THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The place it selfe is hot, although the mountaines round 

 about be cold. 



[III. 496.] A little from this is the towne of Aioanapa possessed 



Aioanapa. |^^ ^y^^ heires of Perez Gomez, having in it about 300. 

 Indians of the selfe same speach and qualitie. The 

 countrey is more subject to heate then cold ; yet hath 

 it neere it cold countreys and mountaines. It is distant 

 from Xicaian de Touer 4. leagues, and from the sea 

 20. leagues. 



Sixe leagues downeward toward the South is the towne 



Suchistlahuaca. of Suchistlahuaca on the said river, and the inhabitants 

 are of the same speach and qualities. The countrey is 

 more subject to heate then cold. It is in the charge 

 of Gonzalvo Fernandez a citizen of Mexico, and hath 

 about 150. Indians, and is 15. leagues distant from 

 the sea. 



Ometepec. From this towne unto the towne of Ometepec are 6. 



leagues. The place is very hot, and in the same 

 government, and is situate betweene certaine hils one 

 league from the river : he and his followers have under 

 them about 700. Indians, which speake the Ayacastecan, 

 Amusgan, and Niciecan tongues, and this place is from 

 the sea nine leagues. 



Ihualapa. From this towne unto Ihualapa are two great leagues : 



it is in the government of the heires of Laurence de 

 Castro, of the foresaid temperature, and the people use 

 the said language, and are of the like stature ; and it 

 standeth three leagues from the river, and from the sea 

 ten leagues. 



These are the best townes, and of the best traffique 

 that are upon all this coast. The Indians are rich in 

 Cacao and victuals, and in these townes doe the Indians 



Niciecan. of Niciecan principally trade. And in the towne of 

 Ihualapa the chiefe Alguazil of the province is resident 

 for the most part of the yeere. 



More lowe beneath the river of Tlacolula, about a 



towne aglnst league or a league and an halfe from the towne of 



the Mexicans, Ometepec is the towne called Pio, which was wont to be 



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