A RUTTIER FOR THE WEST INDIES 



I advise thee, that if thou stand in feare of men of To avoyde 

 warre about the Cape of S. Vincent, then goe in 36 ^^^of^^rre. 

 degrees \. And finding thy selfe within the Cape, if 

 thou see many signes of greene weedes, then cast about 

 to the North Northeast, and by this way finding land, 

 and the same shewing white, be sure it is the castle of ^^^ castle of 

 Aimonte. ^^■'"^"'^• 



A rattier for the old Chanel from the East point of [Hi. 612.] 

 Cuba by the North side thereof to Havana. 



Going from the Cape of S. Nicolas, thou shalt goe T^he cape of 

 North Northwest, but thou must keepe to wind- ^-^'^colas on 

 ward ofiF the poynt, that thou mayest weather it, & it ^fQ^ia 

 is called the poynt of Mayaci : and it is a very low land Punta de 

 and smooth : and above up within the land about a Mayaci. 

 league it hath a long Hill, which is not very high but 

 flat. And from that poynt to Baracoa is 7. leagues. 



And being disposed to goe into Baracoa, keepe the Baracoa. 

 weather-shore all along, untill thou open the Harbour. 

 And to knowe if thou bee open of the Harbour, looke 

 upon the South side ; and thou shalt see an Hill by it 

 selfe, which maketh as it were a crowne upon it. And if 

 thou come along, it maketh as it were a Fort with Ports 

 about it : And this is the marke if thou come out of 

 the Sea. And this Hill is North and South of the 

 Harbour, over the Harbour of Baracoa. And if thou 

 wilt goe in, thou must take heede of a Shoald which A sholdonthe 

 lyeth on the East side, and thou must keepe the West -?^-^^ ^'^^^ °f 

 side : and goe not much from the Shoald, because the 

 foote of the Shoald that shooteth Westward hath 5. 

 fathoms water. And when thou art within the Shoalds, 

 thou must goe a litle within them, and then let fall an 

 anchor : and looke that thou come not much on the 

 East side, for it is shoaldie. 



And comming out from Baracoa, being to passe 

 through the old chanel, you shal set your course 

 Northwest until you come with the Cayo de Moa, or CayodeAfoa. 

 the shoald of Moa, untill you thinke you are Northeast 



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