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the quotas levied on the inhabitants of the province, been 

 drawn from the pubhc treasury, for the constru6lion of the 

 fort of Chanchamayo, in every respe6l inferior to that of St. 

 Charles of Vitoc. As the troops stationed at the posts of Co- 

 mas and Ulucmayo were absokitely useless, even before this 

 new establishment had been made, and as these posts had con- 

 sequently become, instead of quarters for soldiery, fortresses 

 for pirates, they were evacuated, and the military marched 

 to Vitoc. By this expedient a garrison was supplied, without 

 any burden to the nation at large, or to the province in par- 

 ticular, the prosperity of which the intendant had so much at 

 heart. 



Beneath the prote6lion of the fort, and of the privileges 

 granted by the laws of the kingdom to the new settlers, the 

 valley was cultivated with great industry and success, each 

 individual entering on the enjoyment of the portion of terri- 

 tory to which he became entitled by the greater or smaller 

 degree of his application and constancy. In the interim, 

 Galves made the necessary preparations for the re-peopling 

 of the ancient towns of Colla and Pucara, the ruins of which 

 were speedily repaired. The former of these places, which, 

 to perpetuate the remembrance of the exalted personage under 

 whose government the re-establishm.ent of Vitoc had been 

 undertaken, was named San Teodoro de Colla, was embel- 

 lished by a church, and by a monastery fitted for the reception 

 of the missionaries of Ocopa, who took on them the spiritual 

 direction of the settlement. 



When the magistrate entertains a persuasion, that the su- 

 preme and sole aim of his high dignity is to confer happiness 

 on those he governs, he is not deterred by any consideration, 



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