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mines near the mountains^ but of little advantage, as 

 thev arc not worked. 



III. N. of Ai-equipa nnd tliirty ieagnes distant- 

 from that city^ is the jurisdietion of Condesiiyos de 

 Avequipn, exiendiug about thirty ]eagueS;, with dif- 

 fércut teniperaiures of the aii% and consequently pro^ 

 d trees «grains and fruits. Here is bred the wild co- 

 cliiiK^ai, with which the Indians cany on a kind of 

 imdc with those proviiiccs where il?e woolkn «laRii- . , 

 faetures ilourish. They first pulverize the cochineal \^M 

 hy g-iUiá'mg, and after mixing- four ounces of it witis 

 twelve of \iolet maize^ ihcy form it into square cakes 

 called manirá, each weighing: four ocnccs, and sell it 

 for a dollar per pound. This country abounds in 

 l^oid and silver mines ; but they are not worked with 

 the fare and diligence of former times. 



ÍV. At aííout íhirty leagues east from the city of 

 Arcqiiipa., begins Cayllomy*;. fnipous for a mountain 

 -oflhe same name, and the silver mines it contains. 

 Tlioügh these mines have been long discoyered- and 

 constantly and industriously worked, their produce 

 h still so inconsiderable, tnaf in the principal village, 

 ci'Jled by the same name, there is a governor ana 

 ©nice appointed for receiving the king's fifths, and 

 veiMling the quicksilver used in separating the metal 

 from the ore. The cold in the greatest part of the 

 country is so intense, that tlic inhabitimts are obliged 

 to hrsve recourse to the neighbouring provinces for 

 the ínúíñ of the earth. Even the declivities of moun- 

 tains and valleys produce but little. In some parts of 

 this province are wild asses,^ like those already men- 

 tioned in Vol. I. 



V. The jurisdiction of Monquegiia lies about forty 

 leagues S. of the city of Arequipa, and sixteen from 

 the coast of the south- sea. The principal town, 

 which bears the same name, is inhabited by Spaniards, 

 and among them several noble and opulent families. 

 This jurisdiction extends at lea^t forty leagues in 



length. 



