Chap. IV. <tA M E %_l C A. 



manders, and more than twenty five thoufand Indians which pay Tribute. They 

 have fllfo a brave Church and two Cloyfters, one belonging to the Dominicans, and 

 another to the Order La Merced, and likewife a noble Hoipital. Not far from 

 thence is a place call'd Y^aleos, where there are Orchards of Coco* two Leagues in 

 fquare , each of them producing yearly as much as fifty thoufand Men are able 

 to carry. They reckon the Cacao by Cancels, which is the number of four hundred 

 by Xequipiles, of eight thoufand . and by Carp's, of twenty four thoufand. In this 

 County is a Mountain, whofetop fmoaking continually confumes by dearecs, and 

 oftentimes covers the neighboring Countrey with Allies. The Water which flows 

 from the lame differs very much, for fome of it is wholfomand fit to drink i fome 

 foul and {linking, and fome turns Wood, if laid in the fame, to Stone. Here is 

 alfotheBeaftwhofe Head is highly efteem'd for the fBequr.Stone, which it car- 

 ries in the fame. Here is likewife a little Bear, which in ftead of a Mouth, hath a 

 .long Nofe with a round Hole in it, and a hollow Tongue, with which 'it fucks 

 Honey, and difturbs the Nefts of Pifmires. The Women in this Place make curi- 

 ous Earthen Ware, colour'd either red or black with the Mud of two feveral 

 Brooks. The Indians call'd the boy ling Fountains in this County Hell, becaufe they 

 bubble up a Bowes.fhot high, and make the River Caliente, which, notwithftand- 

 ing it hath pafs'd half a League through a wide Channel, retains its exceeding 

 heat. Not far from it lies a Stone , which having a Crack in the middle, fends 

 forth a thick Damp, and againft bad Weather a thundering noife. On the Moun. 

 tains grow exceeding large Trees, efpecially Oak. Here Pifmires which are of an 

 extraordinary bignefs, are brought to Market.amongft other Provifions. 



2. St. Salvador, forty Leagues diftant from Guatimala Eaftward, and feated upon 

 the River Guacapa, and having about it a fmall Territory, which by fome is ac- 

 counted a diftinct Countrey or Province. 



3. Acaputla, a Town of the Natives, fituated at the Mouth of the River, and be- 

 ing as it were, the Port-Town to St. Salvador. 



4. Trmidad, a Town of great refort, being the greateft Empory and Place of 

 Traffick for all forts of Commodities, betwixt the People of New Spain and thofe" 

 ofTeru. 



5. St. Michaels, two or three Leagues diftant from the Bay Fonfeca, upon the 

 South Sea. ' J f 



6. XeresdelaFrontera, on the Confines of this Province, towards the Borders of 

 Nicaragua, befides feveral Villages which we mail have occafion to mention. 



In the middle of a Lake within this Territory is an Ifland, on which the Indians 

 had a Tradition, That a Man no fooner fet his Foot but he died immediately: 

 Which Opinion of theirs was chang'd when the Spaniards went thither in Boat.fulls 

 andreturn'd fafe again, with Relation that they had feen a large Stone Image, re- 

 fembling a Woman - before which lay the Allies and Bones of flain People. 



Round about the Village Guaymoco grow great Balfom-Trees, which afford 

 Timber of fifty five Foot long. From this Village leads a Way to the City Salva- 

 dor, near which the fore- mention'd River Guachapa runs with' fo many windings, 

 that the Traveller is fore'd to crofs the fame feveral times before he can come to' 

 the Foot of a Mountain which formerly call out terrible Flames . but now the 

 cornbuftible Matter being confum'd, there appears onely a great Hole on the top, 

 With Allies in a large compafs round about it. At the Foot of the fame are two Pics, 

 one of which fmoaks continually in fuch a manner, that it ilifles all thole that ap- 

 proach it ; yet the Mountain is well overfpread with Cedars and Pine-Trees. 



Three Leagues farther lies the Village Nixapa . and not far from thence the 



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