<; o Mr. W A F E R's Defer jp ion ' 



that the Spaniards have won them over to 

 them. 



Portobei. Portobel is a very fair, large and commo- 

 The Har- dious Harbour, affording good Anchoring 

 bour. and good (helter for Ships, having a narrow- 

 Mouth, and fpreading wider within. The 

 Galleons from Spain find good Riding - 

 here during the time of their Bufinefs at 

 Portobel 5 for from hence they take in fuch 

 of the Treafures of Peru as are brought, thi- 

 ther over Land from Panama. The En- 

 The Fom. trance of this Harbour is fecur'd by a Fort up- 

 on the left Hand going in ^ it is a very 

 ftrong one 5 and the Paffage is made more, 

 fecure by a Block-Houfe on the other fide, 

 oppofite to it. At the bottom of the Har- 

 bour lies the Town, bending along the Shore 

 like a Half-moon : In the middle of which 

 upon the Sea, is another fmall low Fort, 

 environ'd with Houfes except only to the 

 Sea : And at the Weft end of the Town, 

 about a Furlong from the Shore, upon a 

 gentle Rifing, lies another Fort, pretty 

 large and very ftrong, yet over-look'd by 

 a Neighbouring Hill further up the Coun- 

 try, which Sir Henry Morgan made ufe of to 

 take the Fort. In all thefe Forts there may 

 be about 2 or 300 Spanijh Soldiers in Gar- 

 The rifon. The Town is long and narrow, ha- 

 Town. v | n g two p r i nc ip a i streets befides thofe that 

 go a-crofs 3 with a fmall Parade about the 

 middle of it, furrounded -with pretty fair 

 Houfes. The other Houfes alfo and Chur- 



