Here there is a manufactory of cigars, and the natives make a sort of jars of a fine scented earth, which are in much request.
They have fine aqueduct, many churches, convents, and two colleges, with eight fine squares.
The revenues of the bishopric amount to 2,579,100 dollars annually.
The jurisdiction of the royal audience has been already mentioned in a former part.
The other towns of most importance are—
Colima, six miles south of the volcano of the same name.
Aguas Calientes, near the mines of Asiento de Ibarra.
Compostella, Lagos, and San Blas; the latter of which is a noted sea port, where the marine department is stationed.
San Blas is at the mouth of the river Santiago; here there are magazines, dock yards for the royal navy, and in the vicinity, all sorts of necessary timber for constructing ships; but it is so unhealthy a place, that the officers usually reside in a village near it, where the air is better.