A Vefcription o/Darien. 6i 



twixt the 8/Aand lo^^ Degrees of Northern 

 Latitude, and in the narroweft plxe is betwixt 

 60 and So Italian Miles over. We (hall not 

 trouble our (elves with the Defcription of any 

 more ofit than is in thepofleffion of the Natives, 

 which is in length from E. to W. on the North 

 fi' e from the Mouth of the River Darien to 

 Port ScTtvAny above 1/^0 Italian Miles; from 

 Carcf Bay to the River of Cheapo on the South- 

 fide, it is about 169 in length. It is fuppofed 

 to take its Name from the great River of D4r/>;^, 

 that bounds its Northern Coaft to the Eaft- 

 ward. It is bounded on the North and South 

 with the vaft Oceans that carry the names of 

 the North and South Seas. Its Situation is ve- 

 ry pleafant and agreable, and very commo- 

 dious for a fpeedy and fhort Communication of 

 Trade betwixt the North and South Seas, and 

 preventing that vaft Compafs that muft other- 

 wife be fetch'd round either of the Extremes 

 of North and South-Jmerica. By this means 

 alio it lies convenient for a fpeedier Communi- 

 qation of Trade betwixt JS/zr^^^ and theS^y?- 

 Indies than any that hath hitherto been found 

 out. Mr. Dampier lays, that from Cheapo, or 

 Santa Maria River, a m.an may pais from Sea 

 to Sea iri three days, and that th.Q Indians do ifc 

 in a day and half. There are abundance of 

 valuable Jflands on both fides tlitljihmus^ which 

 prevent the breaking in of the Ocean upon it 

 at once ; and befides the Conveniences of Wood, 

 Fifh, Fowl^ and Water, afford good and fate 



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