The Natives 

 of the Pro- 

 vince Bail, 

 quicenut*, 

 their manner 

 of Living. 



Alfo of the 

 Natives a- 

 bouc Segovia 



6x6 A M E%^IC A. ! Chap- IX. 



becaufe the Water when touch'd, turns to an Afli-colour. The Plain Countrey 

 round about would be intolerable hot, did not the cool Winds that blow from the 

 Mountains temper the fame. 



The Natives divided into Tribes that underftand not one another, live on Call'u 

 bafim, Deers-flefli, Rabbets, and the Juice of the Cocuy. 



In the Rivers Hacarigua and < Boraute % they throw the (lamp'd Root Barbafco, 

 which caufes the Fifli to appear above the Water, and fuffer themfelvcs to be caught 

 with the Hand. 



In the Summer they all (lore themfelvcs with Venifon, which they catch after 

 this manner : They let the dry Bullies and Brambles on fire, which makes the 

 wild Hogs, Goats, Deer, Armadillo's, Tygers, the great Serpents Bobas, and other 

 wild Creatures, to leap forth from their Holes and Receptacles to (bun the fame 

 whileft the Hunters (landing ready with their Bowes and Arrows, fcldom mifsone 

 of them. 



In the hollow Trees near the Rivers, the Bees make abundance of Honey for 

 them. 



Mod of the Rivers here fall into the Stream Huriapari, which glides from the 

 Peruvian Mountains to the Northern Ocean. 



The Province Qbioas produces plenty of Gold. 



The Natives about Segovia go naked, are very ignorant, and much addicted to 

 Drunkenncfs 5 in which humor they kill one another : They live without care 

 feeding on Roots till their Mai^is ripe, which in fomc places comes to its full ma- 

 turity in forty days time, and in others in three Moncths. 



Clofe by Segovia glides the Rivulet Claro, whofe clear Water goes but a fmall 

 Courfe from its Fountain Head, before it (inks into the Ground • in the Summer it 

 is very high, and in the Winter almoft deftitute of Water. 



This Countrey breeds all forts of Fowls, but efpecially Quails and Turtlc- 

 Doves. 



Cattel, Sheep, Goats and Hogs, increafe wonderfully here, infomuch that many 

 of them are driven to be fold atNiw Granada. 



The Cotton-Clothes that are woven here, alfo turn to a good account. 



From Segovia runs a Way through a Valley twelve Leagues long, to the Town 

 Tucuyo, which (lands low, but in a healthful Climate, and furrounded with Moun- 

 tains* 



The Countrey hereabouts produces plenty of Corn, Pot-herbs, Sugar, and 

 Cotton 5 and feeds Oxen, Cowes, Horfes, Sheep, Deer, and Goats, to which the 

 Tygers and Lyons do great mifchief. 



Here are Gold-Mines, but they are not opend by reafon of the great want of 

 Men. 



There is likewife plenty of the $ezpar*Stones to be had here. 

 The Cuycas, in whofe Countrey (lands the Town Truxillo, arc a valiant, but very 

 cruel People. 



The Lake Maracabo, running forty Leagues up into the Countrey, is ten Leagues 

 broad, Ebbs and Flows, and feeds the great Fifh Manatl * 



Weftward dwell the Tocabuyes, and Akoholados, both quiet and rich People. 



The Province Xuruara lies towards the South behind high Mountains, inhabited 

 by the valiant Qoromocbos 5 and towards the North from Xuruara, the 2oi«w, hard 

 by the City Merida - the Countrey about which is unhealthful and Morafly, and 

 the Inhabitants exceedingly plagu'd by the Mufcbitos. 



The Haven Maracapana is the bed in Venezuela, and lies in the Eaftern part of the 



Province, 



The Commo- 

 dities of the 

 Countrey 

 hereabouts. 



Xurn*r(t. 



Havens oft V- 

 tuzuel*. 



