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ropean Turnip ; and beaten and put in Water till it works over, makes a Dritilc^ 

 with which the Indians Drink and Caroufc till they are Drunk. 



Moreover, Unaba abounds in Venifon, Fifh, and all forts of ravenous Creatures, A foa«gi 

 as Tygers, Lyons, and a particular ftrange Beaft as big as an Ox, having an Ele- ^ 

 phants Nofc, Horfes Feet, and hanging Ears. 



The Trees likewife fwarm with Birds • and efpecially near Lakes or Pools breed 

 Pheafants and Parrots, of which fome are bigger than Capons, others no bigger 

 than Chickens, 



AgainftMrr^d juts the Mountain Abibe, whofe length Weft ward remains un- ThcMoUtts 

 known } the breadth thereof in fome places is about twenty Leagues ,• it hath 

 many Ways which cannot be travell'd with Horfes. The top of this Mountain is 

 uninhabited 5 but along the Valleys, which are many and large, dwelt formerly a 

 people that poflefs'd great Riches in Gold, which they gathered out of Rivulets 

 that fell Weftward from the tops of the Mountains. It Rains here almoftall the 

 year long, which makes the Ways very bad for Travellers to pafs. 



At the Foot of this Mountain, towards the South, lie two fmall antient Cafique- 

 doms, if we may fo call them, formerly inhabited by a valiant People, call'd Tarabe 

 de Zetiu, whether chiefly the dead Bodies were brought from all the adjacent 

 Countreys, to be buried in great State, as hath been before intimated. 



The principal Towns and Places of note arc i. Cbartbagena, (fo call'd either Jj^ *"/ 

 from the refcmblance of its Situation with the City Qartbagena in the Kingdom of J"^* 1 

 Murcia belonging to Old Spain, or becaufe the firft Inhabitants were Citizens of the 

 faid City) which was begun to be built Anno 1 j 3 2. by <Peter de Heredia, but fully fini- 

 flied by Georgio ^obledo, eight years after the firft Foundation thereof was laid. 

 This Epifcopal Metropolis is on the North wafti'd by the North Sea over a plain 

 {hallow Ground 5 on the Land fide the Sea flows through a narrow Bay by the 

 City towards the Lake Qanupote, which ebbs and flows equal with the Ocean, and 



•receives anddifcharges its Water through two Pipes which lie under along Bridge, The Dcfm- 

 joyning Cartbagena to the Main Coaft. This City boafted long fince above five *%'»«: " 

 hundred Stone Houfes, being divided into twenty fix large Streets, whereof four 

 are fix hundred and twenty Paces long : behind each Houfe is a Garden ; and the 

 Church appears above all the other Buildings : The Dominicans Cloyfter is alfo 

 fairly built ; neither is the Francifcans inferior to it, who alfo poflefs a fecond Edi- 

 fice on the Main Continent over the Bridge. The Cuftom-houfe and Court where 

 the Courts for the whole Province of Cartbagena are kept, are alfo ftately Stru&ures. 

 The Haven hath two Entrances, the chiefeft whereof lies half a League Eaft ward 

 from the City, and the Weftern, call'd La Boca, is as far again • both very dange- 

 rous, becaufe of the many blind Rocks that lie before them. Anno 1585. when Sir 

 Francis Drake took Qartbagena by Storm, the whole was fortifi'd with Sconces, be- 

 fides two Forts for the better iecurity thereof, whereof one lock'd up the narrow 

 Mouth of the Haven with a ftrong Chain 5 not far from which ftocfd an Abbey, 

 Dedicated to the FranciJ cans , and Wall'd round about . fince which they have fc- 

 veral Out-works, Forts and Towers, to prevent all foreign Invafions. The City 

 grows wealthy daily by the Teruan Plate-Fleet putting in there before they go to 

 Spain, and efpecially by the Trade from New Granada along the River Magdalena. 

 The Ifland before the Haven, antiently call'd Codega, now Carex, inhabited by 

 Fifher»men when the Spaniards Landed there, is now defolate, the remainder of 

 thofe that were deftroy'd by them being fled to wild places from the Spaniards Cru- 

 elties ; notwithftanding the People hereabouts were valiant enough to Engage 

 with them. But fince the Devaluation made by Sir Francis Drake, Cartbagena hath 



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