133 



Province of Caraccas 370,000 



The valley of Caucagua and the savan- 

 nahs of Ocumare were reckoned in 1801, to 

 contain 30,000 j the town of Caraccas, and 

 the valleys of Chacao, Petare, Mariches, and 

 los Teques, 60,000 j Portocabello, Guayra, 

 and the whole shore from cape Codera as 

 far as Aroa, 25,000 ; the valleys of Aragua, 

 52,000 ; le Tuy, 20,000 j the districts of 

 Carora, Barquesimeto, Tocuyo, and Guanare, 

 54,000 j S. Felipe, Nirgua, Aroa and the 

 neighbouring plains, 34,000*; the llanos of 

 Calabozo, San Carlos, Araure, and San Juan 

 Baptista del Pao, 40,000. These partial 

 estimates, which comprise almost all the 

 inhabited parts, yield a total of only 315,000. 



Province of Coro 32,000 



Province of Maracaybo {with Merida and Truxillo) 140,000 



Province of Varinas , 75,000 



Province of Guayana 40,000 



A numbering in 1780, the results of which 

 I found in the archives of Angostura (Santo 

 Tome de la Nueva Guayana), gave 19,616 

 inhabitants; 1,479 whites, 16,499 Indians, 

 620 blacks, 1018 pardos and zambos (people 

 of mixed race) . 

 Island of Margaretta 18,000 



Total 785,000 



Perhaps, even at the period at which I stop, the population 

 of the two provinces of Caraccas and Maracaybo, and that 

 of the island of Margaretta (Brown's Narrative, 1819, p.118), 

 were somewhat exaggerated ; Mr. Depons, however, who 

 had alike access to the returns made by the vicars to the 

 bishops, estimates the province of Caraccas only, including 

 the province of Varinas, at 500,000 (Voyage a la Terre 

 Ferme, torn, i, p. 177). The villages are extremely po- 



