; Mr. WAFER j Voyages, &c. l6t 



has alfofetch'd aCompafs about 57 Leagues 

 round. This their furenefs of Foot con- 

 fifts folely in their aforefaid Claws, by 

 which they hold themfelves fo faft updn the 

 leaft Footing, that they can go where no other 

 Beaft can. The Spaniards alfo informed 

 us, That at a City they named, which has 

 no Water within a League, of it, thefe 

 Beafts, being bred up to it, were wont to 

 be laden with two Jars, like Panniers, upon 

 their Backs, and away they would go, 

 without Guide or Driver • and when they 

 came to the River, would lye down and 

 rowl themfelves in the Water until both 

 the Jars were full 5 and then of their own 

 accord, would return home with their Wa- 

 ter. The Spaniards added, That this Crea- 

 ture will not nor can be fore d to work af- 

 ter Day-light : And we found them obfti- 

 nate enough ^ \ for when once lain down, 

 no Beating ftiould make them rife 5 but 

 they would lie and make a whining or 

 groaning, though they were not tir'd, be- 

 ing but newly taken up. 



We went from Mocha to the Continent, 

 and kept failing and touching along the 

 Coaft of Chili, often fending our Canoas 

 aftiore, till we came to Copayapo, in thcR. 0 f " c& 

 Lat. of about 16 S. We wanted Water,M^- 

 and fo put aftiore to fee if we could find 

 the River that bears the Name of the Ri- 

 ver of Copajapo* As foonas we came aftiore 

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