A RUTTIER FOR THE WEST INDIES 



being by day thou shalt goe along the coast, and shalt 



see Morro hermoso, which, as I have sayd, lyeth to the 



West of Rio Grande, and hath for markes, a face of a 



blacke land not very hie, and it is round. And if thou 



depart by day from Morro hermoso, thou must goe West, 



and must take heede,as I sayde before, of the Isle de Arenas, 



which lyeth North and South of Samba. Samba hath for 



a marke as it were a gallie towed. And going this way by 



day, thou shalt see El buio del Gato, which is an high ^^ ^^^'^^ ^^^ 



land with certaine white cliffes to the seaward : and also ^^^* 



more to the West thou shalt see the poynt called Punta P^^^^^ ^^ ^^ 



de la Canoa, which is a low land even with the water : ^^^°^' 



and there endeth the coast which lyeth East and West. 



And the Bay that goeth to Cartagena beginneth here, Cartagena. 



and lyeth Northeast and Southwest. 



And take this for a warning, that if thou be benighted 

 against Samba, thou shalt take in thy sailes, & lye off to 

 the offward until midnight without any saile abroad until 

 midnight : and from midnight forward thou shalt lye so 

 into the land without sayle : and if in the breake 

 of day thou see no land, then goe Southwest, and if 

 this way thou have sight of certaine white cliffes, make 

 account it is Buio del Gato. Take this for a warning, 

 if thy ship bee great come not nigh the land in the 

 Bay : I meane thou mayest not with a great ship come 

 nigh the land from the poynt de la Canoa untill thou 

 come to Cartagena, because in many places there are 

 not above 3 or 4 fathoms at the most. In all this 

 Bay there is no hie land but the Gallie, which is right 

 over the harbour of Cartagena. 



And if it chance that any man come for this place that The land 

 never was here before, then let him looke for a little ^^^^'^^ °f 

 hill like a towed gallie lying East and West, and all ^^ ^^^"^' 

 the land is low, and seemeth to be full of trees. 

 Having these sights, then make account thou art against 

 Cartagena, and to goe in thou hast nothing to be 

 afraid of: but keepe thyselfe hard aboord the poynt The poynt of 

 of Ycacos : and then when thou commest to double the ^^'^^''■^• 

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