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of bays, which make part of the trade of this jurif- 

 didion, 



XI. The jurifdidlion of Tarma is one of the largeil 

 ^ in this archbifhoprick. It begins forty leagues north- 



€aft from Lima, and terminates eaftward on a tratl of 

 land inhabited by wild Indians, called Maran-cochas, 

 who often make inroads into the territories of thisju- 

 rifdiSiion. The difference of the air in its leveral 

 parts, render it capable of producing all kind of grain 

 and fruits, which the inhabitants are not wanting to 

 improve. The temperate parts are fown with wheat, 

 barley, maize, and other grain ; while the colder parts 

 afford pafture to infinite numbers of cattle of all kinds. 

 This province is aJfo rich in filver mines and as 

 many of them are worked, they fpread affluence all 

 over the country. Befides thefe important fourccs of 

 commerce, and that of the cattle, the making of bays 

 and other coarfe fluffs, profitably employ great num- 

 bers of Indians in mofl of its tawns. 



XII. The jurifdidtion of Jauxa borders on the 

 fouthcrn extremity of the former, and begins about 

 forty leagues eaft of Lima, and extends forty more 

 along the fpacious valleys and plains between the two 

 Cordilleras of the Andes. In the middle of it runs a 

 large river, called alfo Jauxa, the fource of which is 

 in the lake of Chincay-Cocha, in the province of 

 Tarma. It is alfo one of the branches of the river cf 

 the Amazons. The whole jurifdidlion of this province 

 is divided into two parts by the river, and in both are 

 feveral handfome towns, well inhabited by Spaniards, 

 Meflizos, and Indians. The foil produces plenty of 

 wheat and other grain, together with a great variety 

 of fruits. It has alio a confiderable fhare of trade, be- 

 ing the great road to the provinces of Cufco, Paz, 

 Plata, and others to the fouthward, here called Tiera, 

 de Ariba, or the upper country. Like the former it 

 borders eailward on the wild Indians of the mountains, 

 but amqng which the order of St, Francis has efta^ 



• I 4 . biifned 



