Htilorie of the Indies lib. 5. 



particular, onely we may note by that which hath 

 occnc difcourfed in rhe former booke , that vnder 

 the burning Zone there is greater abundance of Lakes, 

 then in any other parte of the world : and fo by that 

 which we nave formerly fpokcn, and the little we (hall 

 fay of rivers aud fountaines, we will end this difcourie 

 ofWaters. 



tfmAny and divers Springs And Fountaines, 

 CHAP. 17. 



Here is at the/* Efa>as in other parts of the world, 

 great diverfitie of Springs, Fountaines, andRi- 



vcrs,and fbme have ftrange properties. 

 of Peru, (where the mines ofquick-filvcrbe,} there is 

 a Fountaine that cafts forth hote water, and in running, 

 the water turnes to rocke,of which rocke or ftone,they 

 build in amauerall the houfes of the Village. This 

 ftonc is fofi, and eafie to cuttc , for they cut it as eafily 

 \vithyronasifitwcrewood, itislight andlafting. If 

 men or beafls drinkc thereof, they die, for that it con- 

 scales in the very cntrailes, and turnes into ftone, and 

 for that caufe fome horfcs have died. As this water 

 turnes intoftone, the which flowes , ftoppes the pat 

 (age to the reft-fo as of ncceffitie it changeth the courfe, 

 and for this reafon it runnes in divers places,as the rockc 

 increafeth. At the point of Cape S. HeUim , there is a 

 fpringorfountaine of pitch, which at Peru, they call 

 Coffey. This (Tiould be like to that which the Scripture 

 fpeakes of the favage valley , where they did finde pits 

 of pitch. The Mariners vfe thefe fountaines of pitch or 

 to pitch their ropes and tackling, for that it 



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