Htilorieoftbe Indies, lib. 3. 



temper the heatc of the Sunne. To conclude, thebeft 

 inhabited partes of die Indies are as Ihave (aide: and ge 

 nerally , all that countrie aboundcs in grafle, part ures, 

 and forrefts, contrary vnto that which Jriftotleand the 

 Auntients did holde . So as when weegoe out of Eu. 

 rope to the Indies, wee woonder to fee the land fb plea- 

 iant,greeneandfreih . Yet this rule hath fbme excepti 

 ons, & chiefly in the land of Peru, which is of a ftrange 

 nature amongft all others, whereof wee will now pro- 

 ccedetofpeake. 



Of the properties of the land of Pern. 

 CHAP. 20. 



"r iT 7Ee mean e by Per^ not that great parte of the 

 V V worlde which they call America, feeing that 

 therein is contained Brefil, the kingdome ofchille, and 

 that of Grenade, and yet none of thefe kingdomes is Pe 

 ru, but onely that parte which lies to the South , be 

 ginning at the kingdome of gujtto, which is vnder the 

 Line , and rutines in length to the realrnc rfcht/te , the 

 which is without the Tropickes, which were fixe hun 

 dred leagues in length , and in breadth it containes no 

 more then the mountaines, which is fiftie common 

 leagues , although in iome places, as at CbachapajM, ie 

 be broader . This parte of the world which we call Pe 

 ru, is very remarkeable,and containes in it ftrange pro 

 perties, which ferveth as an exception to the general! 

 rule of the Indies. The fir ft is , that vpon all that coaft it 

 blowes continually with one oncly winde , which is 

 South and Southweaft , contrary to that which clooth 

 vfually blow vndei 4 the burning Zone , The fecond is, 



N 4 that 



