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And I advise thee that if thou come from Villa 



Rica, and iindest thy selfe in 20. degrees and a halfe, 



and seest no land, and seest that the water doth alter, 



[III. 610.] thou shalt sound 60. fathomes water: and if in this 



depth thou hast oaze, make account thou art East 



T^e river of ^nd West with the river of Almeria. This course is 



meria. from the Cape of Santo Antonio to Nueva Espanna 



without or aseaboord the Alacranes or Scorpions. 



Nov^ followeth how to v^orke, if a man come 

 betwixt the Alacranes and the maine. 



F thou goe from the Cape de Santo Antonio and 

 wouldest goe for Nueva Espanna within the 

 Alacranes or Alacranes, thou must stirre West and by South, and 

 corpions. y^^ ^^^ ^^^ thou shalt bring thy selfe in 20. fathoms ; 

 and if thou keeping this course findest lesse water, 

 then go West and by North, and that way thou shalt 

 bring thy selfe into 20. fathomes againe, untill thou 

 have brought thy selfe North and South with the 

 The triangle, triangle. And being North and South with the triangle, 

 Surta or then thou shalt be also North and South with Surta : 

 z.ar'za. ^^.^^^ thence thou shalt go Southwest: and by this 



The high hils course thou shalt have sight of the high hils of S. 

 0/5. Martin. Martin, which are certaine high hils lying Northwest 

 and Southeast, and they have a partition in the midst, 

 and to the Northwest they be highest : and on the 

 Southeast part within the land, thou shalt see some- 

 thing an high land, called Pan de Minsapa, that is, 

 the loafe of Minsapa, which is a round loafe not very 

 high. 



The hils of S. Martin stand in 18. degrees lesse one 

 fift part. 



I advise thee that when thou fallest with Saint 

 Martin, and wouldest go with Saint John de Ullua, 

 then thou shalt goe Westnorthwest : and this is the 

 course that thou must keepe, if thou bee farre off at 

 sea, I meane so farre off as thou mayest well descrie the 

 hils of S. Martin. 



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