of the Ifland vfBarhadocs. 



we had the firft fight of it, being very clear 5 and vfc being at a com- 

 petent diftance, had a perfed view of it. ) But thofe of the lecond 

 altitude, appeared not fo white, but had a grayifh colour, as if covered 

 with light and fandy earth. But the loweft of tho(e , feem'd rather 

 Hills, than Rocks 5 but yet no rulTet, as we were in doubt whether 

 graft did ever grQW on them. But when we came within diftance of 

 difcerning colour perfedtly^ we expefted the valleys, as they opened 

 to us, would have afforded our eyes a richer profped, with more vari> 

 ety of colours^ but we found very little or no amendment, only the 

 treesofCocof7Hts.^w'nh Ibme other that were large and beautiful, whofe 

 tops (giving amply proportionable fhadows to their roots) held their 

 greennefs, and were extream beautiful. But the time of our ftay 

 there , being the Turnado^ when the Sun fbeing in his return from 

 the Tio pique of Cancer, to that of Capricorn , to vifit and rcfrelli 

 the Southern world,) became Ze;7if/) to the Inhabitants of that part { 

 of the world 5 which is about the beginning of y?//^?/// : At which time 

 the rains fall in abundance, and is accomptcd winter, to thofe parts 

 where the Zenith is, and we ftaying there 19 or2odayes, ( the rain 

 falling a good part of that time,] we perceived the valleys to put on 

 new liveries : fo freQi, fo full of various greens, intermixt with flowers 

 of feveral kinds , fome growing on ftalks , ibme on trees, fo full of 

 variety, of the moft beautiful colours, as if Nature had made choice 

 of that place to fhew her Mafter piece. So that, having feafted our 

 eyes with this delighted object, wedefired to try whether their fmell 

 was as plealant andodoriferous,as their beauty was admirable, and to 

 fatisfie our felves of this curiofity, would willingly have gone afhoar, 

 but we were advifed to ftay a little, till we were better allured of 

 om Vortugal Bernardo. Which ftay, gave us time to take a view of 

 the Harbour ovBay^ which they call the Pr/, and is about a league 

 over from Land to Land. And, asl guels'd, fomewhat more , from the 

 points of Land, to the bottom 5 and, as we enter, we leave a (mall Ifland 

 on our Larboard fide. 



This Bay or Pr)',ly es to the Leeward of the Ifland 5 by reafon whereof 

 we found fo great, fo infofferable heat , as you will hardly imagine 

 that bodies coming out of cold Climates, could indure fuch fcorching 

 without being fuffocated. 



I had in a Cabinet two pieces of hard wax, in the hold of the fhip 

 both melted and clave together 5 and the Cement of that Cabinet, that 

 was made to hold the Ink, melted and became flat. 



So that finding the j4ir fo torridly hot , I thought good to make 

 tryal of the water ^ and I leapt into the Sea, which appeared to my 

 fenfe no more colder than thQ Jir 5 than the Queens bath (at Bathe) 

 is hotter in June here in England, 



At the bottom, or inward part of the Pr^, there appeared to us, a 

 fair round rifing hill, near half the breadth of the Pr;, not much unlike 

 the How at Flimouth^ with a valley on either fide ^ And on the brow of 

 the Hill towards the right hand, a very high and fteep precipice of a 

 Rock 5 in which ftood the houfo of the Vadre Vagado^ fixt on the top of 

 the Rock. A houfe fit enough for (iich a Mafter for though he were 

 the chief Commander of the Ifland : yet by his port and houfo he kept 

 he was more like a Hermite^ than a Governour. His family confifting 

 ofa Mollotto of his own getting, three Negroes , a Fidler, and a Wench. 



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