3i2 Mr. WAFERS Ttefcription 



is much ufed by the Spaniards all over the Weft- 

 Indies. The Town is furrounded with Savannahs, 

 gentle flat Hills, and Copfes of Wood, which add 

 much to the Beauty of the Profpedt ; and among 

 Eftantions thefe are fcattered here and there fome Eftantions or 

 Farm-houfes for the managing their Cattle, which 

 The great are Beeves, Horfes and Mules. This Town is the 

 refort to great Rendezvous of this Part of the South-Sea 

 Panama. Coaft . being the R eceptac i e Q f ^ Treafures from 



Lima, and other Sea-ports of Peru ; trading alfo 

 towards Mexico, though very little beyond the 

 Gulph of Nicaragua. The King of Spain hath a 

 Prefident here, who a£ts in Concert with his Coun- 

 cil ; and the Governour of Portohel is under him. 



Its Jarif- His Jurifdiftion comprehends Nata, Ravelia, Leon, 



didion. Realeja, &c. till he meets with the Government of 

 Guatimalce and Eaftward he commands over as 

 much of the Ifthmus, on both Seas, as is under the 



Bad Air/ Spaniards. The place is very fickly, though it lies 

 in a Country good enough ; but poffibly 'tis only 

 fo to thofe who come hither from the dry pure Air 

 of Lima and Truxillio, and other parts of Peru ; 

 who grow indifpos'd prefently, and are forc'd to 

 cut off their Hair. Yet is it very healthy in com- 

 parifon of Portohel. 



About a League to the Weft of Panama is ano- 

 ther River, which is pretty large, and is called by 



RioGrande fome Rio Grande. It is fhole at the Entrance, and 

 runs very fwift ; and fo is not fit for Shipping. 

 On the Weft-banks of it are Eftantions and Plantati- 

 ons of Sugar; but the Shore from hence begin- 

 ning to trend away to the Southward again, I lhall 

 here fix my Weftern Boundary to the South-Sea 

 Coaft of* the Iftbmus, and go no further in the De- 

 fcription of it. 



The Shore between Point Garacbina. and this Ri- 

 ver, and fo on further to Punt a Mala, makes a ve*- 

 ry regular, and more than femicircular Bay, called 



