Mr. W A F E K$ Voyages, Sec. i 



Coaft alfo do) tatted much like that of Ma- 

 dera. 'Tis brought down out of the Coun- 

 try to this Port, to be fliipt for Lima, Pa- ' 

 nama, or other Places. It lies here fome- 

 times many Years ftopt up in Jars of about 

 eight Gallons apiece : But the Jars are un- 

 der no Shelter, but ftand expos'd to the 

 hot fcorching Sun $ being plac'd along the 

 Bay, and between the Rocks, every Mer- 

 chant having his own Mark'd. We took in 

 ftore of this Wine. 



We were alfo together at Coqumbo, Z cwimbet,- 

 large Town with nine Churches in it, lying 

 in about 29 S. Lat. Here we landed upon 

 a deep Sand, in a large Bay, which had a 

 fmall River that ran through the Country, 

 and made its way out three Mile below the 

 Town. In this River the Spaniards get 

 Gold higher up in the Country 3 and the i cs go!* 

 Sands of the River by the Sea, as well as River * 

 the whole Bay, are all befpangled with 

 Particles of Gold $ infomuch that as we 

 travelled along the Sandy Bays $ our Peo- 

 ple were covered with a fine Gold Dull: 5 

 but too fine for .any thing elfe 5 for 

 it would be an endlefs work to pick it 

 up. This obfervation I have made in fome 

 other places along the Coaft, where any of 

 thefe Gold Rivers make their way into the 

 Sea through Sandy Bays 5 for there the 

 Sand is in a manner gilded by them : But 

 all that is worth looking after is up near 



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