6t A Defcription of Darien.' 



Riding in all Weathers, to any number of Ships, 

 cfpecially thole Call'd the Sambaloes, that lie a- 

 long the Northern Coaft. The Continent is 

 agreabiy intermixed with Hills and Valleys of 

 great variety, for height, depth, and extent. 

 The Valleys are watered with Rivers, Brooks 

 and Springs, which take their rile from a great 

 Ridg of Hills that run along the Ifihmusy but 

 neareftto the Northern Shore, from which it is 

 feldom above 1 5 miles diftarit, and from whence 

 the Sambaloes Iflands, and the various makings 

 of the Shore, and the continued Foreft all along 

 the Country gratify the Eye with a very fine 

 profpeft. The Rivers on the Northern CoaQ: 

 are generally fmall, becaufe their Courfe from 

 the abovementionedRidg of Hills is but fhort; 

 yet the River of Darien is very large, but the 

 depth of its entrance not anfwerable to its 

 width, yet further in it is deep enough, and 

 hath a good Harbour in Caret Bay which is fome 

 leagues up the River, hath two Iflands of pretty 

 high Land, cloath'd with variety of Trees ly^ 

 ing before it, and two or three ftreams of frefh 

 Water falling info it. From this Bay to the 

 Promontory near Golden I(lmdy the Shore is in- 

 differently fruitful, and the Soil on the Nor- 

 thern Coaft is generally good, but fwampy here 

 and there to the Sea. 



To the Weft ward of the Promontory, at the 

 entrance of the River, is a fine Tandy Bay with 

 three Iflands, one of them Golden IJland lying 

 before it, which make it an extraordinary good 



Harbour, 



