Mr. W AFE RV .Defiriftkn 

 of the Ifthmus of America. 



THE Country I am going to defcribe is iflhmstti 

 the narrowed part of the Ijlhmus of Dar:en ° 

 America, which is nioft peculiarly calFd the 

 Ifibmus of Darien $ probably, from the great 

 River of that Name, wherewith its Northern Rive? 6£ 

 Coaft is bounded to the Eaft : For beyond ^*™i6l 

 this River the Land fpreads fo to the Eaft the ijifc 

 and North-Eaft, as that on the other Coafi nm - 

 does to the South and South -Eaft, that it can 

 no further be called an Ifihwm. It is i2ioft~ Breack ^ 

 ly comprehended between the Latitudes of 8 

 and 10 N. but its breadth in the narroweft 

 part, is much about one Degree, How -far Lengfttfi 

 it reaches in length Weftward under the 

 Name of the Ifthmus of Darien 5 whether as 

 far as Honduras, or Nicaragua, or no furl her 

 than the River Chagre, or the Towns of Por~ 

 tobel and Panama, I cannot fay. 



This laft is the Boundary of what I mean 

 to defcribe ^ and I iTiall be moft particular 

 as to the middle part even of this, as be- 

 ing the Scene of my Abode and Ramble in 

 that Country : Tho 3 what I dial 1 have pceali* 

 on to lay as to this part of thQ jflhmm, will 



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