%$6 Mr. WAFERS Voyages, &c 



die South-part of the Gulph of St. Michael^ dire£i~ 

 ly Eaft, to the neareft Part of the great River of 

 ||s8ituati-I)»nV» 5 for the Eaftern Boundary, fo as to take 

 Caret Bay into the Ifthmus. On the North and 

 South it is fufficiently bounded by each of thefe 

 v^ft Oceans : and confidering that this is the nar- 

 roweft Land that disjoins them, and how exceeding 

 great the Compafs is that muft be fetch'd from one 

 fhore to the other by Sea, fince it has the North and 

 South America for each Extreme, 'tis of a very Angu- 

 lar Situation, very pleafant and agreeable. 

 Jflands on Nor doth either of thefe Oceans fall in at once up- 

 each fide, on the Shore, but is intercepted by a great many 

 valuable Iflands, that lie fcatter'd along each Coaft : 

 The Baftimento's and others ; but efpecially the long 

 Range of the Samballoe's, on the North-fide ; and 

 Bay of the King's or Pearl IJlands, Perica and others in the 

 Panama. g a y Q f Panama, on the South-fide. This Bay is 

 caus'd by the bending of the Ifthmus : And for the 

 , bignefs of it, there is not, it may be, a more plea- 

 fant and advantageous one any where to be found. 

 The Face The Land of this Continent is almofl every where 

 of the G f an unequal Surface, diftinguifh'd with Hills and 

 HOls'and ^ a ^ e y s *' °* great Variety for Heighth, Depth, and 

 Vales. Extent. The Valleys are generally water'd with 

 Waters. Rivers, Brooks, and Perennial Springs, with which 

 the Country very much abounds. They fall fome 

 into the North, and others into the South; and do 

 mod of them take their Rife from a Ridge or Chain 

 Main of higher Hills than the reft, running the length of 

 Kidge of jjfhmus, and in a manner parrallel to the Shore ; 

 which for diftin&ion's-fake, I fhall call the s Main 

 Ridge. 



This Ridge is of an unequal Breadth, and trends 

 along bending as the Ifthmus it felf doth. 'Tis in 

 moft part neareft the Edge of the North-Sea, fel- 

 dom above 10 or 15 Miles diftant. We had always 

 4 faif and clear View cf the North-Sea from thence, 



