4^4 ULLOA's voyage to south AMERICA. 



Others as there are governments and jurifdidions ; which it is neceflary for the reader to 

 obferve, in order to avoid any perplexity or miftake, when a jurifdidion happens to 

 be called a province j though I (hall be careful to avoid it as much as poflible. The 

 jurifdidions in the province of Quito, beginning with the moft northern, are the 

 following ; — 



I. The town of San Miguel de Ibarra. 

 II. The village of Otabala. 



III. The city of Quito. ♦ 



IV. The affiento of Latacunga. 

 V. The town of Riobamba. 



VI. The affiento of Chimbo, or Guaranda. 

 VII. The city of Guayaquil. 

 VIII. The city of Cuenca. 

 IX. The city of Loja. 



Of thefe nine jurifdidions I fhall give a fuccinfl: account in this and the following 

 chapter, and then proceed to the governments. 



I. The town of San Miguel de Ibarra, is the capital of the jurifdidion of that name, 

 which alfo contains eight pruicipal villages or parilhes, the names of which are, 



I. Mira. V. Salinas. 



II. Pimanpiro, VI. Tumbabiro. 



III. Carangue. VII. Quilca. 



IV. San Antonio de Carangue. VIII. Caguafqui. 



This jurifdidion formerly included that of Otabalo, ; but, on account of its too enor- 

 mous extent, it was prudently divided into two. 



The town of San Miguel de Ibarra Hands on the extremity of a very large plain or 

 meadow, at a fmall diftance from a chain of mountains to the eaftward of it, and 

 betwixt two rivers, which keep this whole plain in a perpetual verdure. The foil is 

 foft and moift, which not only renders the houfes damp, but alfo caufes the foundations 

 of their buildings often to fmk.- It is moderately large, with ftraight broad flreets, 

 and the greateft part of the houfes of Hone, or unburnt bricks, and all tiled. The 

 town is furrounded by fuburbs inhabited by the Indians, whofe cottages make the fame 

 appearance as in all other mean places ; but the houfes are neat and uniform, though 

 they are but low, having only a ground floor, except thofe in the fquare, which have 

 one ftory. The parifh church is a large and elegant flrudure, and of the fame mate- 

 rials as the houfes. It is alfo well ornamented. This town has convents of Francifcans, 

 Dominicans, the Fathers of Mercy, a college of Jefuits, and a nunnery of the order 

 of the Conception, Its inhabitants, of all ages, feds, and clafles, are computed at 

 ten or twelve thoufand fouls. 



Within the limits of this jurifdidion is the lake of Yagarchoca, famous for being the 

 fepulchre of the inhabitants of Otabalo, on its being taken by Huayna-Capac, the twelfth 

 Ynca, who, inllead of (hewing clemency to their magnanimity, being irritated at the 

 noble refiftance they made, ordered them all to be beheaded, both thofe who had 

 quietly furrendered, and thofe taken in arms, and their bodies thrown into the lake ; 

 and from the water of the lake being tinged of a bloody hue, it acquired its prefent 

 name, which fignifies a lake of blood. 



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