i4P A V O Y A G E T O Book VII. 



mines near the nountains, but of little advantage, a^ 

 .they are not woried. 



III. N. of Arquipa and thirty leagues diftant from 

 that city, is the jurifdidion of Condefuyos de Are- 

 i^Liipa, extending about thirty leagues, v/ith different 

 temperatures of the air, and confequently produces 

 grains and fruits. Here is bred the wild Cochineal^ 

 with which the Irdians carry on a kind of trade with 

 thofe provinces wlere the woollen manufaflures flou- 

 rifli. They firfl plverize the Cochineal by grinding, 

 and after mixing four ounces of it, with twelve of 

 violet maize, the) form it into fquare cakes called 

 M/ingo, each weighing four ounces, and fell it for a 

 dollar per pound. This country abounds in gold 

 and filver mines but they are not worked with the 

 care and diligence of former times. 



IV. At about tiirty leagues eaft from the city of 

 Arequipa, begins Caylloma, famous for a mountain 

 of the fame name, and the filver mines it contains. 

 Though thefe min^s have been long difcovered and 

 conftantly and indiflrioufly worked,, their produce 

 is ilill fo confideraDle, that in the principal village, 

 called by the fame name, there is a governor and 

 OiBce appointed foi receiving the king's fifths, and 

 Vending the quickdver ufed in feparating the metai 

 from the ore. The cold in the greateft part of the 

 country is fo intenfe, that the inhabitants are obliged 

 to have recourfe to the neighbouring provinces, for 

 the fruits of the earti. Even the declivities of moun^ 

 tains and valleys pioduce but little. In fome parts * 

 of this province are vild aiTes, like thofe already men^ 

 tioned in Vol. I. 



V. The iurifdidioi of Monquegua lies about forty 

 leagues S. of the city of Arequipa, and fixtecn from 

 the coafl of the Stuth-fea. The principal town, 

 wdiich bears the fame mme, is inhabited by Spaniards, 

 and among them fcveral noble and opulent iamilies. 

 This juriiciidion exte:ids at le^ft forty leagues in 



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