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Places ©f 

 chief note. 



U M E %1 ' C A. Chap. II. 



So likewife doth 3. <I(jo de la Trepadera. 4. Corobaci. 5. 'Beru, chiefly remarkable up- 

 on this Confideration, that fome curious Etymologifts have endeavor'd to derive 

 the Name of Teru from this River, by the alteration onely of the initial Letter. 



The chief, and indeed the onely Town of this Tract is Darien, built as aforefaid 

 by Encifus, a Spanijh Adventurer, and by him call'd St. Maria Antiqua, and by others 

 The Antique of Darien, being one of the firft Towns that were built by the Spaniards 

 on the firm Land ; though there are who make mention of two other fmall Towns 

 or Villages, the one nam'd at leaft, if not built by the Spaniards, viz. Los Jngelos, 

 fcarce inhabited at prefent by any but the Salvages • the other an antient Town of 

 the Natives, call'd S^«. 



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S E C T. IV. 



New Andaluzia. 



Defcriptl->n 

 of New Ah- 

 itluxja. 



Nature tni 

 Cu floras of 

 the antient 

 Inhabitants. 



The Coun- 

 trey Vtrab*. 



E Aft ward of Darien and the Gulf of Urraba, lieth the Countreyof 2Vj?^ Andah* 

 zia, otherwife call'd Qartbagena, from the Name of its principal City : On 

 the Eaft it hath the Countrey call'd St. Martha ; on the North, the Main 

 Ocean ; and £{ew Granada towards the South. It is for the moft part a Mountain* 

 ous Countrey, and full of Woods,which they fay yield abundance of Rozen,Gums, 

 and fome very good Balfams ; alfo a fort of Long-pepper, much (harper than that 

 of Eajl-India. But the Plains, by reafon of much Rain, to which the Countrey is 

 fubjeel:, efpeciallyfor fome times of the year, of but a fpewy and cold Soil. The 

 Spaniards at their firft coming found it a rich Countrey, not fo much from the Na- 

 ture and Profits of the Soil (though it be faid tohave fomeMines in it, andthofe of 

 Gold) but by reafon of a certain Opinion and Refpecl:, which the Americans of thefe 

 Parts are generally faid to have born towards this Countrey, infomuch that they 

 would be brought and buried therefrom other Places very remote ; and accord* 

 ding to the Cuftom of the Countrey, not without good ftore of Gold and other 

 Jewels, according to the Quality and Condition of the Pcrfon that was buried . 

 of which the Spaniards foon gain'd Intelligence, and in ranfacking the Graves and 

 Monuments of the Dead, are fuppos'd to have found an infinite Mafs of Trealure : 

 but thofe Mines are long fince exhaufted. 



The Inhabitants of old fufFer'd great prejudice by Tygers and Serpents ; yet 

 neverthelefs this Countrey was very populous before the Spaniards arrival here . the 

 Natives wore Cotton Aprons before, and Golden Rings about their Arms and 

 Legs, as alfo Strings of Pearl, and the like. The Women here, as in the reft of thefe 

 Parts, went with their Husbands into the Wars, and behav'd themfelyes valiantly, 

 (hooting poyfon'd Arrows, infomuch that Martin Jmbef us took a Maid, Anno 1500. 

 who had kill'd twenty eight Spaniards* 



To the Province Qartbagena belongs alfo the Countrey Urraba, which is fo fruit- 

 ful, that all kind of Spanijh Trees and Seeds grow better here than in Spain : Befides 

 which it hath its own Fruit, as alfo abundance of Pine and Palm-Trees, whofe 

 Leaves ferve for Brooms. The Guaiana.Ttcc bears a (harp kind of Fruit like a 

 Lemmon, the Guaravana a kind of Cittrons, the Mameifa a Fruit not unlike an 

 Orange, but tafting like a Melon, and the HoVos & great Plum. 



Their Gardens abound with the Root Batata, whofe Leaves fend forth feverai 

 Strings, which over-fpreading the Ground fatten in the Earth,and take new Roots J 

 it is yellow without, and whitifli within, and bears pale green Flowers, which at 

 laft turn to a Cod full of Seed. Thefe Roots roafted in hot Afhes, exceed our En* 



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