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that the limits of the two audiences fhouid be thofeof 

 their commerce : that is, that Qinto fliould not 

 trade beyond the territories of Loja and Zamora; nor 

 Lima, beyond thofe of Piura, one of the jurifdiclions 

 of its audience. By this equitable expedient, thofe 

 provinces were, in time, fupplied with the goods they 

 wanted, without any detriment to the trade of Peru. 

 This regulation was firll: executed in 1730, on the ar- 

 rival of the fquadron commanded by Don Manuel 

 Lopez Pintado, who had orders, from the kins;, tcT 

 place commerce on this footing, provided it bid fair to 

 anfwer the mtentions of both parties, and that no bet- 

 ter expedient could be found. Accordingly this was 

 carried into execution ; being not only well adapted to 

 the principal end, but aifo, during the ftay of the 

 galleons at Carthagena, procured bufinefs for the Car- 

 gadores in the faie of their goods ; and thus made 

 themfelves ample amends for their expences. 



During the prohibition, the merchants of Cartha- 

 gena were obliged to have recourfe to the Flotila of 

 Peru, in their courfe from Guayaquil to Panama j or 

 to wait the return of the galleons to Carthagena, and, 

 confequently, purchafe only the refufe of Porto Eello 

 fair; both which were, doubtlefs, confiderable grie- 

 ^ vances to them. If they purfued the firft, they were 

 obliged to travel acrofs the whole jurifdic^tion of Santa 

 Fe to Guayaquil, which was a journey of above four 

 hundred leagues, with confiderable fums of money, 

 which having difpofed of in merchandizes, the charges 

 of their return were ftill greater. , In fine, the lolfes 

 inevitable in fuch a long journey, where rapid rivers, 

 mountains, and bridges were to be crolTed, and their 

 merchandizes expofed to a thouland accidents, ren^ 

 dered this method utterly impracticable fo that they 

 were obliged to content themfelves with the remains 

 of the fair ; though it was very uncertain whether 



* Perfons who bring European goods for fale, 



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thefe 



