The Afou- 

 6*m-\rec. 



The Gorbary. 



37 *> *A M E %I C A. Chap. XVIIL 



artificial Pencil) and move either fwifcer or flower, according as the Shark leads. 

 The Brain of this Fifli isjudg'd exceeding good againft the Gravel and Stone. 

 ?gS«^ Guadalupe was firft difcover'd in the Year of our Lord 1635. by the French, under 

 the Command of the Lords Du <Pkfiis and T*e Olive, and after them one of the Cap- 

 tains ofSt.Cbrijtopbers : Since which the Champain Ground being Till'd and Ma- 

 nured, brings forth in great plenty, Rice, Mai%, Manicock, and Potato's. 



Father Raymond Breton got pofieffion of the fruitfulleft part of the Ifland for the 

 Reformed Jacobines, ox White-Fryers, and fince the prcfent Governor Monficur T>e 

 Uowll Cent alfo for the Je/uits and Carmelites, to build Cloyfters in a new City,which 

 lies in Sajfe^Tcrre, and which is alfo built full of Storchoufes and Dwelling-houfes 

 two Stories high. 



The Caftle, which lies near the City, hath four Bulwarks, with great Guns. 

 The next neighboring Mountain is alfo crown'd with a Garrifon'd Fort. 

 The Countrey hereabouts bears Moubane-Tuts, which produce yellow oval 

 Plumbs with great Stones, wherewith thcHogs are exceedingly fatned. 



The Corbary, which grows higher than the Moubane, hath a hard flielly Fruit, in 

 which lies a douny Pulp of a Saffron colour : The Gum which drops out ofthe 

 Tree is hardned by the Sun, and becomes very clear, wherefore the Caribbeeans 

 make life of it for Arm rings, and other Ornaments. 



Sect. XVI. 



Defeado. 



TEn Leagues to the North- Weft of Guadalupe, and at fixteen Degrees and ten 

 Minutes, appears Defeado, or Defrado, like a Galley, of which the North- 

 Eaft end hath a low Point; to the Northward lie Sand-Hills full of red 

 Veins : It was fo call'd by Cbriftopher Columbus in his fecond Voyage, from obtain- 

 ing of his Defire, it being the firft of the Caribbees which he difcover'd, as St. Salva- 

 dor the firft Land in all America. 



The Soil is wholly barren, and deftitute of Trees, and breeds the amphibious 

 Creatures call'd Guano's, which in ftcad of Fins to fwim withal, have four Feet j 

 the biggeft of them are fifteen Inches long . their Skin full of little Scales fliines 

 like Silver, and in the Night they make a loud and flirill noife from the Holes in 

 the Rocks. 



On this defolate Ifland are an innumerable company of Fowls, call'd Frigates, 

 which have a Body like a Duck, but larger Wings, and flye fwifter . fo foon as they 

 perceivea Fifli in the Water, they fallingupon the fame, catch them in their Claws, 

 and efpecially devour abundance of flying Fifli. 



But the Fauves, which are much leaner, are no way fo fwift ; they refemble a 

 Moor-Hen, have Feet like Ducks, Bills like a Snipe, and in rainy Nights reft on 

 the Ships in ftead of Rocks, fo that many times they become an eafic prey to the 

 Mariners. 



Sect. XVlI. 



Marigalante. 



NOt far from hence, at fifteen Degrees and forty Minutes, appears Marigalante, 

 like a Wood in the Water. 



On the South.Eaft fide, about half * League from the Shore, lie black 



Stones 



Situation of 



Defends. 



1 he Gttano. 



Jkt frigates. 



The Fattves. 



Situation of 

 Marigalante 



