THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Damas. 



west. And if thou wouldest goe into Santo Domingo, 

 and meetest there with a forcible Northerly wind, then 

 the best way is to runne East till it be day. And having 

 daylight thou shalt cast about, and so thou must ply 

 to wind-ward untill the Northerly wind be done : and 

 when it is past, make all the saile thou canst to hale 

 Calle de las with the sight of Calle de las Damas : and when 

 thou hast sight thereof thou shalt lye with thy stemme 

 with a sandie Bay, which lyeth on the other side : and 

 thou must take in thy maine saile, and go so till thou 

 bring thy selfe open with the midst of the river ; and 

 so having opened the river, thou must go with great 

 care in the middest of the same, with all thy sailes up, 

 except thy maine saile, and thou must have thy boat 

 out, if it be needefull to sound or to tow thy ship, if 

 she cast too much to the loofe, for the currents 

 will cast here to the loofe : wherefore bee sure to have 

 thy boat out to helpe thy steerage : and this is the way 

 whereby thou must worke. 



The course from Santo Domingo to go for 

 Nueva Espanna. 



Advise thee that if thou wilt goe from Santo 

 Domingo for Nueva Espanna, thou shalt goe South- 

 west and by South, and so thou shalt have sight of 

 Punta de Nizao, which is a low point, and is the end 

 of the hilles called Sierras de las minas Viejas, and 

 towards the Northwest of them thou shalt see a lowe 

 land, and to goe into Hocoa thou shalt stirre from this 

 poynt of Nizao Westnorthwest, and thou shalt see the 

 point of Puerto Hermoso, and the Bay that it maketh : 

 and thou must be sure to keepe neere the shore to find a 

 good road, and feare not to go neere the land : for all is 

 deepe water, and cleare ground, and let not fall thine 

 anker til thou be past all the rivers ; and beware of the 

 land, for if thou ride much without, thy anker wil come 

 home, because it is rocky and flatte ground. And thou 

 must be ready, that when thine anker commeth home, 



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Punta de 

 Nizao. 



Hocoa. 



Puerto 

 Hermoso. 



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