I20 A VOYAGE TO Book VII. 



bliflied feveral miflions, the firft being in the town of 

 Ocopa. Within its dependances are feveral filver 

 mines, feme of which being worked, greatly increafe 

 the riches of this province. 



Xin. The jurifdidion of Conchucos begins forty 

 leagues N. N. E. of Lima, and extends along the 

 center of the Cordillera; fo that its air is different 

 according to the height of the fituation of its feveral 

 parts, the mildeft of which produce all kinds of grain 

 and fruits, and the others, where the effedls of the cold 

 checks this fertility, afford pafture for cattle of all kinds. 

 In this jurifdidion are great number of looms ; the 

 principal occupation of the Indians being feveral kinds 

 of woollen nianufadures, and thefe conftitute the great- 

 eft part of its commerce with other provinces. 

 . XIV. The province of Guaylas, like the former, 

 extends along the center of the Cordillera, beginning 

 fifty leagues from Lima, and in the fame direction as 

 the other this jurifdidVion is large, and has different 

 telmperatures of air. The low parts produce grain 

 and fruits, the upper abound in cattle and fheep,, 

 v/hich form the greateil branch of their trade. 



XV. The laft is that of Guamalies, which, like the 

 former, is fituated in the center of the Cordillera, con- 

 fequently its air very different. This jurifdidion begins 

 eighty leagues N. E. of Lima, and its fituation being 

 rather cold than temperate, few places are fertile in 

 its whole extent, which is above forty leagues. Th€ 

 Indian inhabitants of the towns apply themfelves to 

 weaving, and make a great variety of bays, ferges, 

 and other ftuffs, with which they carry on a very con- 

 fiderable trade with the other provinces, deflitute of 

 fuch manufactures . 



The preceding provinces, together with the follow^ 

 ing in the audience of Lima, as in thofe belonging to, 

 that of Charcas, are full of towns, villages and ham- 

 lets, inhabited by Spaniards, Meflizos, and Indians 

 but with fome differencej, the number of Spaniards be- 



