392 Mr. WAFER, Voyages, &c. 



which is the Road for Lima ; and that the Sea eb* 

 bed fo far from the Shore, that on a fudden there 

 was no Water to be feen : And that after it had 

 been away a confiderable Time, it returned in rowlr 

 ing Mountains of Water, which carried the Ships in 

 the Road of Callao a League up into the Country, 

 overflowed the City of Callao, though it ftood up- 

 on a Hill, together with the Fort, and drowned 

 Man and Beaft for 50 Leagues along Shore do-? 

 ing Mifchief even at Lima, though 6 Miles within 

 Land from the Town of Callao. This feems to 

 have been much fuch another Earthquake as that, 

 the Effects of which we faw at Santa, 

 New Having recovered our Fright, we kept on to the 

 Land<3if- Southward. We fteer'd South and by Eaft, half Eaft- 

 coveicL er ]y 9 unt j] we came to the Latitude of 27 Deg. 20 

 Min, S. when about 2 Hours before Pay, we fell in 

 with a frnall, low, fandy Ifland, and heard a great 

 roaring Noife, like that of the Sea beating upon the 

 Shore, right a-head of the Ship. Whereupon the 

 Sailors, fearing to fall foul upon the Shore before 

 Day, defired the Captain to put the Ship about, and 

 to ftand off till Day appeared ; to which the Captain 

 gave his Confent. So we plied off till Day, and 

 then ftood in again with the Land ; which proved 

 to be a frnall flat Ifland, without the Guard pf any 

 Rocks. We ftood in within a Quarter of a Mile 

 of the Shore, and could fee it plainly ; for 'twas a 

 clear Morning, not foggy nor hazy. To the Weft- 

 ward, about 12 Leagues by Judgment, we faw a 

 Range of high Land, which we took to be Iflands, 

 for there were feveral Partitions in the Prpfpeft. This 

 Land feem'd to reach about 14 or 16 Leagues in a 

 Range, and there came thence great Flocks of 

 Fowls. I, and many more of our Men, would 

 have made this Land, and have gone afhore at it ; 

 but the Captain would not permit us. The frnall 

 Ifland bears from Ca/payapo, almoft due Eaft 5oq 



Leagues \ 



