3 %z Mr. WAFERS Voyages, &c. 



were at Pifca, and Capt. Knight and we kept Com* 



pany aim oft all that Year. 

 Monkeys Among other Places we were at the Iflarid Gorgo* 

 and Oy- nia^ where we clean'd ; and I took notice of feve- 

 G*r onia ra * ^ on ^ e y s there who lived partly upon Oyfters, 



ergonia. ^ich ^y g Qt ouC Q ^ ^ g ea at j QW \y aten 



Their way was to take up an Oyfter* and lay it upon 

 a Stone, and with another Stone to keep beating 

 of it till they had broke the Shell in pieces* 



We were together alfo at La Nafca> which is a 

 la Nafca fmall Port, in the Lat. of 15 S. It affords Abun- 

 ^ lne * dance of richftrong Wine, fas Pifca arid other Pla- 

 ces on that Coaft alfo do) tafted much like that of 

 Madera. 'Tis brought down out of the Country 

 to this Port, to be fhipt for Lima, Panama^ or o~ 

 ther Places. It lies here fometimes many Years 

 ft opt up in Jars of about eight Gallons apiece : But 

 the Jars are under no Shelter, but ftaiid expos' d to 

 the hot fcorching Sun *, being placed along the Bay, 

 and between the Rocks, every Merchant having 

 his own mark'd. We took in Store of this Wine. 

 Coqmmio. We were alfo together at Coqulmho^ a largq 

 Town with nine Churches in it, lying in about 29 

 S. Lat. Here we landed upon a deep Sand, in a 

 large Bay, which had a fmall River that ran through 

 the Country, and made its way out 3 Mile below 

 the Town. In this River the Spaniards get Gold 

 Its Gold higher up in the Country ; and the Sands of the Ri* 

 Riven ; ver by the Sea, as the whole Bay, are all befpang- 

 led with Particles of Gold ; infomuch that as we 

 travelled along the Sandy Bays, our People were 

 covered with a fine Gold Duft ; but too fine for 

 any thing elfe for it would be an endlefs Work to 

 pick it up. This Obfervation I have made in fome 

 other Places along the Coaft, where any of thefe 

 Gold Rivers make their way into the Sea through 

 Sandy Bays ; for there the Sand is in a manner gild- 

 ed by them : But all that is worth looking after is 



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