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may not, however, be amiss to premise, that this pro- 

 vince ua^ subjected co tiie emjvre of Pcru/by Tu- 

 pac-inga-Yupanqui, the eleventh Ynca. 



Garcilaso, in his history of che Yncas of Peru, 

 the best guide we can foilow on this subject, observes, 

 tjiat this conquest was maiie by the army of that empe- 

 ror, commanded by his elde-tsonHueyna-Capac, who 

 also succeeded him in the empire. Hueyna-Capac, 

 amon^ other natural children, had one called Ata- K=u, 

 ajpa, by a daughter of the last king ofQuitOi and being 

 exiremely fond of him, on account of his many amia» 

 bie qualities and accomplishments, in order to procure 

 him an honourable settiement, prevailed on hislegid- 

 mate and eldest son Huáscar to allow him to hold the 

 kingdom of Quito as a ñef of the empiiej it bciiig 

 an invariable law, that all conquests were to bo 

 perpetually annexed to the empire, and not aHenatcd 

 from it on any account whatever. Thus fiueyna- 

 Capac enjoyed the satisfactioh of seeing his favourite 

 a sovereign of large dominions. But on the death 

 of his fatner, this prince, of whom such great hopes 

 [lad been conceived, ungratefully rebelled, seized on 

 the empire, imprisoned his brother, and soon aicer 

 put him to a violent death. His prosperity was, 

 however, but of short continuance; for he suiicred 

 the same fate by order of Don Francisco Pizarro, who 

 had se:it Sebabdan de Beiaicazar to make a conquest 

 of the kingdom of Qi lito. He routed the Indians 

 wherever they ventured to face him ; and havmg 

 soon, by a series of victorie", made himself master of 

 the kingdom, and in the year 1534 reb'rlt the ca- 

 pital, which had suffered extremely fr^ni intestine 

 commotions, called it San Francisco de Q^iio, a 

 name it still retains, though it was not till seven years 

 after that the title of city was conferred u;..v-, jt. 



We found from accurate observations, that ihe city 

 of Quito is situated in the ladcude of o deg. 13. ¡mn, 

 33. sec. south, and in 2^3 deg. J5min. 45; sec. of 



longitude 



