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foon attain'd to three hundred Houfes, befides a Church and Cloyfter . and though 

 it be but a fmallTown, yet it is of a great refort, becaufe the Gold and Silver is 

 brought hither from the Mines (bancos, Porco, and Potofi, and from thence fent 

 down the River Quilca,which warning the City Walls runs into the South Sea to Los 

 fyyos, and from thence to Panama, T^pmbre de T>ios, and Nev Spain. The Jurifdiftion 

 of this City Arequipa extends it felf a vaft way, vi^. over the fpacious Valleys be* 

 tween Hacari and Tampaca, and up in the Countrey beyond the County Condefujo, 

 full of Hamlets and Villages ; the Inhabitants whereof heretofore wodhipp'd the 

 Sun. By the Way from Arequipa to CoUao lie two great Lakes, out of one of which 

 the River Aparima takes its original. 



12. Qaxamalca, rather a Fort than a Town, in a Territory of the fame Dcnomi- 

 nation, built at the Foot of a Mountain wafli'd with two Rivulets, over which lead 

 feveral Bridges ; near which alfo were formerly a (lately Temple Confecrated to 

 the Sun, wonderful Palaces and Baths for the Ingas, befides other magnificent 

 Structures of Noble-men, which were the more famous for Attabaliba's Imprifon- 

 ment and Death. The Soil round about may compare with any part of the World 

 for fertility. The Inhabitants arc a peaceable ingenious People, and make curious 

 woollen Hangings. 



13. St. Juan dela Frontera, built by the Spaniards North-Eaftand by Eaft from 

 Caxamalca in the County Chiachinpoyas , full of Gold*Mines and Cattel ; to which be- 

 longs not onely Cbiachinpoyas, but alfo the Countreys Guiancas and Cafcainga, out of 

 which above twenty thoufand Peruvians pay Tribute to the S/wti/fc King. Thefe 

 People efpecially the Women, are very comely and beautiful ; for which reafon 

 the Ingas fetch'd their Wives and Concubines from thence. Eaftward from Frontera 

 rife the high Mountains Andes, behind which flows the great River Mayobamba by 

 feveral poor Villages inhabited by a fottifli kind of People. 



14. SanJagodelasValles, built in an ill place amongft the Shrubs and over- 

 flowing Rivers. In this Countrey grows a Tree which bears a juicy Fruit, not un- 

 like an Almond in prickly Rinds, but rcfembling thofe which cover a Chefnut, 

 concerning which Phyficians have deliver'd their Opinions, That there is not a 

 wholfomer Fruit in the whole World. 



15. Leon de Guanuco, which received that Denomination from its Builder Vacca de 

 Caftro, who call'd it Leon, becaufe he was born in the Spanifb City Leon, and Guanuco 

 from the (lately Palace of the Ingas which was built here: The Houfes are built 

 of Free-ftone, and cover'd with Thatch. The Citizens of Los (^ojwere much 

 againft the building of this Town, becaufe feveral Lands belonging to them were 

 taken away and given to Guanuco, where the temperate Air grants long Life and 

 Health to the Inhabitants. The High-way, in which (land feveral Store-houfes, 

 formerly full of Ammunition, runs through the middle of this Countrey, where 

 in the time of the Ingas dwelt Aftronomers, who by looking on the Stars pretended 

 to tell future Events. Here the Women alfo us'd to be burnt alive with their Hus- 

 bands. 



Sect. V. 



Cufco. 



Situation and 



DefcriptioB 



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(M/co is the far greater part of the Province of Peru, containing generally all 



the Sierra, or Hill*Countreys, and thpfe parts of the Andes likewife which lie 



Southward of the little Province or Cantred of Guanuco, being Coaftcd 



Weftward and to the North- Weft with Lima ; Eaftward, with Los Quixos, and fome 



parr 





