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may not, however, be amifs to premife, that this pro- 

 vince was fubjeded to the empire of Peru, by Tnpac- 

 Inga-Yupanqui, the eleventh Ynca. 



Garcilaso, in his hiftory of the Yncas of Peru, the 

 belt guide we can follow on this fubjed, obferves, that 

 this conqued was made by the army of that emperor, 

 comm.anded by his eldeft fon Hueyna-Capac, who alio 

 fucceeded him in the empire. Hueyna-Capac, among 

 other natural children, had one called Ata-Hualpa, 

 by a daughter of the laft king of Qiiito ; and being 

 extremely fond of him, on account of his many amia- 

 ble qualities and accomplifhments, in order to procure 

 him an honourable fettiement, prevailed on his legiti- 

 mate and eldeft fon Huafcar to allow him to hold the 

 kingdom of Quito as a fief of the empire *, it being 

 an invariable law, that all conquefts were to be 

 perpetually annexed to the empire, and not alienated 

 from it on any account whatever. Thus Hueyna- 

 Capac enjoyed the fatisfa6lion of feeing his favourite 

 a fovereign of large dominions. But on the death 

 of his father, this prince, of whom fuch great hopes 

 had been conceived, ungratefully rebelled, feized on 

 the empire, imprifoned his brother, and foon after 

 put him to a violent death. His profperity was, 

 however, but of fliort continuance for he fuffered 

 the fame fate by order of Don Francifco Pizarro, who 

 had fent Sebaftian de Belalcazar to make a conqr.eft 

 of the kingdom of Qtiito. He routed the Indians 

 where-ever they ventured to face him ; and having 

 Ipon, by a feries of vidories, made himfelf maftef of 

 the kingdom, and in the year 1534 rebuilt the ca- 

 pital, which had fuffered extremely from inteftine 

 commotions, called it San Francifco de Quito, a 

 name it ftill retains, though it was not till feven years 

 after that the title of city was conferred upon it. 



We found from accurate oblervations, that the city 

 of Quito is fituated in the latitude of o deg. 13. min. 

 1 3 fee, fouth^ and in 298 deg. 15 min. 45 fee. of 



longitude 



