Ch. XL SOUTH AMERICA. 121 



ing greater in fome, and in others that of the Indians. 

 Many of them are indeed folely inhabited by the latter. 

 The diftance from the capital of the province, efpeci- 

 ally to the towns fituated on its frontiers, being fo 

 great, as to render it impoffible for the corregidor to 

 difcharge his office every where with the neceflary 

 punduality and attention, the province is divided into 

 ieveral diftridts, confiding of three or four towns, 

 more or lefs, according to their largenefs and diftance ; 

 and over thefc is placed a delegate. 



Every fettlement of any confequence maintains a 

 prieft ; and fo commendable is their provifion in this 

 refped, that fometimes two, three, or more fmall places 

 join to fupport one, either alone or with a curate ; 

 fo that fome ecclefiaftics have diftant fettlements 

 under their care. Thefe incumbents are either feculars 

 or regulars, according to the right acquired by each 

 of thefe claffes, as having been employed in the con- 

 verfion of the Indians immediatelv after the Con- 

 queil. 



CHAP. XII. 



Of the Provinces in the Diocejfes of Truxillo, 

 GuAMANGA, Cusco, and Arequipa. 



NORTH of the archiepifcopal diocefs of Lima lies 

 the bifhopric of Truxiiio, and with it termi- 

 nates on that fide both the jurifdiction of that audi- 

 ence, and the vice-royalty of Peru •, but the whole 

 extent of this diocefs is not under the jurifdidtions of 

 this audience, nor of that of the vice-roy ; for it aifo 

 includes the government of Jaen de Bracamoros, which, 

 as we have already obferved (VoL i.) belongs to the 

 province and audience of Quito. We fhall therefore 

 ^xclqde it, and only give an accovint of the feven ju- 



rifdidions 



