MILES PHILIPS A.D. 



1568. 



and foure in a boat, and being come on the other side, 

 they understanding by our captaine how long we had bene 

 without meate, imparted between two and two a loafe of 

 bread made of that countrey wheat, which the Spaniards 

 call Maiz, of the bignesse of our halfepenie loaves, which 

 bread is named in the Indian tongue Clashacally. This 

 bread was very sweete and pleasant unto us, for we had 

 not eaten any in a long time before : and what is it that 

 hunger doth not make to have a savory and a delicate 

 taste ? And having thus parted the bread amongst us, 

 those which were men they sent afore to the towne, 

 having also many Indians inhabitants of that place to 

 garde them : they which were yong, as boyes, and some 

 such also as were feeble, they tooke up upon their horses, 

 behind them, and so caried us to the towne where they 

 dwelt, which was very neere distant a mile from the place 

 where we came over. 



This towne is well situated, and well replenished with 

 all kindes of fruits, as Orenges, Limons, Pomegranates, 

 Apricoks, and Peaches, and sundry others, and is in- 

 habited with a great number of tame Indians, or 

 Mexicans, and had in it also at that time about the 

 number of two hundred Spaniards, men, women, and 

 children, besides Negros. Of their Salines, which lie T'he Valines 

 upon the West side of the river, more then a mile distant ^fP^^^'^^- 

 from thence, they make a great profit, for it is an excellent 

 good merchandize there: the Indians doe buy much 

 thereof, and cary it up into the countrey, and there sell 

 it to their owne countrey people, in doubling the price. 

 Also much of the Salt made in this place, is transported 

 from thence by sea to sundry other places, as to Cuba, S. 

 John de Ullua, and the other ports of Tamiago, and 

 Tamachos, which are two barred havens West and by 

 South above threescore leagues from S. John de Ullua. 

 When we were all come to the towne, the Governour 

 there shewed himselfe very severe unto us, and threatned 

 to hang us all : and then he demanded what money wee 

 had, which in trueth was very little, for the Indians which 



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