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browner, the great difference lying in the tafte, that of 

 Quixos being more pungent, and without the exquifite 

 flavour of that of the Eaft Indies. The leaf is the 

 fame, and has all the delicate fmell of the bark ; but 

 the flower and feed furpafs even thofe of India ; the 

 former particularly is of an incomparable fragrancy, 

 from the abundance of aromatic parts it contains ; 

 and this favours an opinion, that the trees duly culti- 

 vated might be made in every refped equal to thofe 

 of the ifland of Ceylon. 



The other produds in the ifland of Quixos are the 

 very fame with thofe in all the other lands in the fame 

 climate as this govemmxent. I'he like may be faid of 

 fruits, roots, and grains, as wheat, barley, and others, 

 which, requiring a cold air;, feldom thrive much in any 

 of an oppoflte quality. 



The other difl:ri6i: of Macas is bounded on the eafl: 

 by the government of Maynas ; fouthward by that of 

 Bracamoros and Yaguarfongo ; and weftward, the eaft 

 Cordillera of the Andes divides it from the jurifdi^tion 

 of Rio Bamba and Cuen^a. Its chief town bears the 

 fplendid title of the city of Mucas, being the com- 

 mon name given to the whole country. And this is 

 better known than its proper ancient name of Sevilla 

 del Oro. It lies in two degrees thirty minutes S. 

 latitude, and forty minutes E. of Qiiito. Its houfes, 

 which do not exceed 130, are built of timber, and 

 thatched. Its inhabitants are reckoned at about 1 200 ; 

 but thefe, and it is the fame all over this diftrid, are 

 generally Meftizos with Spaniards. The other towns 

 belonging to this jurifdidlion are : 



I. San Miguel de Narbaes. V. Zuna. 



II. Barahonas. VI. Payra. 



III. Yuquipa. VII. Copueno. 



IV. Juan Lopez. VIIL Aguayos. 



The fpiritual government of them all is lodged in 

 two priefts s one of whom refiding in the city has the 



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