Ch. vliL SOUTH America: ^95 



Alaufi and Cuenfa, by means of the warehoufcs at 

 Yaguache and Noranjal, carry on a confiderable trade 

 with Guayaquil. 



This trade in the manufadlures of that country^ 

 which confifl: only of three forts, cloth, bags, and 

 linen, is attended with confiderable profit to the tra- 

 ders, and advantage to the country, as all the poor 

 people, who are remarkably numerous, and perfons 

 of fubftance, except thofe of the capital, wear the goods 

 manufadured in the country thofe of Europe being 

 fo prodigioufly dear, that only Spaniards of large for- 

 tune, and perfons of the higheft diftindtion, can afford 

 to purchafe them. The quantity of cloth and fluffs 

 wove in this country, and all by Indians, either in the 

 public manufadures or their own houfes, appear from 

 hence to be prodigioufly great : and to this, in a great 

 meafure, is owing the happy ftate of this province : 

 the mafters and traders foon raifing fortunes, and the 

 fcrvants and dependants contented with the fruits of 

 their induftry* 



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