A Voyage to 



occafions fuch a fichant Defence, that two Thirds of the 

 Curtin are upon a fecond Flank ; and the flank'd Angles are 

 often too acute. Thofe Curtins being about 80 Fathoms 

 in Length, the great Line of Defence is of about nor 

 Befides this, there is neither Ditch nor Outworks. The'fe 

 Fortifications were made about the Year 1685, in theVicc- 

 royfliip of the Duke de la Palata, by a Flemijh Pricft, whofe 

 Name was Von John Ramond. 



The Number of Spanijh Families in Lima may make 

 up about 8 or 9000 Whites j the reft are only Meftizo's, 

 Mulatto's/ Blacks, and fome Indians* tho', in the whole, 

 there are about 25, or 30000 Souls, including the Friers, 

 and Nuns, who take up at lead a Quarter of the City, 



As in the Cities of Europe we reckon the Coaches to 

 denote their Magnificence, fo at Lima they reckon 4000 

 Calaflics, the common Carriage for Gentry in that Coun- 

 try, drawn by Mules. But to give fome Idea of the Wealth 

 of that City, it will fuffice to relate what Treafure the 

 Merchants there expofed about the Year 1682, when the 

 Duke de la Palata made his Entry : Coming to take Pof- 

 feflion of the Place, they caus'd the Streets, call'd de la 

 Merced, or of the Mercenarians, and de los Mercaderes, or 

 of the Merchants, extending through two of the Quarters, 

 and through which he was to pais to the Royal Square^ 

 where the Palace is, to be paved with Ingots of Silver, that 

 had paid the Fifth to the King, and generally weigh about 

 200 Marks, of eight Ounces each, between 12 and 15 

 Inches long, four or five in Breadth, and two or three in 

 Thicknefs, which might amount to the Sum of 80 Mil- 

 lions of Crowns, and 320 Millions of Livres French Mo- 

 ney, as it was in the Year 171 5. It is true, that Lima is 

 in fome Sort the Repofitory of the Treafures of Peru, whofc 

 Capital it is, It was computed fome Years ago 5 that above 

 fix Millions of Crowns were expended there. Much muft 

 be abated at prefent, fince the French Trade has carry'd 

 thither the Commodities of Europe at an eafy rate, and 

 lince the Trade they have drove at Ariea y Hilo and Pifco y 



