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the same manner as it is m^de with maize. ^This ju- 

 risdiclioii belongs to the audience of^ChaiTas. 



XIV. Aeolt sixty lea^xiies ñ'om Casco, on the 

 borders of the ?vio\o.s, whith arc missions of the Je- 

 suits, are others callpcl A})oío-bambíi, belonging to the 

 Franciscans. These consist of seesi towns of In- 

 tliiins newly converted, and who ha\ing received the 

 doctrine of the gospel, have abandoned the so ^ age 

 manner in which they formetiy lived. In order to 

 fender the missionaries mose res'^'ected bjtbe IndianS;, 

 and at the same time to defend the latter from the in- 

 sults of their idolatrous brei hi en, a major general is 

 pos'ed here, who is both a civil and miiitary oiHcer, 

 ^dministeiirg justice, and commanding in chief the 

 several bodies of militia formed by the inHabitants of 

 these io\\ ns and villages. 



i V. Diocess of the Audience of Lima. 

 Arequipa. 



The city of Arequipa was founded in 1539 by 

 order of Don Francisco Pdzarro, in a place known by 

 the same name; but this situaiion being found very 

 disadvantageoui;, the irihr.bitants obtained permission 

 to remov(^ it to tiie vaiiey of Quilca, w liere it at pre- , 

 sent stands about twenty leagues distant from the sea. 

 The lands in its dependency liaying been united to 

 the empire of the Yncas by Maita c'apac, the good- 

 ness of the st)il and the purity of the air i .dujteu that 

 monarch, fortlie farther improvement of the country, 

 to draw SOOO families from sueh adjacent provinces as 

 were less lertile, and with these to people four or iive 

 towns. 



Tíiís city is one of the largest in alí Peru, delight- 

 fully situated iu a plain, ana lite houses well built of 

 stone, and vaulted, 'liiey are not ail of an'equal 

 Jieigi.t, though generally loir V;, but commodious, finely 

 decorated on the outsiUe, aud nearly furnished witiiiu. 

 Tr.e ttm. eraiure of ihe air is remarkably good : and 

 thougii sometimes a smad frost is seen^ the cold is 



never 



