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 shortest 12 hours. The religion idolatry the government the King of Spain.

This is the richest of the Spanish plantations. The air in some places very and in others very cold; so also is  soil various. Its commodities are and silver, pearls, cotton, tobacco, ineal, drugs, &c. The longest day 1 hours and a quarter, the shortest ten a half. This country was formerly by Kings called Incas, but it now almost entirely subject to the  of Spain. The natives worship the moon, stars, thunder, lightening, &c.