Mr. W A F E Ks Voyages, &c. 171 

 into the Country, overflowed the City of 

 Caltao, though it flood upon a Hill, toge- 

 ther with the Fort, and drowned Man and 

 Beaftfor 50 Leagues along Shore 5 do- 

 ing Mifchief even at Lima, though fix Miles 

 within Land from the Town of Callao. 

 This feems to have been much fuch an- 

 other Earthquake as that, the Effe&s of 

 which we faw at Santa. 



Having recover'd our Fright, we kept on New / 

 to the Southward. We fteer'd South and Landdif - 

 by Eaft, half Eafterly, until we came to""^' 

 the Latitude of 27 Deg. 20 Min. S. when 

 about two Hours before Day , we fell in 

 withafmall, low, fandy Ifland, and heard 

 a great roaring noife, like that of the Sea 

 beating upon the Shore, right a-head of the 

 Ship, Whereupon the Sailors, fearing to 

 fall foul upon the Shore before Day, 'defi- 

 red the Captain to put the Ship about, and 

 to ftand off till Day appear'd 5 to which the 

 Captain gave his confent. So we plied off 

 till Day, and then ftood in again with the 

 Land • which proved to be a fmall flat I- 

 fland, without the guard of any Rocks. 

 We ftood in within a quarter of a Mile 

 of the Shore, and could fee it plainly $ for 

 'twas a clear Morning, not foggy nor ha- 

 zy. To the Weftward, about 12 Leagues 

 by Judgment, we faw a range of high 

 Land, which we took to be Iflands, for 

 there were feveral Partitions in the Pro- 



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