TheofficialcapitalwasplacedatCandelaria，ontheeastbankoftheParana。InthattowntheSuperiorofthemissionshadhisofficialresidence，andfromthenceheruledthewholeterritory，havingnotonlytheecclesiasticalbutthetemporalpower，thelatter，fromthepositioninwhichhewasplaced，somanyhundredmilesfromanySpanishGovernor，havingbydegreesgraduallycomeintohishands。
ThelittletownofLaCandelariawas，whenIknewit，inamostneglectedstate。ThebuildingsoftheJesuits，withtheexceptionofthechurch，wereallinruins。
Thestreetsweresandyanddeserted，thefoot
walkseparatedfromthembyalineofhard
woodposts，which，astraditionsaid，werelefttherebytheJesuits；butthehardwoodsofParaguayarealmostasimperishableasiron。