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municated to it by heat, promotes an exceflive per- 

 Ipiration : and this cuilom is lb prevailing, that even 

 the ladies pun6tually obferve it ; and the quantity 

 both of acid and ipirit being but fmall, it becomes 

 equally wholefome and refrelhing. 



CHAP. viir. 



Extent of the 'Jurifdidlion of Guayaquil, 1 



npHE moil northern part of the jurifdiclion of 

 Guayaquil begins at Cape Paffado, fo called 

 from its lying 21' fouth of the equinoilial, and about 

 half a degree north of the bay of Manta. From this 

 cape it continues all along the coaft, including the ifle 

 of Puna, to the town of Máchala on the coaft of 

 Tumbez, where it is terminated by the jurifdiction of 

 Piura. From thence it runs away eaftward, and is 

 bounded by that of Cuenca ; and then, turning north- 

 wards along the weiicrn ikirts of the Andes, it ter- 

 minates on thofe of Bamba and Chimbo. Its length 

 from N. to S. is about 60 leagues, and its breadth 

 from E. to W. 40 or 45 ; reckoning from the point 

 of Santa Elena to the parts called Ojibar. Its whole 

 country, like that in the neighbourhood of the city, is 

 one continued plain, and in winter univerfally over- 

 flowed. It is divided into feven lieutenancies or de- 

 partments, for each of which the corregidor appoints 

 a lieutenant or deputy, who, however, muü be con- 

 firmed by the audience of Quito. Thcfe departments 

 are, Puerto Viejo, Punta de Santa Elena, Puna, 

 Yaguache, Babahoyo, Baba, and Daule, 



The lieutenancy de San Gregorio de Puerto Viejo 

 is bounded northward by the government of Atacamcs, 

 and fouthward by the lieutenancy of Santa Elena. 

 Its capital of the lame name, though fmall, thinly 

 peopled, and poor, enjoys the privileges of a city, 



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