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tlie government of Guancíi Bclica, and begins about 

 twenty leagues W. N. W. of tbe city of Guaman- 

 ga. Its territories rcacb above Iwenty leagues ; its 

 air is temperate, and it abounds in wbeat, maize, 

 and otber grains and fruits, and also breeds vast 

 droves of cattle of all kinds. 



Y II, West of tbe city of Gnamanga, is tbe ju- 

 risdiction of Castio Yineyna. In some parís Ibis 

 province extends above tbirty leagues, and bas such 

 a variety of temperatures, tbat it produces every 

 kind of grain and fruits. The heaths \vbich arc the 

 coldest parts, are frequented by a kind of sh^ep cal- 

 led vicunna, whose wool is the most considerable 

 article of its commerce. Tbis animal was also com- 

 mon in tbe provinces of Jouxa, Gaunuco, and Cbu- 

 quiabo, till the conquest of those countries, when 

 every one hunted them at pleasure for tbe sake of 

 their wool, without restraint from the government, 

 they became, as it were, exterminated in those parts ; 

 now they are only to be found in the summits of 

 mountains or the coldest heaths, where they are not 

 caught without great diilicult}^ 



YIÍ. About twenty leagues south of tbe city 

 ofGuamanga, is the jurisdiction of Parina-Cocha, 

 which reaches about twenty-five leagues, and lies 

 principally in so temperate an air, tbat the soil, be- 

 sides excellent pastures, abounds in grain and fruits. 

 It has also several mines both of silver and gold, 

 which now produce more considerably than hereto- 

 fore. These valuable metals make the chief branch 

 of its active commerce ; its passive being the same 

 as in the following jurisdiction. 



IX. The jurisdiction of Lucanas begins about 

 twenty- five or thirty leagues south-west ofGuamanga. 

 Its temperature is cold and moderate. The parts 

 of the former breed large droves of all sorts of cattle ; 

 and those of the latter are fertile in grain, herbs 



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