Ch. T. SOUTH AMERICA. ii 



ence of meridians between that and Martinico, Don 

 George Juan found to be 6° 49', whereas I made it 7® 

 56'. The caufe of this difagreement was, that, finding' 

 a feniible difference in the latitudes, I regulated myidf 

 by the currents, imagining, according lo the opinion 

 of all our navigators, that they let to the N. W. ; 

 which Don George did not, and by that meahs his 

 reckoning anfwered to the real diitance betwixt thefe 

 two iflaiids, and mine was erroneous. But that the 

 water was in motion, is not to be queñioned ; for in 

 all the latitudes from June 30, to July 3, thofe found 

 by obfervation exceeded thofe by account, lo', 13', 

 and even 15 minutes; a fufficient proof that the cur- 

 rents run diredly N. and not N. W. 



From the 2d at fix in the morning, till the day we 

 made Curafao and Uruba, we had fhallow water, of a 

 grcenifh colour, which continued till about halt pail 

 feven in the evening, when we entered the gulf. 



Our coune from Martinico to Curafao, during the 

 two firft days, was ibuth 8i°weiterly; and the two 

 lail fouth 64° wefierly. From thence to Cartha- 

 gena we kept at a proper diüance from the coaft, 

 ib as to d.iftinguifli its mpfi noted capes, and inha- 

 bited places. 



On the 5th we difcovered the mountains of St. 

 Martha, fo well known for their height, and being all 

 covered with fnow ; and at fix in the morning we 

 crofi^ed at the current of thick water, which illues with 

 prodigious rapidity from the river de la Magdalena, 

 and extends feveral leagues into the fea. About fix in 

 the evening found ourfelves to the northward of Cape 

 de Canoa, where we lay to, and continued till feven 

 in the morning, when we fet all our fails, which at 

 eight in the evening brought us under fort Boca 

 Chica, where we came to an anchor in 34 fathom 

 water, 4he bottom muddy. On the 8th we endea- 

 voured to get into Carthagena bay, but could not 

 before the 9th fecürely moor our ihip. 



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