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Chap. III. A M E%J.C A. 



againft him any more^ But he not being able to endure the oppre/fions of 

 %oldanus Ximene^ a Spanift) Commander, fled to the wild Ciquanos, defcended 

 from the Canibals, and living on fteep Mountains : Of thefe he dehYd aid 

 againft the Spaniards y and obtained not onely their Promife, butfomeMen. 

 with which he robb'd and pillag'd the Countrey round about, and what%! 

 maris he met with he kill'd, and with his Men did eat, as if a Venifon Feaft. 

 Mean while Xtmene^ made himfelf Leader of feventy Rebels, which like raging 

 blood-hounds fell upon the Natives after a terrible manner. 



Whilftall things were thus in diforder at Htfyaniola, the Admiral Chrlfiopher . a '*»*r Sails the third 

 Columbus fet Sail a third time with eight Ships from the Haven Barrameda, in ' nct ° H,jp ' imola ' 

 the Year 1498. To flbun the French Pyrates, which watched for the Indian 

 Treafures, he directed his Courfe to Madera, a fruitful Ifland of Corn, Wine, 

 Sugar, Wax, and Cattel, defolate till Anno 1420. Here coming to an Anchor' 

 he fent fix Ships away to Hfyaniola, which himfelf afterwards followed with 

 the remaining two, fleering by the Fknrjh Iflands, or Aeons, firft fo call'd 

 from the Flemings, the firft Planters : Here he dropt Anchor before the City 

 Angra on the Me Tercera, which is fixteen Leagaes in circumference, and very Dtfcriptfaai* the city 

 Mountainous • the tops whereof are like Spires, and abound with Grapes : the '*"" 

 Plain Countrey produces great ftore of Corn,but it will not keep above twelve 

 Moneths. The Ground is oftentimes terribly fliaken by Earthquakes, and 

 between feveral fulphurous Places, both Flames and Smoak afcend up to the 

 Sky. Near the City Angra is a Fountain which turns Wood into Stone. The 

 Winds in this^Placeblowfo fierce and ftrong, that they not onely beat down 

 Houfes, but wear out Iron, and all manner of Stone-work. In Jngra the chief 

 Commander of all the Bemijb Ifles hath his Refidence. The City, furround- 

 ed by fteep Rocks, lies towards the Sea like a Crefcent, or Half-Moon • for 

 at both ends thereof the Mountains extend with deep Points into . the 

 Ocean. The uppermoft part towards the. Weft ftands likewife fortifi'd by 

 a high Rock, as alfo by another on the Eaft : . on both are continual Watches 

 kept ; whereof thofe on the firft can difcover Ships fifteen Leagues off at 

 Sea, coming either from the Eaft or JVeftJndies . and on the other, all thofe that 

 come from Europe : When they fee above fifteen Sail, they put out the Kinas 

 great Flag upon the top of all the Rock. 



This City of Angra is divided into feveral Streets : the Governor and Arch- 

 bifliop live eacr? in a ftately Palace . five handfom Churches are no fmall orna- 

 ment to it • the Sea before it abounds with Fifli, but are not to be taken in 

 December, by rcafon of th e turbulent Waves. J 



Chriftophto Columbus having refrefh'd at Jngra, Sail'd along the African Coaft I 



between the Helperides : under the Equinoctial he was Co miierably tormented 

 by the Heat, that his Veffels feem'd to burn , the Hoops fprung from the 

 Casks, fo that the Water run about the Hold 5 and they could expect nothing 

 but death from the infufferable Heat, and want of Water .: eight days they 

 had endur'd this hardfhip, when they met with a frefli Gale out of the South- 

 Eaft, fo that they made great Way towards the Weft. On the laft of July he dif* 

 cover'd three high Mountains . anA approaching near the Shore, he fmelt as in 

 a Pofie,all the fweet breathings of fragrant Flowers commix'd, and at laft law 

 a convenient Haven; where going afliore he found cultivated Grounds, and 

 fteps of Beafts, but not a Man appear'd : the next day they fpy'd a Boat with 

 twenty young Men come rowing from the Shore into the Ocean. The Admi* 

 *al hal'd them in vain to come aboard, for they made the greater haft afliore, 



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