in Paraguay. 



Storc-Houfes, and of the Confumption thereof fnce his 

 laft Vific. 



All the Merchandizes mention' d toward the Beginning 

 of this Relation, are carry 'd by Water from the MiJJions 

 to Santa Fe\ which being the Staple for them, the Order 

 hath an Attorney-General there ; and from Santa Fe they 

 are carry'd to Buenos Ayres by Land, where they have 

 likewife an Attorney. From thole two Places they di- 

 bute their Goods into the three Provinces of Tucuman, 

 Paraguay, and Buenos Ayres, and into the Kingdoms of 

 Chili and Peru; and we may fafely affirm, that the Mijjion 

 of the Jefuites alone drives a greater Trade than all the 

 three Provinces together. 



The chief Bufinefs of the Caciques, or Civil Magiftrates, 

 is to learn the Number of Families, to make known to 

 all of them the Orders and Intentions of the Father, to 

 vifit Houfes, to examine every one's Work according to 

 his Abilities, and to promife as a Reward to him who 

 doth the moft and the beft, rhat he lhall kifs the Father's 

 Sleeve, which is held in great Veneration by thofe Indians, 

 as being the firft Step toward attaining to the Beatitude of 

 the next Life. There are other Infpe&ors for the Coun- 

 try, to whom the Indians are obliged to declare every thing 

 they get, even to a lingle Egg, which they muft not dii- 

 pofeof; being to carry all, without Exception, into the 

 Magazines, upon very fevere Penalties. There are alfo 

 Diftributors, who give out to every Family, according to 

 its Number, twice a. Week, whereon to fubfift: And this 

 is done in wonderful Order, in the Jefuite's Prefence $ to 

 whofe Praife it muft be faid, that their Labours are end- 

 lefs, fince they are vigilant, in the laft degree, to prevent 

 theit Indians from running into any Difordcr: Not but 

 that they are made ample Amends too, by the vaft Profit 

 of the Work of fo many Hands, 



There were formerly two Jefuites in every Parifh ; 

 but linee their great Acceffions, there can be but one, till 

 they get fome more over from Spain. 

 ' Uu The 



