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ing: a,Teaier in some, and in others that of the Indians. 

 Many of ibom aro indeed solely inhabited bv the latter. 

 The distance from the capital of the province, especi- 

 ally to tlie towns situated on its IVontiers, being* so 

 g'reat, as to render it impossible for the corregidor to 

 discharge his oiiice every where with the necessary 

 punctualii y and atteniion, the province is divided into 

 several distiicts, consi^iing of three or four towns 

 more or less, according lo their Iargeii€ss and distance ; 

 and over these is placed a delegate. 



Every settlement of any consequence maintains a 

 priest ; and so commendable is their provision in this 

 respect, that sometimes two, three, ormore small places 

 join to support one, either alone or with a curate ; 

 so that some ecclesiastics have distant settlements 

 under their cai e 1 hese incumbents are either seculars 

 or reg liars, according to the right acquired by each 

 of thciV- classes, as having bee:, employed in the con- 

 version of the Indians immediateiy after the con- 

 quest. 



CHAP. xn. 



Of the Provinces in the Diocesses of TriixiUo^ 

 Guamanga, Cusco, and Arequipa. 



NORTH of the archiepiscopal diocess of Lima, lies 

 the bishoprick of Truxillo, and witti it termi- 

 nates on thiit side both thejunsdiciion of that audi- 

 ence, and the viceroy.'ilty of P<^ru ; hut iiie whole 

 extent of this diocess is not under the jurisdictions of 

 tins a.idiesicc, nor of thrii of tise viceroy; for it also 

 int 1 uties tiie government of Jaeu ae Ei acamoros, which, 

 as we have ah-eady observed (Vol. Í.) belongs to the 

 province and audience of Quito. We shall therefore 

 exclude it^ and only give an account of the seven ju- 

 risdictions 



