of the Iflhmus of America. 



leys, as they make even the Ridge it felf 

 the more ufeful and habitable , fo are they 

 fome of them fo deep in their Defcent, as e- 

 ven to admit a Paffage for Rivers. For thus 

 the River Chagre, which rifes from fome Hills R - cha &' e > 

 near the South Sea, runs along in an Oblique 

 North Wefterly Courfe, till it finds it felf a 

 Paffage into the North Sea , tho' the Chain 

 of Hills, if I miftake not, is extended much 

 farther to the Weft, even to the Lake of Ni- 

 caragua. 



The Rivers that water this Country are The Ri- 

 fome of them indifferent large 5 though but^ s > kcand 

 few navigable, as having Bars and Sholes at springs of 

 the Mouths. On the North Sea Coaft the the ^- 

 Rivers are for the moft part very fmall ; for 

 rifing generally from the main Ridge, which 

 lies near that Shore, their Courfe is very 

 fhort. The River of Darren is indeed a ve- r. of Da- 

 vy large one 5 but the depth at the Entrances- 

 is not anfwerable to the widenefs of its 

 Mouth, though 'tis deep enough further in : 

 But from thence to Chagre, the whole length 

 of this Coaft, they are little better than 

 Brooks : Nor is the River of Conception any River of 

 other, which comes out over-againft La conception. 

 Sound's Key in the Sambaloes. The River of 

 Chagre is pretty confiderable 3 for it has a txhagn. 

 long bending Coaft, rifing as it does from 

 the South and Eaft part of the IJihmus^ 

 and at fuch a diftance from its Outlet. But 

 in general, the North Coaft is plentifully wa- 

 tered 3 yet it is chiefly with Springs and Ri- 

 ll) 4 yuletf • 



