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alfo are at a dlftance from the roots of other trees, 

 which deprive them of part of the noiirifhment ne- 

 celTary to bring it to perfedlion. And this opinion' is 

 confirmed by. a cinnamon tree planted either acci- 

 dentally or by defign^ near the city of Macas, the 

 bark of which, and efjiecially the bloflbm, in its 

 tarte, fragrancy and aromatic power, far exceeds that 

 of the Eafl: Indies. 



Grj.at quantities of copal are brought from Macas, 

 alfo wild wax j but the latter of little value, for, be- 

 fides being reddifh, it never mdurates ; and the fmell 

 of it, when made into candles, and thefe lighted, is 

 very ftrong and dilagreeable and that of Guayaquil 

 and Valles no better. Indeed all the wax in thofe 

 countries cannot come into competition with thofe of 

 Europe; though it muft be obferved, that there is no 

 Imall difference in the bee, which in this country is 

 much larger, and its colour inclinable to black. Howr 

 ever, it might be made fomething better, if the in- 

 habitants were acquainted with the art of cleanfing 

 and working it as in Europe; and if it could not 

 be brought to equal the European, a greater con^ 

 fiflence might be given to it, which would be no fmall 

 advantage. 



The government, which on the fouth limits the juf 

 rifdidion of the audience of Qiiito, and follows next 

 to Macas, is that of Jaen, which was difcovered and 

 fi]bdued by Pedro de Vargara in the year 1538, whom 

 Hernando Pizarro had appointed to command in that 

 expedition. Afterwards Juan de Salinas entered the 

 country, with the title of governor of it ; and he having 

 by his courage and courtefy reduced the Indians, and 

 ingratiated himfelf with them, a more formal fettle- 

 nient was made, and feveral towns built, which are 

 flill exifting, though in no better condition than thofe 

 of Macas and Quixos. Some ftill retain the appel- 

 lation of city^ not that their largenefs, niiipber of in- 

 habitants^ 



