3i8 A VOYAGE TO Book VL 



términed to atone for the indolence of the other sex. 

 They spin rnd weave bays, which, for their goodness, 

 and especiai'y the brilliancy of the colours, are famous 

 in every part of Perti They also weave some tucu- 

 yos3 and make barg;ains with the merchants or tra- 

 ders. They buy and sell ; and, in short, manaste en- 

 tirely that little commerce by which their families are 

 siwported : whilst their husbands, brothers, and fa- 

 thers, give themselves up to sloth and idleness, with 

 all its infamous concomitants. The whole number 

 of inhabitants of this city is computed at twenty or 

 thirty thousand souls; and both those of the city and 

 of the jurisdiction are commonly known by the gene- 

 ral name of Morlacos. 



The pleasures arising from the fertility of the soil 

 are increased by the mildness of the climate, the li- 

 quor of the thermometer fluctuating the whole year 

 between 1013 and 1015Í so that the cold is very 

 iittle felt, and the heat very supportable. With re- 

 gard to rains, and tempests of thunder and lightning, 

 they are as common here as at Quito. In calm wea- 

 ther, the sky is serene, and the inhabitants healthy j 

 nor are malignant fevers and pleurisies, though com- 

 mon to the whole ])rovince, so often known as at 

 Quito. The country is ñnely interspersed with farm- 

 houses and plantations of sugar canes; some parts 

 are cultivated for corn, and others applied to the 

 feeding of sheep and horned cattle, from the last of 

 which they make great quantities of cheese, not in- 

 ferior to that of Europe; and accordingly there is a 

 very considerable demand for it all over these parts. 



The village of Atun-canar, or Great-canar, is 

 famous for its extensive cornfields, and the rich har- 

 vest they afford. It is also remarkable for the riches 

 concealed in its mountains, the bravery of its ancient 

 inhabitants, and their unshaken loyalty to Ynca Tu- 

 pac-Yupanqui, to whom, when his army intended for 

 this coantrv was arrived near the frontiers, sensible pf 



their 



