36 Mr. WAFERV Defer ipt ion 



be in fome Meafure applicable to the Coun- 

 ' try even beyond Panama. 

 Bounds of Were I to fix particular Limits to this nar- 

 ^{iy\ he roweft part of the American Ifihmus, I would 

 ifihmm: affign for its Weftern Term, a Line which, 

 ftibuld run from the Mouth of the River 

 Chagre, where it falls into the North Sea, to 

 the neareft part of the South Sea, Weft ward 

 of Panama ^ including thereby that City, and 

 P or label ^ with the fivers of Cheapo and Chagre* 

 And I (hould draw a Line from Point GaracU- 

 na, or the South part of the Gulph of St/jjt*^ 

 chael, dire&ly Eaft, to the neareft/part of tlie 

 „ great River of Darren , for the E'aftern Bounda- 

 :1 " ry, fo as to take Caret Bay into the Ifihmm. On 

 the North and South it is Efficiently bound- 

 ed by each of thefe vaft Oceans : And con- 

 fidering that this is the narrowed Land that 

 disjoins them, and how exceeding great the 

 Compafs is that muft be £<kc!i' d from one fhore 

 to the other by Sea, fince it has the North 

 and South America for each extreme, 'tis of 

 a very lingular Situation, very pleafant and 

 agreeable. 



ifla ids on N or d 0 th either of thefe Oceans fall in at 

 once upon the Shore, but is intercepted by 

 a: great many valuable Iflands, that lie fcat- 

 ter'd along each Coaft : The Bafitmentds and 

 otljers ; but efpecially the long range of the 

 Samballoes, on the North fide 5 and thc Kings 

 Bay of ftr Pearl I/lands, P eric a and others in the Bay" 

 of Panama, on the South fide. This Bay is 

 caus'd by the bending of the Ifihmus : And 



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