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to the right acquired by each of thefe claffes, as having been employed in the conver- 

 fion of the Indians immediately after the conquefl. 



CHAP. XII. — Of the Provinces in the Diocefes of Truxillo, Guamanga, Cufco, and 



Arequipa. 



NORTH of the archiepifcopal diocefe of Lima, lies the bifhopric of Truxillo, and 

 with it terminates on that fide both the jurifdidion of that audience, and the viceroy alty 

 of Peru : but the whole extent of this diocefe is not under the jurifdidion of this audi- 

 ence, nor of that of the viceroy : for it alfo includes the government of Jaen de Braca- 

 moros, which, as we have already obferved, belongs to the province and audience 

 of Quito. We fliall therefore exclude it, and only give an account of the feven jurif. 

 dictions in the diocefe of Truxillo belonging to the viceroyalty of Peru, and the audience 

 of Lima. > 



Jurifdiftions in the diocefe of Truxillo : 



I. Truxillo. V. Chachapayas. 



II. Sana. VI. Llulia, and Chilloas. 



III. Piura. VII. Pataz, or Caxamarquilla. 



IV. Caxamarca. 



I. II, III. A fufficient account having already been given (Chap, 1. 11.) of the jurif. 

 didions of Truxillo, Sana, and Piura, it only remains to fpeak of the other four. 



IV, Caxamarca lies to the eaftward of Truxillo, and its jurifdi£tion extends along a 

 vail interval betwixt the two Cordilleras of the Andes. It enjoys a fertility of all kinds 

 of corn, fruits, and efculent vegetables ; alfo cattle, fheep, and efpecially hogs, of 

 which they fell vaft numbers to the farmers in the valleys, who, after fattening them 

 with maize, fend them to the markets in the great towns ; particularly the farmers of 

 the valley of Chincay and others, who derive a confiderable trade in thefe creatures at 

 Lima, Truxillo, and other flourifhing places. The Indians throughout this jurifdidion 

 weave cotton for Ihips* fails, bed-curtains, quilts, and other ufes, which are fent into 

 the other provinces. Here are alfo fome filver mines, but of little confequence. 



V, On the fame fide, but more towards the eaft, lies thejurifdiftion of Chachapayas. 

 Its temperature is hot, being without the Cordilleras, and to the eaftward its territories 

 have a low fituation. It is of great extent, but very thinly inhabited ; and the products 

 of the earth only fuch as naturally flourifh in fuch a cUmate. The Indians here are 

 very ingenious in making cottons, particularly tapeftry, which, for the livelinefs of the 

 colours and delicacy of the work, make an elegant appearance ; thefe, together with 

 the fail-cloth, bring great profits to this country, being highly valued in the other 

 provinces. 



VI, South of Chachapayas, and alfo on the eaft fide of the Cordillera of the Andes, 

 lies the jurifdidion of Llulia and Chilloas, which is low, warm and moift, and covered 

 with woods, fo that great parts of it are uninhabited. It borders on the river of Maya- 

 bamba, which, beginning its courfe from thefe fouthern provinces of Peru, forms the 

 river of the Amazons, as we have already obferved. The principal commodity of this 

 country is tobacco, which, with a particular kind of almonds called andes, and a few 

 other fruits natural to its climate, form the commerce carried on by this province with 

 the others. 



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