440 ULLOa's voyage to south AMERICA. 



Baniios, and in beginning the aftronomical obfervations. This they profecuted with 

 inceffant diligence till the loth of December following, when, in order to continue 

 them with the greater precifion and certainty, a new inftrument became neceflary, and 

 for this purpofe they repaired to Quito. 



XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. — Signals of Namarelte, Guanacauri, Los Bannos, 

 and the Tower of the great Church of Cuenca. 



Whilft they were making the aftronomical obfervations at Cuenca, they alfo, by 

 unwearied diligence, finiflied thofe relating to the geometrical menfuration at the four 

 ftations of Namarelte, Guanacauri, Los Bannos, and the tower of the great church 

 of Cuenca. The firft three ftations were to conned the bafe (which reached from 

 Guanacauri to Los Bannos) with the feries of triangles ; and the laft ferved for the ob- 

 fervatory jointly with the bafe. The obfervations at all thefe were completely finiftied 

 at this time ; for though the next year we found it neceflary to go to Cuenca to repeat 

 the aftronomical obfervations, yet all the operations relating to the geometrical menfu- 

 rations were accurately finifhed at this time. 



XXVm. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXn.— signals on the Mountains of Guapulo, 

 Pambamarca, Campanario, Cuicocha, and Mira. 



In the year 1744, when we returned to the province of Quito, in order to conclude 

 the whole work, having conquered the difficulties which obliged us to intermit the 

 aftronomical obfervations, as we have already obferved, Don George Juan added fix • 

 ftations to the feries of triangles, there being a neceffity for repeating the obfervations 

 of Guapulo and Pambamarca, in order to extend the feries of triangles farther to the 

 northward, and of his repairing again to the mountains of Campanario and Cuicocha. 

 Here, and at Pambamarca, he was obliged to remain amidft all the inconveniences and 

 hardfhips of thofe dreadful regions, till he had completed the neceffary obfervations ; 

 all which he bore with great magnanimity ; but at thofe of Guapulo and Mira, which 

 ferved to conned the obfervatory, thofe inconveniences were avoided ; but as the obfer- 

 vations at the laft ftation were jointly: performed by both companies, the particulars of 

 them have been already mentioned. 



CHAP. W. — De/cription of the City of Quito. 



AS in the preceding defcriptions of the feveral cities and towns, I have not fwelled 

 the accounts with chronological and hiftorical remarks, I ftiall obferve the fame method 

 V with regard to Quito, and only give an accurate account of the prefent ftate of this 

 country, the manners and cuftoms of the inhabitants, and the fituation of the feveral 

 places ; that fuch as know them only by name, may avoid thofe dangerous errors which 

 too often refult from forming a judgment of things without a thorough knowledge of 

 them. It may not, however, be amifs to premife, that this province was fubjeded to 

 the empire of Peru, by Tupac-Inga-Yupanqui, the eleventh Ynca. 



Garcilafo, in his hiftory of the Yncas of Peru, the beft guide we can follow on this 

 fubjed, obferves, that this conqueft was made by the army of that emperor, commanded 

 by his eldeft fon Hueyna-Capac, who alfo fucceeded him in the empire. Hueyna-Ca- 

 pac, among other natural children, had one called Ata-Hualpa, by a daughter of the 



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