of the Ifthmus of America. 



that they migjit avoid being difcover'd by 

 the Scouts which the Spaniards always keep 

 in their Neighbourhood, and fo might fur- 

 prize them. And they did, indeed, by this 

 means avoid being difcern'd, till they came 

 within an Hours march of the Town $ tho' 

 they travelled along the Country for five or 

 fix days. The Spaniards make no life of 

 this Port Scrivan 5 and unlefs a Privateer, 

 or a rambling Sloop put in here by chance' 

 no VelTel vifits it in many Years. 



From Port Scrivan to the Place where 

 ftood formerly the City of Nombre de Dios, 

 'tis further Weft ward about feven or eight 

 Leagues. The Land, between is very uneven, 

 with fmall Hills fteep againft the Sea 5 the 

 Valleys between them water'd with forry 

 little Rivers. The Soil of the Hills is 

 Rocky, producing but fmall fnrubby Trees h 

 the Valleys are fome of good Land, fome 

 of Swamps and Mangroves. The main 

 Ridge here feems to lie at a good diftance 

 from the Sea • for it was not difcernible 

 m this March of the Privateers along the 

 Shore to Portobel. The Place where Norn- k 

 bre de Dios ftood is the bottom of a Bay, m ° 

 clofe by the Sea, all over-grown with a fort 

 of Wild-Canes, like thofe us'd by our Ang- 

 lers in England. There is no Sign of a 

 Town remaining, it is all fo over-run with 

 thefe Canes. The Situation of it feems to 

 have been but very indifferent, the Bay 

 before it lying open to the Sea, and afford- 



