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ulloa's voyage ro south America. 



the fame prevails in the ftems : though in thefe always with a mixture of that of the 

 wood itfelf when dry. 



Though all the jurifdidions of the kingdom of Quito, from north to fouth, are not 

 molefted by the vicinity of wild Indians, yet it is the misfortune of the governments of 

 Quixos and Macas, Jean and Maynas, to be furrounded and intermixed with thofe bar- 

 barians ; fo that, by only pafling the eaftern Cordillera of the Andes, towards that 

 part you ufually meet with them : and from fome parts of thofe eminences the fmoke 

 of their cottages may be feen. This fight is moft frequently beheld from the moun- 

 tain on the back of the town of Cayambe ; and all along to the northward, from the 

 village of Mira, within the jurifdidion of the town of San Miguel di Ibarra. The 

 fportfmen, when hunting on thofe hills; often fee the fmoke both on this fide and hke- 

 wife on the fame Cordillera, from the jurifdidion of Riobamba, to that of Cuenca. 

 The village of Mira has often been furprifed with the fudden appearance of fome of 

 thefe Indians ; but they have as fuddenly turned back, and with the fame hafte they 

 came. It is not uncommon for Indians of thefe jurifdidions, from a fondnefs for floth 

 and licentioufnefs, to leave their houfes and go over to the favages ; as among them 

 they may, without controul, follow their natural idolatry, and give themfelves up to 

 drunkennefs and all manner of vice ; and, what they think a fupreme happinefs, be 

 ferved and attended by women, whofe office it is to take care of and fupport them : all 

 their occupation being hunting, whenever compelled by neceility, or induced by a fud- 

 den fit of induftry. Thus they live in a debafement of human nature ; without laws 

 or religion ; in the moft infamous brutality ; ftrangers to moderation j and without the 

 leaft controul or reftraint on their exceffes. 



PART II. 



ACCOUNT OF PERU AND CHILI. 



V 



BOOK VII. 



Account of our Journey io Lima ; with a Defcription of the Towns and Settlements on the 



Road, and of the City of Lima, 



CHAP. I. — Journey from Quito to Truailh. 



'T'HE accidents to which human enterprizes and attempts are generally expofed, 

 -*" dired, with an inconftant but wonderful harmony, the feries of our adions and 

 adventures, and introduce among them a great variety of alterations and changes. It is 

 this variety which, in vegetation, embellifhes nature, and equally difplays the glory and 

 wifdom of the Supreme Creator in the political and rational world ; where we admire 

 the furprifing diverfity of events, the infinity of human adions, and the different fchemes 

 and confequences in politics, the fuccefUve chain of which renders hiftory fo delightful, 



and. 



