iv PREFACE. 



with them, than what he will find in the 

 following accidental obfervations ? We 

 faw the moft unprofitable fpot on the 

 globe of the earth, and fuch it is defcribed 

 and afcertained to be. 



It is to be hoped fome little amends 

 may be made by fuch an infight as is 

 given into the interior part of the coun- 

 try ; and I find what I have put down 

 has had the good fortune to be pleafing 

 to fome of my friends ; infomuch that 

 the only fault I have yet had laid to my 

 papers is, that of being too fliort in the- 

 article of the Spanifli fettlements. But 

 here I muft fay, I have been dubious of 

 the partiality of my friends ; and, as 

 I think, juftly fearful left the world in 

 general, who may perhaps find compaf- 

 fion and indulgence for a protrafted tale 

 of diftrefs, may not give the fame allow- 

 ance to a luxurious imagination tri- 

 umphing in a change of fortune, and 



fudden 



