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fall aground at the Stem, and on Head they have above eighty Fathom Water « yet 

 neverthelefs the Shoals are no ways dangerous. 



South- Weft from St.Jago lies the fpacious Inlet Mattbeo, and the Promontory 

 francifco, known by its Banks and high Grounds, which fliew red and white at a 



oreat diftance. 



Not far from hence, exactly under the Equinox, appears Capefajjao, flat and low ; 

 between which and Mattheo, the great Rivers Los Quiximes fall into the Sea. 



Behind <PtJJao rifes the high Mountain Quaque j and more Wefterly the Bay Cara- 

 ques affords a fecure Harbor for all manner of Veffels. 



Next you come to the Town Puerto Viejo before mention'd, lying behind the 



Ifland Laurenfo. 



Five Leagues off at Sea, before Laureno^, lies the Ifland Plata, formerly famous 

 for a (Peruvian Temple, in which the Natives Sacrifis'd Sheep, and fometimes Chil- 

 dren, and painted the Figures of divers Perfons with the Blood ; to which they 

 alfo Offer'd Jewels, Gold, Silver, Wooll, Cotton Shirts, and Cloaks. Francijco 

 Pi^arro arriving here, got an invaluable Mafs of Treafute . but at prefent it ly- 

 ing defolate, affords nothing but Brambles and wild Trees. 



The next which come in view are the Havens Callo and Zalango, where there are 

 fafe Harbors, good Wood and Water. • 



The Cape of St. Helena makes alfo a fecure Road on the North, and on its Shore 

 hath a Spring, on the top of whofe Waters fwims a certain Gum, by the Natives 

 call'd Copey, exceeding good to make Ships tight. 



The River Tumbe% falls into a large Bay, which on its North-Eaft Point near the 

 Main Land, hath the Ifland Puna, ten Leagues in circumference : The Soyl where- 

 of produces abundance of Mai*., frca, and other good Roots, be/Ides great Woods 

 full I of fruitful Trees, and Sarfatarilla. The Inhabitants of a brown Complexion, 

 and middle Stature, wear Cotton Cloaks, and Chains of Cbaquira and Precious 

 Stones : They drive a great Trade, and formerly maintained Wars with the Pco- 

 pie inhabiting upon the River Tumbe^., their great want is frefli Water in the 

 Summer. Thomas Qandijh Landing here Jrm 1 587. found a Ship hal'd afliore, and 

 three Villages, in one of which flood a Palace belonging to a Cafique, furrounded 

 with Stone Galleries ; and near it a large Storchoufe full of Tar.pots and Hemp 

 to make Cables of : The Village confifted of two hundred Houfes, and a fair 

 Church with a Steeple, in which hung feveral Bells. The Cafique Married to a Spa. , 

 mih Woman being fled with the Villagers, Candifl> took many Oxen, fat Sheep, Pi- 

 geons and Ducks, the Bells, and what elfewas not convey'd aboard,with him, and 

 afterwards burnt the whoie Town ; but whileft he was bufie in making havock, a 

 thoufand Spaniards, and a confiderable number of Peruvians fell upon the Englifh on 

 fuch a fudden, that they kill'd fome, and took others Prifoncrs. 



Somewhat farther off at Sea appears the Ifle Clara, where thofe of Puna formerly 



buried their Dead. . . 



The Inlet into which falls.the River Tumbe^, whofe Shores are well inhabited, 

 ends Weftward at the Promontory 'Blanco ; Southward from which lies the Ifle Lo. 

 Bos, where there are feveral Springs full of the fame Gum, 61 Bitumen, a little above 



mention'd. 1 r^ ft 



Beyond the Point Agua lie the two Ifles Lobos Marinas, oppofite to a low Coalt •, 

 they are defolate, and barren of Grafs, Trees, and all kind of Herbs, and deftuute 

 of frefli Water • but many Pelicans, Penguins, and other ftrange Birds. 



The difcovering of thefeCoafts belonging to the Jurifdiaionof^«ro,deferves a 



fhort Relation : . .. - 



Whileft 





