I4Í A VOYAGE TO Bock VIL 



keeping* in pay a prop<T nnmbcr of Indinns for 

 working Ihem ; but the primitive name of Cliuqui- 

 saca has pre\aik'd, and is now commonly used. , 

 This city stands in a^nvill plain environed hy emi- 

 nences which defend it from the winds. The tem- 

 perature of the air in summer is very mud ; nor is 

 there any considerable diifcrence througliout Ihe 

 year ; but in the winter which here begins in Sep- 

 tember and continues till March, tempests of thun- 

 der and lightning arc very common, and the rains 

 of long continuance ; but all the other parts of the 

 year the atmosphere is bright and serene' The houses 

 both in the great square and those adjoining to it 

 have one story besides the ground floor. They are 

 coveied with tileS;, are very roomy and convenient, 

 with delightful gardens planted with the fruits of Eu- 

 rope. But water is so scarce that they have hardly 

 enough to supply the necessary purposes of life : the 

 little they have being fetched from several public 

 fountains dispersed in diiJ'ercnt parts of the city. The 

 inhabitants consist of Indians and Spaniards, and are 

 said to amount to about 14,000. 



The cathedral is large, and divided into three 

 aisles, of good architcctr.ie, and iinely adorned with 

 paintings and gildings. The parish is ser\e<i by two 

 priests, one for the Spaniards, and the other for the 

 Indians. Here is also another parish called St. Se- 

 bastian, situated at one end of the city-, and is ap- 

 propriated to the Indians living within its precinct, 

 who are thought tobe about three thousand. The 

 Convents are those of the Franciscans, Dominicans, 

 Augustines, the fathers of mercy, and a college of 

 Jesuits; all spacious lAiiUriiigs with splendid churches, 

 ilere is also a conventual hospital of St. Juan de 

 Dios, the expences of which are defrajed by the 

 king ; likewise two nunneries^ of the order of St. 

 Ciaic, and of St. Monica. 



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