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dillera and the sea. With this limitation the extent 

 .of the jurisdiciLons iVom east co west vvill be ñíieen 

 leagues or soirething moré, being the distance inter- 

 cepted between the two Cordilleras. But- to this muse 

 be added the countries comprehended in tiie govern- 

 ments of Jaen de Bracamoros, which borders on the 

 jurisdiction of Loja> and the extremity of the v/hole 

 province, and situated on the east side of the eastern 

 Cordillera; and, to the northward, the government of 

 Quixos, and that of Maynas to the eastward of it ; 

 but separated by large tracts of land inhabited by v/ild 

 Indians ; and on the no; tii side of the province from 

 that of Papayan i though the latter is properly a di- 

 stinct province from th :t of Qjito. Thus on the west 

 side of that interval between the two Cordillera^!, lies 

 the lately erected government of Atacames, and the 

 jurisdiction of Guayaquil : on the east side, the three 

 governments above mentioned ; and on the north, 

 that of Papayan. 



This province, exclusive of these five governments, 

 consists oí nine jurisdictions, which in that country 

 are called provinces, that of Qwito being subdivided 

 into as many others as there are governm.ents and ju- 

 risdictions; which it is necessary for the reader to ob- 

 serve, in order to avoid any perplexity or mistake, 

 when a jurisdiction happens to be called a province; 

 though I shajl be carefui to avoid it as much as possi- 

 ble. The jurisdictions in the province of Quito, be- 

 ginning with the most northern, are the following ; 



I. The town of San Miguel de Ibarra. 



II. The village of Otábala. 



III. The city of Quito. 



IV. The assiento of Latacunga. 

 V. The town of Riobamba. 



VI. The assiento of Chimbo, or Guaranda. 

 VII. The city of Guayaquil. 



XXII. The 



