GUA 
by three forts, two on the river near city, and the third 
behind it, gu The number 
aly thither by commerce. 
are Europeans, who have married there befides thefe, and 
fub ftantial creoles, the other are of different cafts, 
as in other cities of this part of Antferica. 
the local difadvantages of this town, with refpeét to falu- 
brity, it is fuppofed to be now increafing, the trade offering 
many benefits to shia who are often fixed in marriage by 
the charms ef the women; for an ugly woman in Guaya- 
uil is m 
commerce, eftablithed in 1 Pin improved the advantages 
of this city, fo canals ‘fit ted for trade with both 
North and $e th America. a yreE: there was built on 
the little ifle o f Puna, near the mouth of the Guayaquil 
i expence, a wooden fortrefs, with a bat- 
officers who vifit the fhips that enter and depart. 
the fouth of the ifland are falt-works. Many Spanith 
fhips which ufed to flop in the bay of Callao, proceed 
directly to Guayaquil ; ~~ the balance of the trade with 
Lima is in its favour. ayaquil is indeed now in fuch 
a itate of progreffive hiiprovenlen6, that thofe hs knew 
it Heel tear fuppofe “ eae pate city. Pof- 
e haven on the 
ft 78 ont: 
pf Se merica, whi city may seal avail 
itfelf of its oe oo y a broad and majettic 
river, leading to t of Puna, tf the diftance of eight 
gues, though large “thips night proceed, it is ufual to 
transfer the Pisa pei to balzas, a kind of navigable rafts, 
formed of lar: eal beams, of a wood nearly as og ee 
ts the matters fometimes even form their ha 
the conftruction of fhips; having se eet of fuitabletime extend 
ad was 
ce of 
V excelent, a 
vers. 
ber i in its, spice and votes being very cheap. 
per on nes ay dn av yal ordina’ 
spe erethen an 
In fpite of all 
This is the réfidence of the ‘ 
GUA 
is fabjee fhi ity 
and Ifla Ver si} fo that no fhips of any confiderable burden 
can go up with po unlefs great caution and frequent 
foundings are pra The borders of this river, like 
thofe of 3 Yaguache, Baba and Daule, as well as thofe of the 
creeks and canals, are decorated with country feats, and cot- 
ports. ne pues of this country that are exported, are 
cacao “aad timber, cotton, rice, and fifh, both falted sd 
reci 
and Lima : the latter ca $ ds 
oliveyards, a former furnifhes cloth, bays, ferges, 
hats, ftockings, and other woollen ds. Indigo is im- 
d fi 
porte ew Spain by the merchants of uayqel, 
and fent to the raiititates rers of Quito. 
GUAYAVAL, an ifland in the S. Pacific ocean, near 
coaftof Mexico. N. lat. 24° 20’. 
“GUAYCAMO, a town of .S. America, in the province 
ucuman ; 25 miles S.E. from St. Fernando. 
GUAYCHA, a town of Peru, in the diocefe of La 
az, on lake Titicaca ; 80 miles N'N.W. of La Paz. 
YLAS, ajurifdidtion o: ica, in the arch- 
bifhopric of Lima, beginning so4ca es from Li 
N.N-E. along the bt of the Cordilleras. ‘This 
. jurifdiction is large, and has different temperatures of air. 
The low parts produce grain and fruits, the upper abound 
in nS and ese p) which form the mes branch of wwe 
GUAYMARAL, a town of §. 
whofe roots. ftro Asus all thefe and n om 4 of S M: sires at 
ves 5 e. many ot ers, vince ti 
are celebr - be a a for ‘thei mye to Ter ce ed —~ a 22 ile 
worms, and other accidents of the ea. ‘The g rnment of GUAYNAMOTA, a tinin dé Mexico, in ners om 
Guy | is apts military, there ‘companies of -Guadaxara ;-70 miles N.W. of Guadalaxara. aoe 
infantr try, W rm the garrifon altern ately, with two others GUAYNI, a’river.of Guinea, which runs into the 
at ae 2° ¥a'.. Welong. “Atlantic. _N. lat. 7° 50’. W. long. peas 
Guayaeu Ht, a river of South Ariel: whieh rifes ssthe GUAYRA, La, a fea-port town of S. America, int 
ordil irfues a ferpentine courfe, cre to great ernment of the Caraceas, andthe harbour of Leon de 
{wellings from the torrents are precipitated from thefe. j aries This town is placed among very lofty - 
mountains, to Ifla Verde, in the bay of Puna. The diftance -tai1 and during nine monthsin the year experie 
of the navigable part of this river from the city of Guayaquil heats. Putrid and malignant fevers, frequently fatal, occur 
to the cufton-houfe at Babahoyo, where the goods are land- “in the months"of July, “Auguit, and September. ./ 
is 244 leagues ; and to- Caracol, the landing place i ets are narrow and badly paved : and the houfes meanly 
winter, 284 leagues. The diftance Guayaquil to Ila built. Itis defended by regular ies, and the ordi 
Verde is computed at about fix leagues, and from Ifla Verde -garrifon of the place isa com y detached from the regi- 
to — leagy — that the wi — oe “ment af 5 me wena fe ne of war it is reinforced by other 
col, the molt 4 part up the river, to. Puna, is troops of the line, and -militi Caraccas..8 go- 
374 leagues. ‘The mouth of the river at Ifla Verde is about -vernment have pro} pope ticnel meng ary 
a league in breadth, and fornewhat broader at Guayaquil, and its commerce | hipping for the ca _ 
above which it contraéts itfelf as it advances — —- refide here, the w 
mountains, forms various crecks. in fummer the tides rac The cor H 
each as far as the cuftom-houfe ; but in winter the current 
commodities b | old at sen are 
teens tes Gases only to be embarked. ‘The population of 
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