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reafon to like them fo well, that when wc were to remove^ we had much to do to make 

 him change his quarters. 



Almoil all the commodities of Europe arc dlftributed through the Spanifh America, 

 by a fort of pedlars or merchants, on foot, who come from Panama to Payta by fea, 

 and, in their road from the laft-mentioned port, make Piura their firft ftage tD Lima, 

 difpofmg of their goods, and lejSening their burdens as they go along. Some ake the 

 road through Caxamarca, others through Truxillo, along fhore from Lima : tiey take 

 their pafTage back to Panama by fea, and perhaps carry a hitle cargo of braidy with 

 them : at Panama they again ftock themfelves with European goods, returnii^ by fea 

 to Payta,where they are put on fliore ; there they hire mules, and load them, tb Indians 

 going with them, in order to biing them back ; and fo thefe traders keep in a ;ontinual 

 round, till they have got enough to liv,e on. Their travelling expences are nst to no- 

 thing ; for the Indians are brought under fuch fubjedion, that they find lolging for- 

 them, and provender for their mules : this every white face may command being a 

 homage the poor Indians are long accuftomed to pay ; and fome think the) have an 

 honour done into the bargain, except, out of gcnerofity, thcv now and then neet with 

 afmall recompence. In the Britiih and French nations r^ '?r is defpifed ami his 

 employment looked upon as a mean fhift to get a livin^. ; but ': is othervife here, 

 where the quick return of money is afufficient excufe for ilic manner of gettiig it ; and 

 there are many gentlemen in Old Spain, who, when their circumflanccs in. 'Fe are de- 

 clining, fend their fons to the Indies to retrieve their fortune this way : our 1 dgiV'r was 

 in an outhoufe purpofely for thefe travelling merchants. According to tie Spanifh 

 cuftom, we had our dinner fent to the table under cover, where Don ^ * • i5id we 

 eat together, while the good lady of the houfe, and her dau^h^*^ in an- 



other room. This is the practice at all meals : and, if any ft " ank, it 



is then. In all our condudt, I think the good .u-dwasr' ;:ccptonce, 



when he faw me drinking a dram with the d_ ., . . x little yi-. ■- , ^^ ipf 



is more difagreeable to the Spaniards than drunkenuefs, 1 had much auL 

 for this flep towards it; though they admit of gallantry in the utmoi! a ^ 

 only changing one enormity for another. After we had palled abor. 

 our Indian guide came again to condudi us to Payta, the man of war beii.. 

 When we were; upon the point of tal ' . '*ive, our furgeon was mii'iing, 

 retarded us a day longer. They had concea..- ■ ii in the town, and defigned to 

 him there, as he was a very ufeful man; and if he could have had a fraall cheh. 

 medicines, he might foon have made a handfome fortu v:. Tlnvev^r, the uext day v, 

 mounted our mules, and parted with great reludance, elpci -.. y with our kind holt Don 

 Jeronimo, and his family. We went aboard the Brilliant at Payta, which, having done 

 nothing at fea, made a fort of cruifing voyage to Calao, the port of Lima. The civility 

 I received from the admiral or general of the South Seas, as he is there called, is what 

 I have already mentioned. I fhall here only add one circumftance to the honour of 

 Monfieur de Grange, a captain under the general., As foon as we were taken by the. 

 Brilliant, as aforefaid, this gentleman, feeing the foldiers had dripped us, being d-e. 

 conquerors ufual perquifites in all thefe cafes, he generoufly gave me an handfome fuit 

 of cloaths, two pair of filk (lockings, a hat, wig, fhirts, and evci7 thing according;, 

 fo that inftead of fuffering, 1 was in reality a gainer by this accident. 



Our voyage to Lima took up about five weeks ; and, as foon as we arrived there, we 

 were immediately fent to the fame prifon in which the fliip's company were confined, 

 who were fent hither before us, Mr. Hatley only excepted j who, for the reafons be- j j 



fore 



