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<J^fr. Wafer^ Voyages, &c. 



TheReia ILJAving thus gone over the IJlhmus, and made 

 tionof A A fuch Obfervatlons about it as occurred to me, 

 theVoy- \ fhajll now refume the Thread of my Voyage, 

 tmued?" w ^ich I broke in the South Sea, at Realeja on the 

 See p.294. Coaft of Mexico, where I parted with Mr. Dampier, 

 Harbour after my fecond being with him in thofe Seas. Cap- 

 ofRtaleja.^in Swan in the Cygnet, was going to the Weft- 

 ward ; and Mr. Dumpier, chofe to go with him. I 

 ftaid with Captain Davis in the Batchelors Delight/, 

 and he was for going again to the Southward. 

 See Daw- So we left them in the Harbour of Realeja, when 

 ^rWoy-we fet out Aug. 27. 1685. with three other Veflels 

 j g p S, 2 ^ in our Company. But our Men growing very fick 

 ' when we were got out to Sea, we foon put into the 

 Gulphof Gulph of Amapalla. There we lay feveral "Weeks ■ 

 jimapallaat a fmall Ifland, on which we built Huts for our 

 fick Men, whom we put aftiore. In our 4 fmall 

 Ships, we had then above 130 fick of the Spotted- 

 Fever, many of whom died : Yet tho 5 I attended 

 them every Day, I thank God I efcap'd the Infe£t- 

 ion. But 'tis not my Intention to particularize as 

 to all the Places or Occurrences we met with ; for 

 I kept no Journal : But fome fuch Things as I took 

 more particular Notice of, and thought worth re- 

 marking I fhall briefly fpeak of as I go along. 



Being in great want of Provifion while we lay 

 here, we went alhore, in order to fupply pur Ne- 

 ceffities at a Beef-Eftantion on the Continent, at the 

 South of the Cod of the Bay, which lay from the 

 Landing-place about three Miles, In our way we' 



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