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Governor of St. Martha, to leave his Place and fcek for them . to which end he 

 Sail'd up the Rivulet Gayra with two Ketches and forty five Spaniards, who meeting 

 with the Cafique Bagotta, got much Gold of him, and afterwards went to the 

 Valley Tejfuca; of which Simandocd being Governor, conduced Ximene^ twenty 

 three Leagues farther to an Emerauld Rock, from whence he rcturn'd exceedingly 

 enriched; the rumor of which fpreading up and down, made feveral travel thi- 

 ther • amongft whom was Teter dt Lugo, Governor of Terra Firma, who fending for 

 Aid from Qarthagena, fought his way to Bagotta, who refilled him for fome time, 

 till at laft being defeated he made Peace with them for a considerable quantity of 



tettrduuf Go ]j . which when (Pew di Lugo had receiv'd, not regarding his Word, he plun. 



» a?n*. der'd ^11 the Countrey, and having committed all imaginable Cruelties on the Na- 

 tives, return'd home with an invaluable Mafs of Gold and Emeraulds to St. Mar- 



Tbcwiip™ t ha, Not long after the Welfares, German Knights, came from Venezuela, (which Ci- 

 ty the Emperor Charles the Fifth Morgag d to them Jnno 1518.) and travell'd 

 through the fnowy Mountains of St. Martha with Indian Guides, whofe Inftru- 

 aions following, they digg'd many Emeraulds out of the Valley Funia . the Inha- 

 bitants of which affrighted at the fight of the Strangers, hang'd themfelves out of 

 defpair, though naturally valiant, and ingenious in working in Tapeftry the 

 fhapes of Tygers, Lyons, and other Beads, and painting on the Walls of their 

 Houfes variety of Figures of divers colours, covering their Floors with Mats neatly 

 pleited of Ruflies.^ They fed on Fifli, Venifon, and Mans-flefh, and alfo on the 

 Roots Jgies, tailing like Chefnuts, Tuca, Mai^, Batata, and Cajfada. 



chief chics T nc chief Cities and Places of principal note in this Province are 1. St. Martha, 



of note- * cs w hj c h gives Denomination to the whole Province, it ftands built at the North Sea, 

 which makes a large and convenient Harbor, being defended from the Winds by 

 high Mountains and two Ifles, is a Bifhop's See, and hath a large Cathedral. The 

 Houfes built of Canes are cover'd with ?almito*Trczs, and fome with woodden 

 Shingles. The Haven hath neither Fort nor Caftle to defend it, becaufe there is 

 no Trade but with the Indians, which bring Earthen Ware and Cotton Clothes to 

 fell $ and becaufe the Spanijb Ships feldom come hither, the Place is much gone to 

 decay, and the more, becaufe it is no way defended againft any Affault of an Ene- 

 my, which the French, and afterwards the EngUfi, under the Command of Sir Francis 

 Drake, and the following Year under Captain Anthony Shirley topk advantage of, and 

 plundered and burnt the City. 



2. Tmeriff, built on the Banks of the River Magdalen*, forty Leagues from 

 St. Martha. 



y TamalameqMe, ot her wife call'd ViUa de las Talmas, twenty Leagues South of Te- 

 neriff, lying on a high ftony Ground 5 between which are plain Pafturcs for Cattel, 

 furrounded with high Woods, as alfo Pools made by the over-flowing of the Ri- 

 vers, whofe Banks are inhabited by the Indians, who are much addicted to Sleep and 

 Drinking. The fools before mentioned produce abundance of Fifli, as alfo Cro- 

 codiles, and the terrible Manati before defcrib'd. 



4. Ocanna, which hath an Inland Haven, 



5. %amada, formerly call'd New Salamanca, ftanding at the Foot of the Mountain 

 call'd Sierras Nevadas. This Town is famous for its Copper and Brafs Mines. 



6. Cividadde los fyyes, which built in the Valley Upari, fends on the Shore of the 

 mighty River Guataporeya, where from the beginning of 'January till May the Eaftern 

 Breezes moderate the Heat, otherwife intolerable : But the continual Rains there- 

 about occafions the Quartan Ague, and many fuch like Diftempers. The Natives 

 hereabouts, falvage and valiant, would never fubmit to the Spaniards. The peculiar 



Plants 



