Fruiti. 



lAand. 





31 tf *J M E%1 C J. Chap. XIII. 



the Flefli in fuch a nature, that many of them loft their Arms and Legs j but at laft 

 they found out a Remedy againft this Evil, Vt^ the fearing the Wounds with hot 

 Irons. 



Befides the aforefaid plenty of Flefli, they have many excellent Fruits all the 

 year long, as Banana's, PincApples, Cuftud-Apples, Plantens, Papans, Musk. 

 melons, Water-melons, and many other peculiar Plants, as i. the Ju^uba, a fair 

 large Tree, the Fruit whereof is czWdfirmas, refembling a Malecotoon ; Of this 

 Tree there are three forts, Jaima % Boniama, and Jaiqua ; 2. Qmuconex ; j.^xi ; of 

 which there are alfo feveral forts, as Car'tVe, Huarahuac, Axiblanco, Jcafran-Jxi, and 

 Axi-Coral . 4. 1W*- the Root of which ferves in ftead of Corn ; 5. Certain Trees 

 call'd Guaibes, befides plenty of Mint and Potato's. 

 c« e <£Xi n " Tnc *fl and °f Htfpaniola was formerly divided into feveral Provinces, amongft 

 which the Mountainous Countrey Hyguey lies towards the Ifle of Porto <l{jco. On 

 the Mountains, which are flat on the top , are great variety of (harp-pointed 

 Stones. The Soil is a fort of colour'd Earth, which produces all forts of Fruit, 

 efpecially the Root Cafabi, and Melons, 



Hyguey alfo conterminates with Ycayagua ; Northward lies Samana 5 Southward, 

 Taquimo, where there is ftore oOBrafile Wood : And between the City Domingo and 

 Yaquimo, is the Countrey "Baoruco, which with its Mountains extends fixty Leagues 

 in length, and above twenty in breadth, without any Water, Pafture, or Food for 

 Cattel or Mankind. 



Next follows the Countrey Xaragua, lying at the great Inlet which divides HU 

 fpaniola - y for one fide extends to the Promontory of St. Nicholas, and the other to 

 the Point Ttburon. This Countrey produces abundance of Cotton. 



Laftly, the Provinces Guababa, Haniguagya and Cabay, are very eminent * as alfo 

 Cibao, which is full of Gold.Mines 5 and LaVega ^eal ? with Magnana, which lie be- 

 tween the two great Rivers Keyba and Tagui ; the ftony Countrey Ciguayos, and the 

 low Coaft Varied, where Cbrijlopher Qokmbm built the City HaVtdad, which he after- 

 wards deferted. 



Ginger was formerly brought hither from the Eaft*Indies, but now grows here in 

 fuch great abundance, that above two and twenty thoufand Kjntalls are yearly 

 Tranfported from thence to Spain. 



With as good fuccefs grow here alfo the Sugar-Canes and Mai%. 

 Peter Martyr, a Councellor to the Emperor Qmrles the Fifth, relates, That Hifpa* 

 niola produe'd in his time, befides Silver, Copper, and Iron, five hundred thou- 

 fand Ducats in Gold : Ncverthclefs the rich Mines lay undifturb'd, becaufe they 

 wanted People to work in them, infomuch that had they not planted their Royal 

 Seat in Domingo, the Ifland had long fince been deferted, notwithftanding the ex- 

 ceeding fruitfulnefs of the Soil, becaufe the Spaniards excrcis'd their Cruelty in fuch 

 a nature, that of fixty thoufand Inhabitants from the Year 1508. to Anno 1514. fcarcc 

 fourteen thoufand of them were left alive 5 all which is affirm'd by the Bifliop De 

 las Cafas. Nay, the fore-mention'd Peter Martyr relates, That the Men wearied 

 with working in the Mines , kill'd themfelves, defpairing of ever being re- 

 leas'd from their Slavery • and Women with Child deftroy'd the Infants in their 

 Wombs, that they might not bear Slaves for the Spaniards. He adds hereun- 

 to, That of a hundred and twenty thoufand Perfons, few were left in a fhort 

 time. 



Thefe Provinces in former times had each of them their Cajique, whole fplendor 



&fous. confided chiefly in Dancing to his Devotion, with a Girdle full of Bells about his 



Middle, a String of Pearls about his Arms, a Covering over his Privities, and a 



Plume 



The Gaiety 

 of the antient 



