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Chap. IX. ' a M E%_1 C A. 6l9 



uLosUdrones/mE^UCh, The I/lands of Thieves, lieas it were in the imd.tfay TM*. u, 

 betwat the Mam Land of America and the Philippine Iflands, but fome hundreds df***** 

 Leagues diftant from either, in the fourth Degree of Northern Latitude - Co nam'd 

 by ■ Fer^nand Magellan, from. the pilfering difpofition he obferv'd in the Natives 

 when he Sail'd that way for the Molucca Iflands. They were a nimble and adivc' 

 fort of People, yet light-finger'd, tall of ftature, and goingfor the mod part naked 

 excellent Swimmers and Divers, and have not much more to be faid in their com- 

 mendation. 



2. The Fernanda zxc onely two Iflands of no great bignefs, lying over againft ***** 

 the Coaft of Chile, in the three and thirtieth Degree of Southern Latitude and ""*** 

 about a hundred Leagues, or three hundred Englifh Miles from the Continent yet 

 well ftor'd with fomeleffer forts of Cartel, as Goats, &c. good plenty likewife of 

 Vemfon ,n the Woods, and Fifh upon the Coafts . for which reafon, though lying 

 at fome diftance, yet are they not a little frequented by the Spaniards of Peru who 

 find many good Harbors and Roads for Shipping belonging to, and about thefe 

 Iilands. 



