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inthevvorlde; for wemountawonderfullfpace . And 

 in my opinion, the mouiitaine Afrw*fe of Spam, the Wi 

 rwces, and the Alpes of Italic, are as ordinarie houfes, in 

 regardcof hie Towers . I therefore perfvvade my felfe, 

 that the element of the aire is there fo fubtile andddi* 

 cate , as it is not proportionable with the breathing of 

 roan, which requires a more groffe and temperate aire^ 

 and I beleeve it is the caufe that doth 16 much altertha 

 ftomacke, & trouble all the difpofmon. The paflages of 

 .th e mou ntaines Ncwde, and other otEitrepe^ which I 

 have fcene, although the aire be coldc there, and cloth 

 .force men to weare more clothes y yet this coldedoth 

 not take away the appetite from meate y but contrarit 

 wife it provokes nej^ther dooth it caufe any cafting of 

 theftomacke, but onely fome paine in thefeetcand 

 handcs. Finally, their operation is outward . But that 

 of the Indies i whereof I fpeake (without molefting of 

 footeorhand, or any outward parte) troubles all the 

 entrailes within : and that which is more admirable; 

 ; whenthc{iinneishote, which makethmee imagine, 

 that the griefe wee fcele comes from the qualitic of the 

 aire which wee breathe : Therefore that is moft fubtile 

 and delicate, whofe colde is not fb fenfible, as piercing. 

 y 4}J* A Ail this ridge of mountains is, for th e moft.part,defart, 

 without any villages or habitations for men , fb as you 

 /hall fcarce finde any fmall cotages to lodge fuch as do 

 paffe by night : there are no beafts, good or bad, but 

 ;&mericunos, which are their countrey muttons, and 

 have a ftrange and wonderfull property , as ! (ball iliew 

 'in his place. Thegrafle is often burnt, andallblacke 



^ j the aire, and this ddarrrunnes fiveand twenty or 

 thirty leagues overthwart* an3Tin length above five 

 hundred leagues. There are other defarts or places in 



habited, 



