the South-Sea. 177 



in Peru. In the Year 1713, they were ere&ing Mills there, 

 which will be (till more advantageous to the Port of Hilo. 



Tho' the Neighbourhood of many Mines, by their Con- inconvenient 

 currence, make that a good Mart, it is in other refpe&s bad cm »/HUo. 

 enough for the Conveniencies of Life. Water, as has been 

 faid, is apt to fall fliort there, becaufe very much is con- 

 fumed in watering the Vineyards of Moquegua. Beeves are 

 there fcarce, and their Fifli naught, except in Winter, be- 

 caufe the Mitts which are then frequent refrefli and moiftem 

 the Top of the Mountain, which catifes fome little Pafture 

 to grow : In fliort, other Provifions fometimes fall fliort for 

 the Inhabitants. There is fcarce any kind of Game, except 

 a Sort of fmall Fallow Deer, found in the Breaks of the 

 Mountains. There is no Want of Fifli in the Road but 

 the Sea runs fo high near the Shore, that there is no draw- 

 ing of a Net any where. 



The Vale of Hilo, in which there are not at prefent a- 

 bove three or four Farms, formerly maintained an Indian 

 Town, the Remains of which are ftili to be feen 2 Leagues 

 from the Sea. The Houfes whidi were made of Canes, are 

 there to be feen razed even with the Ground 5 a difmal Ef- 

 fe& of the Ravages the Spaniards have made among the J«- 

 dians. 



There are ftill more moving Marks of the Misfortune Tombs 

 of that poor Nation, near Arica, above the Church of Hi- Indians. 

 lo, and all along the Shore, as far as the Point of Coles, be- 

 ing an infinite Number of Tombs, where they bury'd 

 themfelves alive with their Families and Goods ,* which is 

 the Reafon that when they happen to dig at this very Time, 

 they find Bodies almoft entire with their Cloaths, and very 

 often Gold and Silver Veffels. Thofe 1 have feen are dug 

 in the Sand the depth of a Man s and inciofed with a Wall 

 of dry Stone : They are covered with Wattles of Canes, on 

 which there is a Bed or Layer of Earth, and Sand laid over, 

 to the end the Place where they were, might not be 6b- 

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