Ch. L SOUTH AMERICA, ii 

 diftempers are admitted, it is particularly famous for 

 the cure of the French difeafe, which is not a little 

 forwarded by the nature of the climate. According- 

 ly there is here a great refort of perfons infefted 

 with that infamous diftempers and are reftored to 

 their former health by a lefs quantity of the fpecific 

 than is ufed in other countries, and alfo with greater 

 eafe and expedition. 



As the whole territory of this jurifdi6tion with- 

 in Valles produces only the Algarroba, maize, 

 cotton, grain, a few fruits and efculent vegetables, 

 moft of the inhabitants apply themfeives to the breed- 

 ing of goats, great numbers of which are continu- 

 ally fold for Daughter, and from their fat they make 

 foap, for which they are fure of a good market at 

 Lima, Quito, and Panama; their fldns are drefled 

 into leather called Cardovan, and for which there is 

 alfo a great demand at the above cities. Another 

 branch of its commerce is the Cabuya, or Piia, a 

 kind of plant from whence a very fine and ftrong 

 thread is made ; and which abounds in the moun- 

 tainous parts of its jurifdi6i:ion. Great advantages 

 ^re alfo made from their mules, as all the goods 

 fent from Quito to Lima, and alfo thofe coming 

 from Spain, and landed at the port of Paita, cannot 

 be forwarded to the places they are configned to but 

 by the mules of this province-, and from the im- 

 menfe quantity of goods coming from all parts, 

 fome idea may be formed of the number of beafts 

 employed in this trade, which continues more or lefs 

 throughout the year ; but is prodigious when the ri- 

 vers are fliallow. 



Don George Juan being arrived at Piura, every 

 thing was got ready with the utmoft difpatch, and 

 on the 2ift we continued our journey The next 

 day we reached the town of Sechura, ten leagues 

 diftant from Piura, according to the time we were 

 ' " " ' ' travel^ 



