[168] Poniente.
[169] This must be an error, probably for Tucumán.
[170] Prosopis (Sp. var.), yielding a bean.
[171] Sent to press, Jan. 1st., 1918.
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Transcriber's Notes:
1. Obvious punctuation, hyphenation and spelling errors have been corrected.
2. In the Index, under "Tovar", reference is made to García de Tovar. This entry was non-existent, and has been created by the transcriber.
3. Page xliv: "ryotwarry" - spelling has been corrected to "ryotwari".
4. In the Index, under "Encomendero", reference is made to a note on page 350. There is, however, no note or mention of this term on this page, but there is a mention in Footnote 167.
5. In the Index, under Gómez, Pero, reference is made to page iii and a note on page iii. There is no text on page iii, but the reference pertains to page 35 and the note on this page.
6. Some archaic words have been retained, e.g. aweary.
7. There are many inconsistencies in spelling and accentuation in the original work. These have been kept as found.
8. Corrections described in the corrigenda have been applied to the text.