of the Inhiniis of America. 37 



for the bignefs of it, there is not, it may be, 

 a more pleafant and advantaegous one any 

 where to be found. 



The Land of this Continent is altiloft The Face 

 every where of an unequal Surface, diftin-£ an ^ e 

 guiflfd with Hills and Valleys, of great -Va-Hiiis and 

 riety for heighth, depth and extent. The VaIes » 

 Valleys are generally water'd with Rivers, waters. 

 Brooks, and Perennial Springs, with which 

 the Country very much abounds* They 

 fall fome into the North, and others into 

 the'South 3 and do moft of themitake their 

 Rife from a Ridge or Chain of higher Hills M ?"' a 

 than the reft, running the length of the ^ jjf of 

 Iflhmus^ and in a manner parallel to the 

 Shore 5 which for diftiiidions-fake, I iliall * 

 call the Main Ridge* 



This Ridge is of an unequal Breadth, and 

 trends along bending as the Iflhmus it felf 

 doth. Tis in moft parts neareft the Edge of „ 

 the North Sea, feldom above 10 or 15 

 Miles diftant. We had always a fair and 

 clear View of the North Sea from thence, 

 and the various makings of the Shore, to- Fine Pro~ 

 gether with the adjacent Iflands, render'd it a 

 very agreeable Profped 5 but the South Sea 

 I could not fee from any part of the Ridge. 

 Not that the diftance of it from the South 

 Sea is fo great, as that the Eye could not 

 reach fo far, efpecially from fuch an Emi- 

 * nence, were the Country between a Level or 

 Champian : But though there are here and 

 there Plains and Valleys of a confiderable 

 D 3 Extent 



