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fubjedl to him alio in military atFairs. The firit wlio 

 filled this viccroyalty was lieutenant-general Don Se- 

 bafiian de Eilava ; who defended Carthagena againft 

 the poweriul invañon of the Englifh in 1741. 



Carthagena has alfo a bifhop, vvhofe Ipiritual ju- 

 rifdunion is of the tame extent as the military and civil 

 government. The eccleiiattical chapter is compofed 

 of the lufhop and prebends. There is alfo a court of 

 iuquiiilion, whole power reaches to the three provinces 

 oí I fia Elpanola (where it was firlt Icltlcd), Terra 

 Eirnia, and Santa Fe. 



B K s IDES thefe tribunals, the police and adminill ration 

 of juitice in the city is under a I'ecular magifiracy, con- 

 iifiing of rctiidores, from whom every year are cholcn 

 two alcaldes, who are generally perfons of the higheit 

 eil:eem and diftindion. There is alfo an office of re- 

 venue, under an accomptant and treafurer : here all 

 taxes and monies belonging to- the king are received ; 

 and the proper iíTues directed. A perfon of the law, 

 with the title of auditor de la gente de guerra, deter- 

 mines proceíTes. 



The jurifdiélion of the government of Carthagena 

 reaches eail ward to the great river de la Magdalena, and 

 along it louthward,till, winding away, it borders on the 

 province ot Antioquia ; from thence it ft retches weft- 

 ward to the river ot" Darien ; and from thence north- 

 ward to the ocean, all along the coafts betAveen the 

 mouths of thefe two rivers. The extent of this ¿overn- 

 ment from E. to W. is generally computed at 52 

 leagues; and from S. to N. 85. In this fpace are 

 feveral fruitful vallies, called bs the natives favannahs; 

 as thofe of Zamba, Zenu, Tolu, Mompox, Baranca, 

 and others; and in them many fettlements large and 

 fmall, of Europeans, Spanifh Creoles, and Indians. 

 There is a tradition, that all thcfe countries, together 

 with that of Carthagena, v^'hilft they continued in their 

 native idolatry, abounded in gold ; and fome veftiges of 

 ' the old mines of that metal are ftill to be feen, in the 

 neighbourhoods of Simiti San Lucas, and Guamaco ; 



but 



