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and Lima, and that the limits of the two audiences 

 iliould be thofc of their commerce : that is, that Quito 

 fhould not trade beyond the territories of Loja and 

 Zamora ; nor Lima, beyond thofe ofPiura, one of the 

 JLirifdiórions of its audience. By this equitable expe- 

 dient, thofe provinces were, in time, fupphed with the 

 goods they wanted, without any detriment to the trade 

 of Peru. This reo^ulation was firfl executed in 1730, 

 on the arrival of the fquadron commanded by Doti 

 Manuel Lopez Pintado, who had orders, from the 

 king;, to place commerce on this footing, provided it 

 bid fair to anfvver the intentions of both parties, and 

 that no better expedient could be (bund. Acrordlngly 

 this was carried into execution ; being not only well 

 adapted to the principal end, but a!fo, during the nay 

 of the galleons at Carthagena, procured buiinefs for 

 the Cargadores *, in tlie fale of their goods; and thus 

 made themielves ample amends for their expenfes. 



Dltring the prohibition, the merchants of Cartha- 

 gena were obliged to have recourfe to the Flotila of 

 Peru, in their courfe from Guayaquil to Panama ; or 

 to wait the return of the galleons to Carthagena, and, 

 confeqnently, purchafe only the refufe of Porto Bello 

 fair; both which were, doubtlefs, coniiderablc griev- 

 ances to them. If they purfued the ñvñ, they were 

 obliged to travel acrofs the whole jurifdidion of Santa 

 Fe to Guayaquil, which was a journey of above four 

 hundred leagues, with confiderable fums of money, 

 which having difpofcd of in merchandifes, the charges 

 of their return were (till greater. In fine, the lolTes 

 inevitable in fuch a long journey, where rapid rivers, 

 mountains, and bridges, were to be crofTed, and their 

 merchandifes expofed to a thoufand accidents, ren- 

 dered this method utterly impradticable; fo that they 

 were obliged to content themielves with the remains 

 of the fair ; though if was very upcertain whether 



* Pei'fons who bring European goods for fale. 

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