Ch. VIII. SOUTH AMERICA. 293 



Alausi and Cuenca, by means of the warehouses at 

 Yaguache and Noranjal, carry on a considerable trade 

 with Guayaquil. 



This trade in the manufactures of that country, 

 which consist only of three sores, cloth, bags, and 

 linen, is attended with considerable profit to the tra- 

 ders, and advantage to the country, as all the poor 

 people, who are remarkably numerous, and persons 

 of substance, except tiiose of the capital, wear thegoods 

 manufactured in the country; those of Europe being 

 so prodigiously dear, that only Spaniards of large for- 

 tune, and persons of the highest distinction, can afford 

 to purchase them. The quantity of cloth and stuffs 

 wove in this country, and all by Indians, either in the 

 public manufactures or their own houses, appears from 

 hence to be prodigiously great : and to this, in a great 

 measure, is ov/ing the happy state of this province ; 

 the masters and traders soon raising fortunes, and the 

 servants and dependants contented with the fruits of 

 their industry. 



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