A RUTTIER FOR THE WEST INDIES 



and so shalt have sight of Santa Cruz, which standeth Sunta Cruz. 

 in seventeene degrees and a halfe. And the markes to 

 know it be these. It is an Island not very high, and 

 lyeth East and West, and at the East end it is lower 

 then at the West end. 



And going forward on thy course thou shalt runne 

 Westnorthwest, and so thou shalt goe to have sight of 

 the Isle of San Juan de Puerto rico, which is an Island 5. Juan de 

 lying East and West, and standeth in eighteene degrees. P^^^rto ruo. 

 And the markes be these. That on the West end it 

 is lowest, and the Eastermost is the highest. And if 

 thou fall with the middest of the Island, then thou shalt 

 goe a long it to the West unto Cabo Roxo, which is Cape Roxo, 

 the end of the Isle. And from thence the coast runneth [III. 605.] 

 North to Punta Aguada. Cape Roxo hath certaine red 

 cliffes. Thou must steere West and by South from Cape 

 Roxo to find Mona, and so thou shalt have sight of ^^na. 

 Mona. And the marks thereof be these, it is a low 

 land lying East and West : and on the East end it is 

 highest, it hath a slope towards the sea, and standeth 

 in 18. degrees, rather lesse then more. And if it be by 

 day, then thou shalt runne West and shalt see Saona : Saona. 

 which is an Island lying without Hispaniola, and lyeth 

 East and West, and is full of trees ; and hath certaine 

 sandy bayes. And if it bee cleere weather thou shalt 

 see within the land of Hispaniola certaine hie hils called 

 las Sierras de Yguey. And being benighted upon Mona, ^^^ Sierras de 

 then thou shalt steere West and by South, because of ^^^^' 

 certaine shoalds that lye off Saona : but having day light 

 and no sight of land, thou shalt loofe up Northwest 

 and so passe by it, and as thou goest along the coast 

 of Hispaniola, and seest the sea to be cast up into the 

 aire, then thou shalt be about 10 leagues off the harbour 

 of Santo Domingo, and these mountings up are called los Bufladeros 

 The Spoutes. orThespoutes. 



But I advise thee, that if thou bee benighted when ^anto 

 thou fallest with Santo Domingo, then thou must keepe Doming:. 

 the hils called Sierras de las minas viejas to the North- 



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