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regular, and of the fame dimenfions with thofe of 

 Lima. 



The houfes here are built of adovcs, or uiiburnt 

 bricks, and very low j this neceíTary caution againfl: 

 the terrible devaitation of earthquakes being equally 

 neceíTary here as in all other towns of Peru, calamities 

 with which this city has been often vifited] but the 

 moft remarkable are the following. 



1. In tiie year 1570, an earthqu;;ke happened, which 

 overflowed fcveral mountains in this kingdom ; many 

 villages were entirely deftroyed, and great part of the 

 inhabitants buried in their ruins. 



2. In the year 1647, on the 13th of May, many of 

 the houfes and churches of this city were ruined by 

 another fhock. 



3. In 1657, on the 15th of March, the earth was 

 obferved to have a tremulous motion for the luace of a 

 quarter of an hour, and few of the. buildings in the city 

 were left ftandiog. 



4. In 1722, on the 24th of May, great part of the 

 hoiHes were damaged by another earthquake. 



5. In the year 17J0, on the 8th of July, happened 

 that tremendous earthquake already mendoned in our 

 account of Conception. This fliock not only ruined 

 the greateft part or the city, butjconcuíTions w^re often 

 felt for many months afterwards; and this catadrophe 

 was fucceedcd by an epidemical diftemper, which fwept 

 away even greater numbers than had before periihed 

 by the earthquake. 



Notwithstanding the houfes are low, they make 

 a handfome appearance, and are well contrived both for 

 pleafure and convenience. 



Besides the cathedral and the pariili church of the 

 Sagrario, here are two others, namely, that or St. Anne, 

 and St. Ifadoro. There are alfo three convents of ^ t, 

 Francifco, San Diego, a college for ftudents, and, with- 

 out the city, a convent of Kecolleds ; two of Auguf- 

 tines, one of Dominicans, one of the Fathers of Mercy, 



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