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to obtain, in the way of barter, what is indispensable to their 

 necessities, by the surrender of that which is superfluous, gra- 

 dually civiHze men, make them friends, and lead them, with- 

 out violence, to a common language, an identity of customs, 

 and the same religion." 



Such are the inestimable fruits which Don Juan de Galves, 

 by his endeavours to promote the welfare of those placed under 

 his prote61;ion, has reaped. While they have entitled him to 

 the gratitude and praises, which, in the name of Peru, we 

 here tender to him, they have likewise procured him the ap- 

 probation of the supreme authorities, and of a pious sovereign, 

 the just re warder of merit *. 



* The royal schedule, commendatory of the zeal and adllvity of this minister, ia 

 the repopulation of Vitoc, was dated at Madrid in March 1790. 



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