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C H A P. 11. 



Our arrival at Truxillo ^ a Uefcription of 

 that Cityy and the Continuance of our Journey 

 to Lima. 



WITHOUT ftaying any longer at Chocope thafi 

 is ufual for refting the bcafts, we continued 

 our journey, and arrived at the city of Truxillo, 1 1 

 leagues diftant, and, according to our obfervations, , 

 in 8" 6' ^" S. latitude. This city was built in the 

 year 1535, by Don Francifco Pizarro, in the valley 

 of Chimo. Its fituation is pleafant, notv/ithftanding 

 the fandy foil, the univerfal defedl of all the towns iri 

 Valles. It is furrounded by a brick wall, and its * 

 cfrcuit entitles it to be clafTed among cities of the tiiird. 

 order. It ftands about half a league from the fea, and 

 two leagues to the northward of it is the port of 

 Guanchaco, the channel of its maritime commerce. 

 The houfes make a creditable appearance. The ge- 

 nerality are of bricks, decorated with (lately balco- 

 nies, and fuperb porticos ; but the other of baxare- 

 ques. Both are however low, on account of the fre- 

 quent earthquakes ; few have fo much as one ftory. 

 The corregidor of the whole department refides in 

 this city ; and alfo a bifhop (whofe diocefe begins at 

 Tumbez) with a chapter confiding of three dignita- 

 ries, namely, the dean, arch-deacon, and chanter ; 

 four canons, and two prebendaries. liere is an - 

 office of revenue, conduced by an accomptant and 

 treafurer j one of whom, as I have already obferved, 

 refides at Lambayeque. Convents of feveral orders 

 are eftablifhed here ; a college of Jefuits, an hofpital 

 of our lady of Bethlehem, and two nunneries, one of 

 the order of Sc. Clare, and the other of St. Terefa. 

 The inhabitants confift of Spaniards, Indians^ and 

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