the South-Seal \ 



whereof, at leaft, ; one Third is of the Cdmini, without 

 reckoning 25000 Arrovas, of that of Palos for Chili. They 

 pay for each Parcel, containing fix or feven Arrovas, four 

 Royals for the Duty call'd Alcaroala^ being a Rate upon all 

 Goods fold ; which, with the Charge of Carriage, being 

 above 600 Leagues, double the firft Price, which is about 

 two Pieces of Eight ; fo that at Potofi it comes to about 

 five Pieces of Eight the Arrova. The Carriage is commonly 

 by Carts, which carry 150 Arro<vas from Santa Fe to Ju- 

 juy y the 4aft Town of the Province of Tucuman ; and from 

 thence to Potofi, which is 100 Leagues farther, it is car- 

 ry'd on Mules. 



I have elfewhere obfervM, that the life of this Herb is 

 neceffary where there are Mines, and on the Mountains of 

 Peru, where the Whites think the Ufe of Wine pernicious^ 

 they rather ehoofe to drink Brandy, and leave the Wine to 

 the Indians and Blacks, which they like very well.. 



If the Spaniards are fober as to Wine, they are not very 

 referv'd as to Continency. In Matters of Love they yield 

 to no Nation : They freely facrifice moft of what they 

 have to that PalTion ^ and tho' covetous enough upon all 

 other Occafions, they are generous beyond Meafure to 

 Women. To add the Pleafure of Liberty to the reft, they 

 feldom marry in the Face of the Church ; but, to ufe theii? 

 own Way of ExpreiTion, they all generally marry behind^ 

 the Church, that is, they are ail engaged in a decent Sorr 

 of Concubinage, which among them is nothing fcandalous 5 

 fo far from it,, that it is a Difgrace not to keep a Miftris, 

 upon Condition Ihe be true to them, but they are as apt 

 to obferve that Fidelity, as Wives do to their Husbands in 

 'Ewope. It is even frequent enough to fee marry'd Men 

 forfake their Wives to adhere to Mulatto's and Blacks^ 

 which often occafions Disorders in Families. Thus the 

 two ancient Ways of Marrying ftili fubfift in that Coun* 

 try ; that of keeping a Miftris is very anfwerable to that 

 which was call'd by Ufe, and there is fome Remainder of 

 the other in the Ceremony of Marriage. The Bridegroom 

 puts into the Bride's Hand 13 Pieces of Money, which flic 



then 



