Chap. VI 



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CHAP. VL 



Paraguay, or Rio de la Plata. 



WE have feen in Magellanica the fartheft, that is, the moft Southerly part 

 of the 2tyib FftrM, and before it in order all the Weftern Coafts of 

 America that lie either upon or towards Mare del Zur, Vt^ from Pa~ 

 7WMM, the firft Province of this Southern part dowh as far as the Straights. We are 

 now to return and take a view of the Eaftern Coafts, and thofe Countreys which 

 lie upon the Jtlantick Ocean, fleering our Courle henceforth Northward, not di- 

 re&ly, but as the Coaft leads us for a while Eaftward and by North, forafmuch as 

 the Land of America, from the Straights of Magellan up as far as Brajile, and almoft 

 to the JEquator, runneth out with a long Point, little lefs than three thoufand 

 Leagues together. 



The firft Province we meet with on this fide next to Magellanica, is the Countrey situationand 

 of; Paraguay, oftentimes call'd %io de la Plata, from the Name of an huge River, of p-r^««;» 

 which runneth for the moft part through the midft of it : It is border'd, as we *'**. 

 faid, to the South and towards the Straights with Magellanica } on the Eaft, with the 

 Jtlantick Ocean ; more Northward, or to the North-Eaft, it hath Brajile ; and on 

 the Weft thofe undifcover'd Countreys of the Province of Chile, of which we have 

 fpoken; 



The Countrey on both fides the River is reported to be a very lufty and 

 fruitful Soil, bearing befides thofe which are proper and native, all forts of European 

 Fruits and Grain in great abundance, with Sugar*Canes, both large and good, as 

 any other Province of the New World. Nor is it cxcell'd by any other for good 

 Pafturage and great Herds of Cattel, Sheep, and Swine • in particular, Horfes are 

 faid to have multiply'd fohere, that of thirty Mares, and about fix or feven Stal- 

 lions, which the Spaniards left there, in forty years the whole Countrey thereabouts 

 was fill'd with the Breed of them, running wild in great Companies together, 

 through all the Woods and Forrefts of the Countrey, and being of excellent Met- 

 tle and Service if they could betam'd. It affordeth likewife great ftoreof wild Deer 

 and Stags, fome Lyons, Tygers, Crc. nor is it without good Mines, fomebothof 

 Gold and Silver ; but chiefly, as to what is yet difcover'd, of Brafs, and Iron ; and 

 the People altogether falvage. 



The River Ve la Plata, which (as we faid before) divides this Countrey, is one ™< 

 ofthelargeftofthe whole World, rifing, as 'tis fuppos'd, out of the Lake call'd 

 De los Xarayes, three hundred Leagues or more within Land, and falling into the 

 Jtlantick Ocean, or North Sea, in thirty four Degrees of Southern Latitude, with 

 an Eftuary or Mouth of thirty, or two and thirty Leagues over. 



The whole Countrey is ufually fubdivided into three inferior Provinces, which 

 arc i. %io de la Plata properly fo call'd. 2. Tucuman. 3. La Crux de Sierra. 



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