^6 Mr. W An tis Description - : \ ) 

 ing little Shelter for Shipping 5 which I have 

 heard was one Reafon why the Spainiands 

 forfdok it : And another, probably, was the 

 Unhealthinefs of the Country it felf, it be- 

 ing fuch low fwampy Land, and very fickly 5 

 yet there is a Rivulet of very fweet Waters 

 which runs clofe by the Eaft-fide of the 

 Town* The Mouth of the Habour is very 

 wide ; and tho' I have heard that there lie 

 before it two or three little Keys, or Rocks, 

 yet they afforded no great Security to it. 

 So that the Spaniards were certainly much in 

 the right, for quitting this Place to fettle at 

 Vortobel ^ which tho' it be alfo an unhealthy 

 Place, yet has it the advantage of a very 

 good and defensible Harbour. 



About a Mile or two to the Weftwarcf 

 of thefe final! Iflands, at the Mouth of the 

 Bay of Nombre de Dios, and about half a 

 Mile or more from the Shore, lie a few I- 



%t£ ^ an ^ s called tlie Baftimentos, for the moft 

 part pretty high, and one peeked, and all' 

 . cloath'd with Woods. On one of them, 

 (part of which alfo was a Sandy Bay, and 

 a good Riding and Landing-place ) there is 

 a Spring of very good Water. I was a fhore 

 at this Tlland, and up and down among the 

 reft of them 5 and all of them together 1 

 make a very good Harbour between then! 

 and the Iflhmus. The Bottom affords good 

 Anchoring^ and there is good corning in 

 with the Sea-wind between the Eaftermoft 

 Wand and the next to it, and going out with 



