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The climate is hot, and confcquently its produ6ls are 

 fuch as are common to hoc countries. Some parts 

 have vineyards, and in others are made confiderable 

 quantities of fiigar. It abounds alfo in cattle and 

 Iheep. The extent in feme parts is near forty leagues, 

 'I he vicinity of the Chiriguanos is a continual unea- 

 fmefs to the towns in this jurifdiclicn, and even 

 to the city of Plata itfelf, they having more than once 

 attempted to fiu'prize it. 



ill. The jurifdidiion of Porco begins at the weft 

 fide of the town of Potofi, and about ^5 leagues dl- 

 ftance from the city of Plata extending about 20 

 farther. The coldnefs of its fituation occafions a 

 fcarcity of grain and fruits ; but, on the other hand, it 

 abounds in fine cattle of all forts. In this jurifdidion 

 is the mountain of Porco, whence it has its name, 

 apd from whofe= mines the Yncas, as I have already 

 obferved, extraded all the filver for their expences 

 and ornaments ; and accordingly was the fiift mine 

 "worked by the Spaniards after the conqueft. 



IV. About 30 leagues fouth of Plata lies the Ju- 

 rifdidion of Tarija, or Chicasj the greateft extent 

 of which is about g.^- leagues. The temperature of 

 the air is various, being in fome parts hot, and in 

 others cold whence it has the advantage of corn, 

 fruits, and cattle. This country every where abounds 

 in mines of gold and filver, and efpecially that part 

 called Chocayas. Between this province and th? 

 country inhabited by wild Indians, runs the large 

 river I'ipuanys, the fands of which being mixed with 

 gold, are wafhed like thofe of the river Caravaga, 

 already mentioned. 



V. In the faipe part as the former, but with a 

 fmall inclination towards the fouth-weft, is the jurif- 

 didion of Lipes, and extends alfo thirty-five leagues. 

 The air is extremely cold, fo that grain and fruit thrive 

 very little here, but it abounds in cattle, particularly 

 thofe natural to the country, as the Vicuna, Alpaca, 



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