4-o2 AMERICA. Chap. II. 



recciv'd a more fatal Blow ; for it was fcarcc fully rcpair'd, when five French Pri- 

 vateers burnt the City to Allies : which Mifchief was occafion'd by a Sfantfh Sea- 

 man, who being whipt by Command of the Governor, refolving for Revenge 

 went from Spain to France, and conducted the fore-mention'd Ships to Qarthagena 

 where he reveng'd himfelf on the Governor • for finding him afleep, he firft wak'd 

 him, and after having told him of his caufing him to be Whipt, he kill'd him. 

 The Booty which the Spaniards carried from thence at that time amounted to above 

 a hundred and fifty thoufand Ducats. 



I'wfiTry 2 - Tolu > h Y &c Spaniards now call'd St.Jago, twelve Leagues diftant from Car. 



fcmou*. t ha £ ena, a Place memorable for the excellent Balfam which is brought from 

 thence, and commonly call'd The (Balfam of Tolu i it is gather'd in a Spoonful of 

 black Wax, ftuck under the Hole cut in the Bark of a low Pine-Tree, out of which 

 in hot Weather runs a Golden colour'd Gum, very foveraign, and of an excellent 

 fmell^ 



j- St.CruxdeMopox, a neat Town, feated a little above the confluence of the 

 two Rivers, St. Martha and Magdalena, which waters this Province. 



4. Struma deNolambo, a Place of great Traffick, efpecially for all Commodities 

 of the new Kingdom of Granada -, it ftandeth upon the Banks of the River Magda. 

 Una, and about fix Leagues diftant from the Sea. 



5. fBuena Vtfla, otherwife call'd St. Sebajitan de <B*ena Ftjla, a Town commodi- 

 oufly feated upon a rifing Ground not far from the Gulf of Urraba, or the Sound of 

 Damn, about a League and a half from the Sea. 



6. V'tUa de St. Maria, thirty Leagues Southward of Carthagena. 



The Province of Carthagena is ftor'd with many Brooks and great Rivers, 



amongft which the Stream Caucahlls into the River Magdalena, beyond Topayan 

 near Mopox. 



The River Zenu, which gives Denomination to the above-mention'd Ter- 

 ritory, makes a very convenient Harbor with its Mouth, where much Salt is to 

 be had. 



The VaridyWhich runs between Panama and Carthagena into the Inlet Urraba, gives 

 its Denomination to the foregoing Province, through which it alforuns, as hath 

 been already mention'd. 



The River which for its greatnefs is call'd fljio Grande, or Magdalena, (becaufe it 

 was difcovcr'd on the Day Confecrated to that Saint) falls with fuch force into the 

 Northern Ocean, about twenty three Leagues Eaft ward from Carthagena, that run. 

 ning two Leagues broad and ten long into the Sea, it retains its freflinefs of Water- 

 in which there lying many Rocks, makes the fame very dangerous for Ships. In the 

 Mouth of the Haven lies an Ifland, which is divided by the River, the wideft and 

 mod frequented Channel of which refpefts St. Martha, where thofe that carry the 

 Merchandife up this Stream to T^ew Granada, fpend two Moncths in Toeing, when. 

 as they come from thence in three Weeks. 



Thunder and Lightning rages here many times after a terrible manner from 

 Midnight till Morning. In January there falls alfo abundance of Rain, which gli- 

 ding from the Mountains fwells the River exceedingly. 



Rivers of 

 Cartbageus, 



Sect. 



