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the reverend fathers, and of the converted Indians, an hospital was established in 

 the provii|(t:e of Caxamarquilla, at which a priest was stationed wdth the title of 

 president, and whose duty it was to direct and superintend all the missionaries. 

 By the means of these arrangements, and of the regulations adopted by the foun- 

 ders, the above tribes have been kept in peaceful obedience. 



The Cholones Indians are corpulent, well made, and industrious. Their most 

 common pursuits are agriculture, hunting, and fishing. Their wives cultivate cot- 

 ton, which they spin and weave to clothe the family the husband nourishes. The . 

 Hibitos ar£ less corpulent, and their wives comelier, more cleanly, and more libe- 

 ral, than those of the Cholones, whose great quality is economy. 



Their ordinary diet consists of wild boars, monkies, salt fish, plantains, mani*, 

 yucas, and wild fruits. The dress of the Indians who inhabit the mountains difi^ers 

 from that of those who reside in the towns. The former simply cover themselves 

 with a cuzma, or short cotton shirt reaching to the knees; but the latter add an outer 

 garment, either of cotton or of coarse baize. The women wear a long cotton 

 gown, reaching to the ancles, and confined by a band at the waist ; over this gar- 

 ment they throw a mantle of baize. On festivals, and particular occasions, they 

 are clad in a gown, made after the Spanish fashion ; and this they likewise wear 

 when they set out for the province of Patas, to carry to their husbands a supply of 

 cocaf. These Indians are in the constant habit of bathing in the rivers, before 

 sunrise, with a view to the preservation of their health. The disease which makes 

 the greatest havoc among them is the small pox ; for which reason, as soon as the 

 slightest symptom of its having broken out appears among them, they retire preci- 

 pitately to the mountains, where they disperse themselves in every diredliion, and 

 remain until they are certain that the disease has been extinguished. They are ut- 

 ter strangers to ambition, avarice, theft, and dissensions, which seem to be defefts 

 and vices inherent in a civilized state of society. In their stead, incontinence, and 

 drunkenness, by which a rustic life is more particularly charadlerized, are very pre- 

 valent. The masato is their favourite drink. 



* This fruit, which is of the size and shape of a pine-cone, is eaten either boiled, or as a conserve.— 

 Ulloas Voyage. 



f The leaves of this plant, to which a slight reference has already been made, are chewed by the Indi- 

 ans, who, for that purpose, combine with them a kind of chalk, or whitish earth, called mambi. The 

 coca is so highly nutritive and invigorating, that they are enabled by it to labour for entire days without 

 taking any other nourishment. When they can no longer procure it, they find a gradual decay of 

 strength. It is said by them to preserve the teeth from decay, and to fortify the stomach.— C/Zoaf Voyage. 



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