1 6% Mr. W A F E Pv j Voyages, : Sec. ' 



y vith an intent to bring him home for 

 England : Bat was fruftrated of my purpofe 

 by the Sailors $ who having afoolilh Con- 

 ceit, that the Compafs would not traverfe 

 aright , fo long as any dead Body was 

 on board, threw him over-board, to my 

 great Vexation. 



This Place is a deep fandy Ground, of 

 little Hills and Valleys of Sand. Tis 

 like the reft of this part of Pen*, without 

 Rain ; but it has Dews, and there was 

 the Channel of a fmall River 3 yet 'twas 

 dry when we were there. 



The other Particular I would fpeak of, 

 Santa. j g Q f our touching at a Place called Santa^ 

 a fmall Town in the Lat. of 8 Deg. 40 

 Min. S. Here I went aihore, and fo up to 

 the Town, which was three Miles or there- 

 abouts from the Sea. In our way to the 

 : % Town we crofs'd a fmall Hill 5 and in a 

 sh'ps call Valley between the Hill and the Town we 

 jar a%ore f aw xfaee fmall Ships of about fixty or a 

 EarTh- hundred Tuns apiece lodg'd there, and ve- 

 guake. ry ruinous. It caufed in us great Admira- 

 tion, and we were puzzled to think how 

 thofe Ships could come there : But pro- 

 ceeding toward the Town, we faw an 

 dian, whom we called, and he at the firft 

 Motion came to us. We asked him feve- 

 ral Queftions, and among the reft, how 

 £hofe Ships came there ? He told us 3 That 



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