iSS A VOYAGE TO Boor VIL 



IVitHiN the govermiicnt of Buenos Ayres, arc 

 tlireo other cities, iiainelv, Santa Fe, las Corientes, 

 and Montc-video. The last, ^vhich washitely l^piii, 

 stands on the border ot'th" bay, from v/heiicc it de- 

 rives its name, banta Fe, lies about luuety leagues 

 N. tV.of Oücnos Ayres, between the Rio de la Plata,, 

 and the Bio Salado, which after rnnniiig'.thrniíí?;h üié, 

 country of Tucumai;, joins the foriuer. The city is 

 but small, and mejinlv built ; o'.ving in a i»;rcat mea- 

 sure, to the icsuks it has frequently suiVered from 

 th€ heathen Indians, who not ioii<r siiiee p;ilua,ed it, 

 massacring- the inhabitants of th*j city, and those of 

 the neighbouring; villages ; and they still ¡vcep the 

 cpuniry under continual apprehensions of another 

 visit, it is however th; fhaunel of t!ie commerce be- 

 tweeij Paraguaya]'.d Buej'ajs Ayri^s, foi the herb cami- 

 ní and palos. Th.e city de las Corientcs, situated on 

 the eastern banks of the river de la PUda, betwixt it 

 and the river Paran-i, is about a hunilred leagues ]S. 

 of the city of Saiita Fc. Its níaa:nitude and dispoiri-' 

 lion arc both inferior to Santa Fe, and indeed has no. 

 marks of a city €i;4:epi the name. Each of these cities 

 has its particular correí»;idor, as lieutenant of the go- 

 vernor ; and its iuhabiiants, together with those oft he 

 neighbouring- country, are formed into a militia, whi c-h 

 on any appearance of an invasion ñ'om the Indians, 

 assemble, and have often shewn a great deal of reso- 

 lution in repelling the attacks of ttieir pagan enemies. 

 It has already been observed, that part of the towns 

 of the missions of Paraguay belong to this diocess, 

 and with regard to the royal jurisdiction, these mis- 

 sions universally depend on Buenos Ayres ; those 

 which formerly belonged to the governmentof Para- 

 guay having been separated from it. 



Having thus with the government of Buenos 

 Ayres, finished my account of every thing worthy 

 of notice in the audiences of Lima a'.id Charc;i>, 

 together with the juriidictions included in their dio- 



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