Chap. VI. 



A M ET^I C A. 



Countreyv^Ko harbouring themfelves in Caves under Ground in the thickeft of 

 huge Woocfe ' and Forrefts, do oftentimes iiTue out, and make foul fpoil in the 

 Countrey where they come, having firft intoxicated themfelves with a Liquor 

 made of certain Roots, and would do much more harm, if it were not for this 

 Garrifon. 



3. Del Spiritu Santo, built by the Founder of the other two, v/^. Nunne^ de Guf- 

 tnan aforefaid, in a part of the Countrey which they call Tepeque. 



Sect. III. 



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A f^ 



Xalifi 



CO. 



XJlifco, or Galefco, as fomecall it, is bounded on the North, with Couliacan i Bound.-™! 

 on the South, with fome parts of NeTt, Spain . on the Eaft, with the Pro' 3*$*.' 

 vince o[ Guadalajara- and on the Weft, with the Gulf or Bay of California. 

 The Countrey is chiefly fertile in Uai^znd Mines of Silver, not altogether lb apt 

 for Herbage and Pafture as fome other Countreys about it. The People were Can- 

 nibals before the Spaniards came among!! them, eating Man's-flefli . were much 

 given- to quarrelling and Contentions amongft themfelves, but by this time, 'tis 

 fuppos'd they are reafonably well reclaim'd both from the one and the other. ' 



In this Countrey, befides many other goodly Streams, is the great and famous towns of 

 River fBarania, on the Banks whereof are feared moft of their principal Towns, ^l.** 

 as 1. Xalifco, which gives Name to the whole Province, and to a large Promontory 

 or Foreland on the Weftern Coafts, which flioots it felf out into the Bay of Cali- 

 fornia, right over againft certain Iflands, which the Spaniards call The Three Maries. 

 This was an ancient City or Town of the Natives, but fack'd and taken by Hunnt^ 

 de Gufman, in the Year 1 530. 



2. CompofieUa, built by the aforefaid Gufman, and fo nam'd from the City in 

 S^ain, fo famous for the Grave of James the Apoftle, who (according to the \oman 

 Writers) was buried there, lies near the South Sea on a barren Soil, within the 

 Torrid Zone . yet the Ground breeds many forts of Vermine, befides other noxious 

 Creatures . amongft which the C^pybara roots up whole Trees and other Plants in ' 

 the Night. This Beaft, refcmbling an indifferent large Hog, hath (hort Legs and 

 Claws, thick Head, with a Beard, wide Ears, and on each Jaw-bone twenty four 

 Teeth, befides two Tusks, but no Tail . it goes (low, but fwims exceeding faft, 

 and dives under Water for a confiderable time together ; they often feed together 



in great Fte'rds, and make a terrible noife. 



3. La Purification, a fmall Town on the Sea fide, towards the Confines of NeT» 

 Spain* 



Sect. IV, 



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Chiamerla 



AGainft Xalifco juts Cbiametla, along the South Sea, where the Inhabitants wear *■»*« * 

 fhort £loaks, and Deer-skin Shoes . and in the Wars ufe Shields made of *""*' 

 ftrong Twigs twifted together. The Women, which are indifferent hand- 

 lom, are clad down to their Feet. 



,i!J e f C ! ief j T0Wn ° f th ' S Province hSant s d*ftu»t fo call'd from the River upon T <«7*«« 

 it was built by Captain Francifcus de Tvarra, Anno 1554. who difco. ™-^ 



Which it (land; 



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