Chap. XVIII. a M EX^IC A. %6% 



as Governor, who defign'd to build a Fort to fecurc the Harbor, but died before the 

 lame was finifh'd. Toincy fucceeding him, made an end of the Fort, and ftor'd the 

 Ifland with Ammunition and Provifion. The Crofs-Church built there by the Or- 

 dcr, and at the Cod of a Company ofFlujhing in Holland, was delivcr'd alfo to the 

 French* 



The Trees which grow here are of four beneficial kinds, ferving for four feve- Fruit-T«* 

 ral ufes > fome yield Fruits of apleafant tafte, and wholfom to eat . fome excellent 

 Medicines . others Timber for Building . and others StuiFto Dye with, 



Granates, Oranges, Lemmons, and Citrons, grow better here than in any place 

 of the World. 7 r 



But the Pu^e-Tree is particularly worthy of our Defcription . It grows twenty V*.**w\ 

 Foot high, without Boughs, thick and ftreight, hollow and fpungy within, bears 

 three-corner'd Leaves hanging on long Stalks, hollow in the middle, and of a Fin. 

 gers thicknefsj on the top round about the Body of the Tree, grow a fort of Fruit 

 like Quinces. 



This fort of <Pafaye-Ttcc grows on mod of the Qaribbee IJlands - but the fecond 

 fort call'd Mama, is to be found no where but on St. Crux, it hath more Leaves 

 than thefirft, and a yellow Bark with- green Streaks, within full of round and 

 (harp biting Grains . the Bloflbms thereof yield a fweet fmell . every Moneth the 

 Tree produces new Fruit, not unlike a Womans Bread (whence it hath its Deno. 

 mination as before obferv'd,) and relliffiing incomparably well. 



Sect. VII. 



St. Martin. 



NOt far from St. Crux, at eighteen Degrees and fixtecn Minutes,lie.s St. Martin, &»**■* 

 which hath feven Leagues in length and five in breadth* and is famous for "^ - 

 many excellent Salt-Mines 5 to prcferve which, the Spaniards built a City 

 and Fort there. 



Adrian <Peter and Martyn Tbyfaon, fent with eleven Sail of Ships from the Texel ** *>»"* 

 by the Weft-India Company, to Crufe for the Spanijh Plate-Fleet before the Flemmijh ^ dthcr0v 

 Iflcs, finding their labor loft, Steer'd to the Inlet of Todos los Sancios 5 where finding 

 no Enemies Ships, they Sail'd along the Coaft of <Pernambuck, and from thence 

 (meeting with no Prize) to the Carilbee IJlands . and Landing on Granada, receiv'd 

 fome damage from the Inhabitants : thence going toBlanca, they got above a thou- 

 fand Goats, and tcnthoufand Lemmons from Hifpaniola -near Cuba they were fur J 

 pris'd with continual Thunder, Showers, and Storms, which fore'd them to ftand 

 to and again off the Ifland a considerable time, where they thought to wait for the 

 Spamjh Ships that came from l^ombre da Dios - but being defeated of their aim, by' 

 reafon that Fleet was re-infore'd with a confiderable Supply, they fet Sail Anna 

 1629. towards the City and Fort of St. Martin, where coming to an AnchptfUhey 

 found the Place in this condition : On the right fide of the City glides a frefli. 

 Water River,withmany meandring Streams from the Mountains ; on the left fide 

 the Ocean makes a great Opening or Bay, which for a little fpace growing narrow- 

 er,becomes at laft an Inland Lake ; from the Countrey oppofite to the City on the 

 other fide of the fore-mention'd Inlet, runs a Ridge of Hills toward the Sea . on the 

 utmoft Point thereof (lands a fquarc Fort, defended from the force of the Water 

 With great Stones, pyl'd up at the Foot thereof, cover'd like a Houfe> having on the 

 t&pofita Watchitowcr, and not far frornit a Chappel ; moreover, the Mountain \ 



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