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cated to it by the heat, promotes an exceffive perfpira- 

 tion : and this cuftom is fo prevailing, that even the 

 ladies pundlually oblerve it ; and the quantity both of 

 acid and fpirit being but fmali, it becomes equally 

 wholefome and refrefhing. 



CHAP. VIIL 



Extent of the Jurifdiclion of Guayaquil. 



r^ lHE mofl northern part of the jurifdicfLion of 

 Guayaquil begins at Cape PafTado, fo called 

 from its lying 21'fouthof the equinoclial, and about 

 half a degree north of the bay of Manta. From this 

 cape it continues all along the coad, including the ifle 

 of Puna, to the town of Machala on the coaft of 

 I'umbez, where it is terminated by the jurifdiction of 

 Piura. From thence it runs away eailward, and is 

 bounded by that of Cuenca ; and then, turning north- 

 wards along the wcftern fidrts of the Andes, it ter- 

 minates on thofe of Bamba and Chimbo. Its leno-th 

 frpm N. to S. is about 60 leagues, and its breadth 

 from E. to W. 40 or 45 ; reckoning from the point 

 of Santa Elena to the parts called Ojibar. Its whole 

 country, like that in the neighbourhood of the city, is 

 one continued plain, and in winter univerfally over- 

 flowed. It is divided into feven lieutenancies or de- 

 partments, for each of which the corregidor appoints 

 a lieutenant or deputy, who, however, mud be con- 

 firmed by the audience of Qiiito. Thefe departments 

 are, Puerto Viejo, Punta de Santa Elena, Puna, 

 Yaguache, Babahoyo, Baba, and Daule. 



The lieutenancy de San Gregorio de Puerto Viejo 

 is bounded northward by the government of Atacames, 

 and fouthward by the lieutenancy of Santa Elena. Its 

 capital of the fame name, though fmall, thinly peopled, 

 and poQr, enjoys the privileges of a city, and includes 



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