THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Caio de Moa. 



Caio Romano. 



Alcane de 

 Barasoga. 

 Savano. 

 Basquo. 



The Flats of 

 Mecala. 



How to worke comming through the olde 

 Chanell, if you be not minded to goe over 

 the Pracellas or shoalds. 



IF you will come through the olde Chanel, when you 

 come as hie as the Shoalds, comming upon your 

 course from the Caio de Moa, as I told you, keepe 2. 

 leagues from the Pracel or shoald : and then set our 

 course West unto the low islands of the Firme land. 

 And upon this course you shal ken the Flats on the 

 point of Caio Romano : and within it is one Flat higher 

 then the other, and smooth upon, and in the middest 

 it maketh as it were broken land ; and when you are 

 in the chanel in the day time, you must take heede you 

 come not neere the shore by 2. leagues, and by your 

 sounding no neerer then 3. fathoms. And you must 

 take heede stil when ye night commeth to keepe 2. 

 or three leagues off for feare of the shoalds. And in 

 the night you must goe Northwest as is aforesaid. 

 And also you must take heed that you keepe in the 

 middle of the chanel, as nere as you can toward the 

 shoald. And finding much wind & being benighted, 

 from midnight till day stirre West Northwest, and when 

 it is towards day, then you may edge towards the Flats 

 as is aforesaid. 



And as you stirre hence one day and one night from 

 Caio Romano to the inwards of the Chanell, you shall 

 see the firme land of Cuba, and other markes ; and 

 among the rest, a round hamocke, which you may easily 

 know. It is called Alcane de Barasoga. And from 

 thence to Savano and to Basquo is 6. leagues, and like- 

 wise Havana 6. leagues. And from thence to crosse 

 under the Fort is 45. leagues. And stirre hence upon 

 your course aforesaid. And if you have gone from 

 Barasoga 30. leagues, you shall see none of the Flats 

 of Mecala: And give them a bredth off two or three 

 leagues, and keepe your course West Northwest, as 



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