A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595. 



Antarctique, and the forme figured in the booke as a 



plant very strange, and by Plinie in his 12. booke of his 

 naturall historie. But in this yland, as also in Guiana 

 there are very many of them. 



At this point called Tierra de Brea or Piche there is 

 that abundance of stone pitch, that all the ships of the 

 world may be therewith loden from thence, and we made 

 trial of it in trimming our shippes to be most excellent 

 good, and melteth not with the Sunne as the pitch of Nor- 

 way, and therefore for shippes trading the South parts 

 [III. 632.] very profitable. From thence wee went to the mountaine 

 foote called Anniperima, and so passing the river Carone 

 on which the Spanish Citie was seated, we met with 

 our ships at Puerto de los Espannolles or Conquerabia. 



This yland of Trinidad hath the forme of a sheep- 

 hooke, and is but narrow, the North part is very 

 mountainous, the soile is very excellent and will beare 

 suger, ginger, or any other commoditie that the Indies 

 yeeld. It hath store of deare, wilde porks, fruits, fish and 

 foule : it hath also for bread sufficient maiz, cassavi, and 

 of those rootes and fruites which are common every 

 where in the West Indies. It hath divers beastes 

 which the Indies have not : the Spaniards confessed 

 that they found graines of golde in some of the rivers, 

 but they having a purpose to enter Guiana (the Magazin 

 of all rich mettals) cared not to spend time in the 

 search thereof any further. This yland is called by the 

 people thereof Cairi, land in it are divers nations : those 

 about Parico are called laio, those at Punta de Carao 

 are of the Arwacas, and betweene Carao and Curiapan 

 they are called Salvajos, betwene Carao and Punta de 

 Galera are the Nepojos, and those about the Spanish 

 citie terme themselves Carinepagotes : Of the rest of 

 the nations, and of other ports and rivers I leave to 

 speake here, being impertinent to my purpose, and meane 

 to describe them as they are situate in the particular plot 

 and description of the yland, three parts whereof I coasted 

 with my barge, that I might the better describe it. 



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