Chap. VIII. 



AMERICA. 



191 



Sect. II. 



THis Countrey hath many convenient Havens, <#£. San J ago, tyYtJad, Ma- *>&&* 

 lacca, Cbacalla, below the Promontory Corientes, the Bay Xalifco, the Road SSSMw 

 Majjatlan, and Cbiametla, fo call'd from a Town about eleven Leagues 

 from the Ocean. 



Here, and in feveral places of Nap Gallicia, grow Lillies, Rofes, Violets, JelTa- 

 mins, and many other Flowers . amongft which the Floripondium deferves peculiar 

 obfervation, becaufe it flourifhes the whole Year . and its white BloiToms, which 

 are bigger than Lillies, opening in the Morning, yield an exceeding fweet (bell. 



In no lefsefteem is the Murucuia, by the Spaniards call'd Granadilla, which will ThcFI °^ 

 not grow, ifbereav'd of any of its Leaves: it bears a Flower from the refem- *""*'*' 

 blance of our Saviour's Suffering,call'd The Tafion-Floiper, which exceeds the biggeft 

 Rofe in circumference . the uppermoft Leaves green, thofe underneath of a purple 

 colour 5 on the top hangs a round Bufh of a thoufand interwoven threds of divers' 

 colours, diftinguifli'd by white and red Specks . the pale Stalk which flicks in the 

 middle of the Flower,is divided into five others, that bend.downwards with a yel- 

 low Button-like Knob , on the middlemoft Stalk ftands a pale yellow Flower, 

 which appears three hours after Sun-rifing, and clofes again a little before Sun-fct ; 

 the Fruit, which is very round, frhooth, and of a pale Green, hath white Specks, a 

 thick Rind, Saffron-colour'd Pulp, which is wholfom, of a good rellifli, and hath 

 abundance of black Seeds inclos'd in little Husks. 



CHAP. VIIL 

 New. Mexico. 



NEw Oiexko (as 'tis call'd for diftinclion's fake) is bounded on the South-Well w 'of 

 with n.eTo'BiJcoy. more directly Weftward, with fome parts of Quivira ' 



the Gountreys Northward of it not yet difcover'd . Eaftward it extends 

 it (elf as far as Florida. 



This Province doubtlefs for largenefs may compare with New Gallkia, having 

 been fearch'd and difcover'd by the Spaniards above a hundred, fome fay two hun- 



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parts ot America at their firft Difcovery ; as namely, That they have 

 Towns fairly and well built of Lime and Stone, Houfes of four Stories high, and 

 moft of them provided with Stoves for the Winter Seafon,as well as any in Enrobe . 

 the Streets fair and broad, and the People as curious and expert in divers Arts and 

 Manufactures as any of theirs. More particularly they tell us of a Town call'd 

 Chm, of the Province of Cuamts,Co big, that it is faid to contain eight feverai Mar- 

 ket-places. Another call'd Jcoma, a great Town, but feated on the top of an high 

 Rock, without any ordinary way of accefs to it, but by a pair of Stairs hewn ouc 

 or the hard Stone, or elfe by certain.Ladders, which the Inhabitants let down and 

 takeupastheypleafe. Andlikewife of a third, which they call Conibas, containing, 

 as they fay, nolefs thanfeven Leagues in length, and about half fo much in breadth, 



feated 



