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and l>{eu> Guiana, went from Caffanor to the Stream Meta, and from thence to Ori* 

 noque, where he was in great danger, by reafon of fliarp Rocks, over which the 

 Stream flowing, wafiics fcveral Iiles . That he fpent a whole year before he came 

 to the utmoft Borders of Jmapaia • near which he loft feveral of his Barques,and 

 on the Shore, not onely divers Horfes, but alfo many of his Men, who either dy'd 

 of hardfhip, or were kill'd by the Natives with poyfonous Arrows, fo that fixty 

 of his Metl were kill'd in the Countrey of Amapaia, which extends along the River 

 Orinoque, befides a great many that dy'd there by drinking the Water, which was full 

 of poyfonous Animals, and glided over a (limy and muddy Ground, which made ic 

 thick and troubled : Six Moneths he ftay'd in the Countrey Amapaia, where he 

 made Peace with the Inhabitants of Anebas, who gave him ten curious Images of 

 ma/fie Gold. The River Orinoque is about four Leagues broad here, and about 

 feven hundred Miles long, before it fall into the Ocean, and is every where en- 

 rich'd with the Waters of many Rivers which fall into it from the North and 

 South: He added moreover, that he endeavor'd to go down Southerly to Guiana, 

 but was prevented by fteep Mountains, and therefore went on Eafterly till he 

 came to the Countrey Emeria, where he found a courteous People, and plenty of 

 Provisions ; that the Governor of Qaripana, being about a hundred yearns of age, 

 had a long time Conversed with the Cbriftians on the Iflands Trinidad and Margareta, 

 and learn'd a Form of Civil Government ; that Sailing down the River Orinoque 

 between many Ifles lying at the Mouth of the River to Trinidad, and from thence 

 to Margareta, he took fixty Men into his Service ; but that he himfelf, being tir'd J 

 with fo great a Journey, and ftaying to refrefli himfelf at Trinidad, fell into the 

 hands of another Party of the Englijh 5 that before he was taken he fent feveral of 

 his Men to Caripana, to find the King of Morequito, who three years before had been 

 with abundance of Gold at Cumana and Margareta, and inform'd a Spaniard call'd 

 Tides fo much concerning the Golden Countrey Guiana, that he obtained a Patent at 

 the Spanifl) Court to difcover Guiana ; but that Fides, jealous that he might be there 

 before him, had not onely incens'd Morequito againft him, but fo inftru&ed him, 

 that he fuffer'd his Men to pafs through the Countrey to fetch Gold from the City 

 Mama, and as they return'd, fet upon them and flew them on the Borders of Jro» 

 maia, together with a Monk that was in their Company, one Man onely efcaping ; 

 by yvhom being inform'd of the Murder, he immediately fent divers Soldiers to 

 take Revenge* of Morequito, who flying to the Governor Vides, was neverthelcfs, up- 

 on his demanding him in the King's Name, deliver'd to him ; and notwithftand- 

 ing he profFcr'd a great Sum of Money for his Ranfom, was cruelly put to Death • 

 but not fatisfi'd with that Revenge, he overrun all the Countrey of Aromaia, took 

 Morequito's Uncle, call'd Topiaipari, Prifoner, who bought his Life for a hundred 

 Plates of Gold, and fome Precious Stones • That Lifting many Men in Spain for 

 the Gold which he fent thither, he Row'd with Barques up the Rivers Barema, <Pat- 

 troma, and Dejfequebe, where he barter'd Trifles for Men, Women, and Children, 

 of whom he made great Sums of Money on the Ifland Margareta. 



This Information which Sir Walter Raleigh got from his Prifoner Berreo, made 

 him defirousto make an Expedition to Guiana j to which purpofe he fent Captain 

 George Gifford with a Ketch and a Barque to the River Capuri, where the Water fell 

 before the Veffels could get beyond the Sands in the Mouth of the River. 



John Vonglas had better fucceis, being likewife fent out by Sir Walter Raleigh, for 

 he with his Boats found that Orinoque had nine Arms to the North Sea, and feven 

 to the South, which embrace divers Ifles, of which thofe on the right fide are call'd 

 Tallamos, and thofe on the left, Horotomaca* The Mouth of the River gapes a hun- 



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