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above thirty leagues, and the greater part of them, 

 taken up by the firft branch of the Cordillera of the 

 Andes ; fo that the temperature of the air is diffe- 

 rent in different parts of the country; that part 

 which lies low, or among the valleys being hot,, 

 thofe on the fkirts of the mountains, which are alfo, 

 intermixed with fome plains, temperate ; and thofe 

 in the upper parts of the mountains cold. This dif- 

 ference of air is of great advantage both to the 

 fruits of the earth and paflures for by appropriat- 

 ing every fpecies to its proper degree of heat, the 

 produce is large, and exceeding good. Among all 

 the fruits the Papa is particularly diftinguifhcd, and 

 the roots carried to Lima where they meet with a 

 good market. The vaft fields of Bombon, part of 

 which belongs to this jurifdidlion, are by their high 

 fituation, always cold •, yet they afford pafture for in- 

 numerable flocks of Iheep. Thefe extenfive trads. 

 of land are divided into Haciendas, or cftates belong- 

 ing to noble families of Lima. At Guamantanga, one 

 of the towns in this jurifdi6lion is a miraculous cruci- 

 fix, devoutly worOiipped the inhabitants of Lima, 

 and the neighbouring country, go thither in pilgri- 

 mage at Whitfuntide to affift at a feftival, inftituted 

 particularly in honour of it. 



V. The town of Canete is the capital of the jii- 

 rifdidion of its name. Its jurildiftion begins at the 

 diftance of fix leagues fouth from Lima, and ex- 

 tends along the coaft in the fame rhumb above 

 thirty leagues. The temperature of the air in this 

 jurifdiilion is the fame with that in the valleys of 

 Lim.a; and the country being watered by a large 

 river, and other lefiTer ftreams, produced vaft quan- 

 tities of wheat and maize. Great part of the lands 

 are planted with canes, from whence they extradl 

 an excellent fugar. Thefe profitable trads of land 

 belong alfo to noble families. In the neighbourhood 

 of Chilca, fituated about ten leagues from Lima, is 



found. 



