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and is situated in 33. 47. degrees of latitude, and in 511. é¿. of longi- 

 tude, at the distance of about 62 leagues from Mendoza. Notwith- 

 standing it is the thoroughfare of all the commerce between Chili, 

 Cujo and Buenos Ayres, it is a miserable place, and the inhabitants 

 scarcely amount to two hundred. It has a parish church, one that 

 belonged to the Jesuits, and a convent of Dominicans. The civil 

 and military government of this city, as well as of its jurisdiction, 

 which is very extensive and populous, is administered by a Lieu- 

 tenant, or Vicar of the Corregidor of Mendoza. Besides these 

 cities, Cujo contains the towns of Jachal, Vallofertil, Mogna, 

 Corocerto, Leonsito, Caiingarta and Pismanta, 'but these do not 

 merit particular attention. 



The Patagonians, who border upon Chili, and of whose gigantis 

 stature so much has been written in Europe, from the most accu- 

 rate information, diifer not materially in this respect from other 

 men. The Pojas, who form one of their tribes, live under the go- 

 vernment of several petty princes, indépendant of each other. 

 These people acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being, and 

 believe in the immortality of the soul. A singular kind of polygamy 

 prevails among them, the women being permitted by their laws 

 to have several husbands. As to the Cesari, the supposed neigh- 

 bours of the Chilians, of whom such wonderful stories are told, 

 they are merely an imaginary people, who have no existence but 

 iü the fancy of those who take a pleasure in the marvellous. 



END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



