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of the cattle, the making of bays and other coarfe fluffs, profitably employ great num- 

 bers of Indians in mod of its towns. 



XII. The jurifdi6tion of Jouxa borders on the fouthern extremity of the former, and 

 begins about forty leagues eaft of Lima, and extends forty more along the fpacious 

 valleys and plains between the two Cordilleras of the Andes. In the middle of it runs 

 a large river, called alfo Jouxa, the fource of which is in the lake of Chincay-Choca, 

 in the province of Sarma. It is alfo one of the branches of the river of the Amazons. 

 The whole jurifdidion of this province is divided into two parts by the river, and in 

 both are feveral handfome towns, well inhabited by Spaniards, Meftizos, and Indians. 

 The foil produces plenty of wheat and other grain, together with a great variety of 

 fruits. It has alfo a confiderable fhare of trade, being the great road to the provinces 

 of Cufco, Paz^ Plata, and others to the fouthward, here called Tiera de Ariba, or the 

 Upper Country. Like the former, it borders eaflward on the wild Indians of the moun- 

 tains, but among which the order of St. Francis has eflablifhed feveral miflions, the 

 firfl being in the town of Ocopa. Within its dependances are feveral filver mines, 

 fome of which being worked, greatly increafe the riches of this province. 



XIII. The jurifdidtion ofConchucos begins forty leagues north-north-eaft of Lima, 

 and extends along the center of the Cordillera ; fo that its air is different according to 

 the height of the fituation of its feveral parts, the mildeft of which produce all kinds 

 of grain and fruits, and the others, where the effeds of the cold checks this fertility, 

 afford paflure for cattle of all kinds. In this jurifdidion are great numbers of looms ; 

 the principal occupation of the Indians being feveral kinds of woollen manufadures, 

 and thefe conflitute the greateft part of its commerce with other provinces. 



XIV. The province of Guyalas, like the former, extends along the center of the 

 Cordillera, beginning fifty leagues from Lima, and in the fame diredion as the other ; 

 this jurifdidion is large, and has different temperatures of air. The low parts produce 

 grain and fruits, the upper abound in cattle and fheep, which form the greatefl branch 

 of their trade. 



XV. The lafl is that of Guamalies, which, like the former, is fituated in the 

 center of the Cordillera, confequently its air very different. This jurifdidion begins 

 eighty leagues north-eaft of Lima, and its fituation being rather cold than temperate, 

 few places are fertile in its whole extent, which is above forty leagues. The Indian 

 inhabitants of the towns apply themfelves to weaving, and make a great variety of bays, 

 ferges, and other fluffs, with which they carry on a very confiderable trade with the 

 other provinces, deflitute of fuch manufadures. 



The preceding provinces, together with the following in the audience of Lima, as 

 in thofe belonging to Charcas, are full of towns, villages and hamlets, inhabited by 

 Spaniards, Meflizos, and Indians ; but with fome difference, the number of Spaniards 

 being greater in fome, and in others that of the Indians. Many of them are indeed 

 folely inhabited by the latter. The diftance from the capital of the province, efpecially 

 to the towns fituated on its frontiers, being fo great, as to render it impoffible for the 

 corregidor to difcharge his office every where with the neceffary punduality and atten- 

 tion, the province is divided into feveral diflrids, confifling of three or four towns, 

 more or lefs, according to their largenefs and diflance ; and over thefe is placed a 

 delegate. 



Every fettlement of any confequence maintains a priefl ; and fo commendable is their 

 provifion in this refped, that fometimes two, three, or more fmall places join to fup- 

 port one, either alone or with a curate ; fo that fome ecclefiaflics have diflant fettle- 

 ments under their care. Thefe incumbents are either feculars or regulars, according 



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