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length, and in a happy climate, adorned with large 

 vineyards, from the produce of whicl great quantities 

 of wine and brandy are made ; thcfe conftitute its 

 whole commerce, fupplying all the provinces border- 

 ing on the Cordilleras as far as Poiofi, by land car- 

 riage ; v/hile they are exported by fea to Callao, 

 where they arc greatly valued. Here are alfo Papas 

 and Olives. 



VI. The laft jurifdiclion of this diocefs is Arica^ 

 which extends along the coall of the South-fea. Be- 

 fides the heat, and inclemency of the air, the greateff: 

 part of the country is barren, producing only Aji, 

 or Guinea pepper, from which alone it drives a very 

 advantageous trade, as may eafily i>e imagined from 

 the vaft confumption of it in all thefe parts of Ame- 

 rica. Accordingly the dealers in this commodity 

 refort hither from the provinces on the other fide of 

 the mountains, and by computation, the annual pro- 

 duce of thefe plantations amount to no lefs than 

 60000 dollars per annum. The pais of this pepper 

 are about a quarter of a yard in length, and when 

 gathered are dried in the fun, and packed up in bags 

 or rufhes, each bag containing an aroba, or quarter 

 of a hundred weight-, and thus they are exported to 

 all parts of the kingdom, and ufed as an ingredient 

 in moft of their difhes. Other parts of this jurifdi<5lion 

 are famous for vaft quantities of large and excellent' 

 olives, far exceeding the fineft produced in Europe, 

 being nearly as large as a hen's egg. They extracfl 

 fome oil from their olives, and find a good market 

 for it in the provinces of the Cordillera others are 

 pickled, and fome, together with a fmall quantity of 

 oil, exported to Callao. 



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