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carried on nearly in the fame manner as that of Panama ; but thofe who deal in this 

 commodity, never trouble themfelves with any other except perfumes, as ambergrife, 

 muik, &c. and porcelain ware. Some of thefe traders are fettled at Lima ; others re- 

 fide there occafionally, but are in general factors to the merchants at Mexico. Lima 

 alfo receives from the ports of New Spain naphtha, tar, iron, and fome indigo for 

 dyeing. 



The kingdom of Terra Firma fends to Lima leaf-tobacco, and pearls, which here 

 meet with a good market ; for befides the great numbers worn by the ladies, no mu- 

 latto woman is without fome ornament or other made of them. During a free affiento 

 of negroes, this commerce is always carried by way of Panama, and to a confiderable 

 amount. 



The ladies, and indeed women of all ranks, have a very ancient cuflom, namely, the 

 carrying in their mouths a limpion, or cleanfer, of tobacco. The firft intention of this 

 was to keep the teeth clean, as the name itfelf intimates. Thefe limpions are fmall 

 rolls of tobacco, four inches in length, and nine lines in diameter, and tied with a 

 thread, which they untwift as the limpion wafles. One end of this they put into their 

 mouth, and after chewing it for fome time, rub the teeth with it, and thus keep them 

 always clean and white. The lower clafs of people, who generally pervert the bell 

 things, carry this cuftom to fuch excefs, as to keep continually in their mouths a roll 

 of tobacco, an inch and a half in diameter ; affecting to diftinguifh themfelves by the 

 largenefs of their limpions, though it abfolutely disfigures them. This cuftom, toge- 

 ther with that of fmoaking, which is equally common among the men, occafions a great 

 demand for leaf-tobacco. The limpions are made of Guayaquil tobacco mixed with 

 fome of that brought from the Havannah to Panama ; but that ufed in fmoaking comes 

 from Santa Mayobamba, Jaen de Bracamaros, Llulla, and Chillaos, where it grows ia 

 the greateft plenty, and is beft adapted to that purpofe. 



All the timber ufed in building houfes, refitting fhips, or building fmall barks at 

 Callao, is brought from Guayaquil, together with the cacao ; but the confumption of 

 the latter is here very fmall, the Paraguay tea being more generally ufed. The timber 

 trade is carried on by the mafters of Ihips, who bring it hither on their own account, 

 as we have already obferved in defcribing Guayaquil, and, depofiting it in ftore-houfes 

 at Callao, fell it as opportunity offers. 



The coafts of Nafca and Pifco fend to Lima wine, brandy, raifins, olives, and oil : 

 and the kingdom of Chili, wheat, flour, lard, leather, cordage, wines, dried fruits, 

 and fome gold. Befides thefe, all forts of goods are alfo laid up at Callao, in ftore- 

 houfes built for that purpofe ; fome on account of the owners who remit them, others 

 for mafters of fhips who purchafe them on the fpot where they grow, or are made. 

 Every Monday during the whole year there is a fair at Callao, whither the proprietors 

 and dealers refort from all parts ; and the goods are carried, according to the buyers' 

 diredion, on droves of mules kept there for that purpofe by the mafters of the ware- 

 houfes, and whofe profit wholly confifts in the hire of thefe beafts. 



The provifions brought to Lima are not only fufBcient to fupply its numerous inha- 

 bitants, but great quantities of all kinds are fent to Quito, and its jurifdidion, to Valles, 

 and Panama. Copper and tin in bars are brought from Coquimbo ; from the moun- 

 tains De Caxamarca and Chacapoyas, canvas made of cotton for fails and other ftuffs 

 of that kind, and alfo of Pita : cordovan leather, and foap, are made all over Valles*. 



* Their cotton canvas is not above four inches wide, fo that fail-making in this part of America is very- 

 tedious ; but their fails made of this narrow canTSs are very flrong and lading. A. 



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