COMTJENTS 



OF 



VOLUME THE FIRST, 



BOOK I. 



CHAP, PAG« 



I. JLfOTIFES for this voyage; design of measuring 

 •*-^-^ several degrees of the meridian near the equator. 



Departure from Cadiz, - - - I 



II. Arrival at Cartliagena. Description ^ situation , and 



riches of that city. - - - - 19 



III. Description of Carthagena Hay. - - £6 

 ¡V. Of the inhabitants of Carthage na. - - 29 



V. Of the climate. Diseases incident to natives and fo- 



reigners. - ' - - 41 



VI. Description of the country, and of the trees and plants 



in the iieighbourhood of Cartliagena. - - 48 



VÍI. Of the beasts, birds, reptiks, and insects in the ter- 

 ritories of Carthagena. - - - 52 

 VII I. Of the esculent vegetables; and food of the inhabi- 

 tants of Cartliagena. - - - 69 

 XX. Of the trade of Cartliagena , and other countries of 



America, on the iirrivul of Galleons, ^c. - 79 



BOOK IL 



I. Departure for Porto Bella. General zmnds and cur- 



rents between Cartliagena and Porto Btllo. - 85 



II. Description of the toxcn of St. Philip dp Porto Bello. 88 



III. Description <f Porto Bello harbour, - - 91 



IV. Of the climate. Distempers which prove fatal to the 

 crews of the Galleons. - - - 93 



V. Of the inhabitants, plants, trees, and animals about 



Porto Bello. - - - - 98 



VI. Of the trade of Porto Bello. - - 10,3 



b 3 BOOK 



