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Spots of Woods interrnixd 5 ja^d from fome 

 of thefe Hills not far from Cheapo^ the River 

 R. chagre.Q$ Chagre^ which runs into the North Sea, 

 takes its rife. It runs Weft for a while 5 

 and on the South-fide of it, at no great di- 

 •tr"re/ C ^ ance ftom Panama,, is Vent a de Cruzes, a 

 1 -X ' fmall Village of Inns and Store-houfes 5 

 >vhither Merchandifes that are to be fent 

 down the River Chagre are carried from 

 Panama ^by Mules, and there embark'd in 

 Canoas or Pereagoe's 5 but the Plate is car- 

 pj^^ried all the way by Land on Mules to Porto- 

 ™ ;0r ot bfk The Country here alfo is Savannah 

 and Woodland intermix d ^ with thick (hort 

 Hills, efpecially towards Panama. 



Between the River of Cheapo and Panama, 

 3 Rivers, further Weft, are three Rivers, of no great 

 jCqnfequence, lying open to the Sea. The 

 Land between is low even Land, moft of it 

 dry, and cover d here and there by the Sea, 

 with ftiort Bufhes. Near the moft Wefterly 

 p'4 Pana-oi thefe Old Panama was feated, once a 

 large City 5 but nothing now remains of it 

 befides Rubbifti, and a few Houfes of poor 

 people. The Spaniards were weary of it, 

 having no good Port or Landing-place ^ and 

 had a defign to have left it, before it was 

 burnt by Sir Henry Morgan. But then they 

 110 longer deliberated about the Matter; but 

 inftead of rebuilding it, rais d another Town 

 to the Weftward, whicfy is the prefent City 

 R. of Fa- of Panama* The River of Old Panama 

 f !m \ runs between them 5 \ but rather nearer th& 

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