3io Mr. WAFERS "Defcription 



Sholes. Sholes, for a Mile, or half a Mile off at Sea, In 

 feveral parts of this Coaft, at about 5 or 6 Miles 

 diftance from the Shore there are fmall Hills ; and 

 the whole Country is covered with Woods. I 

 know but one River worth obferving between Cong& 

 and Cheapo : Yet there are many Creeks and Out- 

 lets ; but no frefli Water, that I know of, in any 

 part of this Coaft, in the dry Seafon - 3 for the Stag- 

 nancies and Declivities of the Ground, and the 

 very Droppings of the Trees, in the wet Seafon, 

 afford Water enough. 

 % €Uapo. Cheapo is a considerable River, but has no good 

 entring into it for Sholes. Its Courfe is long, rifing 

 near the North-Sea, and pretty far from towards 

 TheLpid the Eaft. About this River the Country fomething 

 fr ere * changes its Face, being Savannah on the Weft fide ; 



though the Eaft-fide is Wood-land, as the other, 

 fheafa T. Cheapo Town (lands on the Weft- fide, at fome dif- 

 tance from the Sea ; but is fmall, and of no great 

 Confequence. Its chief Support is from the Paftu- 

 rage of black Cattle in the Savannahs. 

 Savan- Thefe Savannahs are not level, but confift of 

 pahs, fma'H Hills and Valleys, with fine Spots of Woods 

 intermixed ; and from fome of thefe Hills not far 

 $1 Chagre, from Cheap* the River of Chagre, which runs into 

 the North-Sea, takes its rife. It runs Weft for a 

 while ; and on the South- fide of it, at no great di- 

 Yenta.de fiance from Panama, is Venta de Cruxes, a fmall 

 pruz.es. vj}] a g e G f i nns an( j Store-houfes ^ whither Mer^ 

 chandifes that are to be fent down the River Chagre 

 are carried frpm Panama by Mules, and there em- 

 bark'd in Canoa 5 s or Pereagoe's ; but the Plate is 

 (Carriage carried all the way by Land on Mules, to Portobet 

 xoPortobel The Country here alfo is Savannah and Woodland 

 intermix'd ; with thick fihprt Hills, efpecially to- 

 wards Panama 



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