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retreat. Several fmall fifh are found in this lake, refembling the cray-fifh, but without 

 a (hell. ^ They are called, by the inhabitants of the adjacent country, prennadillas, and 

 are fent in the pickle to Quito, where they are the more efteemed, as being the only 

 frefh- water fifh that can be bought in that city. Nor are thefe caught in any great quan- 

 tities, though they are alfo found in the lake of San Pablo. 



III. The jurifdidion of Quito confifts of the following twenty-five parifhes, befides 

 thofe in the city : 



I. St. Juan Evangelifla. XIV. El Quinche. 

 II. Santa Maria Magdalena. XV. Guayllabamba. 



III. Chi]ogalle. XVI. Machacha. 



IV. Cono-coto. XVII. Aloafio. 



V. Zambiza. XVIII. Aloa. n 



VI. Pintac. XIX. Yumbicho. 



VII. Sangolqui. XX. Alangafi. 



VIII. Amaguana. XXI. Pomafque. 



IX. Guapulo. XXII. San Antonio deLulum-bamba. 



X. Cumbaya. XXIII. Perucho. 



XI. Co-collao. XXIV. Cola-cali. 



XII. Puembo, and Pifo. XXV. Tumbaco. 



XIII. Yaruqui. 



-This jurifdidion, ^though called Cinco Leguas, five leagues, extends, in fome parts, 

 a great deal farther, and the lands are as it were covered with plantations, fome fituated 

 in the plains, fome in the capacious breaches, and others on the fummit of the moun- 

 tains; and all producing according to the quality, fituation, and expofure of the 

 ground. Thofe on the temperate plains yield plentiful harvefls of maize ; thofe at the 

 bottoms of deep breaches, being in a hot temperature, are planted with fugar canes, 

 from whence they extrad great quantities of fugar and rum. From the fruits peculiar 

 to fuch a temperature are made a variety of fweetmeats, here called Rayados ; and of 

 which there is a great confumption among the inhabitants. 



The fugar cane ripens very flowly in this jurifdiftion ; for though the plantations 

 enjoy a hot air, yet it is not of that degree of heat requifite to its fpeedy maturity ; fo 

 that it is three years after they are planted, before they are fit to be cut. Nor are they 

 ever cut but once, the fecond crop only producing the foca or germ, which ferves for 

 re-planting. 



The guarapo, which we have had occafion to mention, is nothing more than the 

 juice of the cane, as it flows from the mill, and afterwards fuffered to ferment. It is 

 very pleafant, its tafte being a fweetifh acidity, and at the fame time very wholefome ; 

 but inebriating if drunk to excefs. This liquor is a favourite regale among the vulgar. 



The plantations near the fummits of the mountains, from their having a variety of 

 temperatures, produce wheat, barley, pot-herbs of all kinds, and potatoes. 



Above thefe plantations are fed numerous flocks of fheep, producing that wool, 

 which, from the feveral operations it undergoes, affords employment for fuch multi- 

 tudes of people. Some farmers make it their fole bufmefs to breed cows, principally 

 for the advantages they derive from their milk in making cheefe and butter. In other 

 farm-houfes you fee various occupations carried on at the fame time, namely, the 

 breeding of cattle, agriculture, and manufactures, particularly of cloth, bays, and 

 ferges. 



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