and Diocesses of that 

 Kingdom. 



rr^flE foregoing accounts naturally lead to the 

 -^ extent of the audience of Lima, and the ju- 

 risdiction of the viceroy of Peru. But such a par- 

 ticular description as I have already given * of Quito, 

 requiring a personal knowledge of all its provinces 

 and jurisdictions, and also a particular work, from 

 the extensivenCss of the subject, I shall confine myself 

 to some principal accounts, but which will convoyan 

 adequate idea of the vast dominions of this country. 

 In order to this I have consulted several persons, some 

 of which have been vested with high employments 

 here, and others whose commendable curiosity, as 

 natives of this country, had prompted them to ac- 

 quire an exact knowledge of it. This was a resource 

 of absolute necessity ; no opportunity having oifered 



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