350 A VOYAGE TO Book VI. 



XÍÍ. Nignns. XVÍL Cansa Colo. 



:XI}1. Cnchülácta. XVÍ11. Santa Domingo. 



XIV. Mindo. XIX. San Miguel. 



XV. Yámbe. XX. Nono. 

 XVI. Cocaniguas. 



The inhabitants of the five towns are Spaniardí^, 

 Mestizos, Negroes, and Casts, which sprung from 

 these three species. Those of the other ñíteen are in 

 general Indians, having tew Spaniards, Mulattos, or 

 ^Negroes, among them. Vl^ith the spiritual concerns 

 eleven priests are invested, who continuallv reside in 

 the great towns, and occasionally visit tlie others, 

 where arc chapels of ease. 



* The temperature of Atacames is like that of Gua}'- 

 aquil, and accordingly produces the same kinds of ve- 

 getables, grains, and fruits, though some of them toa 

 much greater perfection; for, by lying higher, it is not 

 subject to the inundations proceeding from the swell- 

 ings of rivers : and thus the cacaco, in its plantations 

 and forests, having all the moisture that plant delights 

 in, without being drowned, is much superior to the 

 other in size, oiliness, and delicacy of flavoui*. It like- 

 wise produces in great abundance vanillas, achote, 

 sarsaparilla, and indigo; also a great deal of wax is 

 made here : and the forests are so thick set with trees 

 of a surprising bulk and loftiness, as to be impene- 

 trable ; and these trees, as in the forests of Guayaquil, 

 are of an infinite variety; some fitter for land works, 

 others ior naval uses, and some excellent for both. 



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