} 8 The jDtJlreJfes and Adventures 



and lik'd it fo well, that I believe four 

 Quarts apiece did not excufe us, 



Mr. Rounce ftill continuing bad of his 

 Wounds, began to defpair of being able to 

 travel farther • I made a Fire in order to 

 ftay here this Night, and dreft his Wounds. 

 He being much better in the Morning, we 

 fet out again ; but now we could not poC- 

 fibly travel far in one Day for the extream 

 Heat, the Sun being, as it were, perpen- 

 dicular ; and as we had no Covering for our 

 Heads or Bodies, we were almoft flead alive. 

 As we went along, we faw abundance of 

 large Trees on Fire, which we fuppofed 

 came to pafs by the Heat of the Sun, and 

 met with two Indians ^ who were riding along 

 on Mules, of whom we inquired how far 

 it was to Vera Paz, or the Entrance of the 

 Mountains of Ococingo. They let us know 

 by Signs, that we might reach it by Sun- 

 fet *, and faid, they were come from a 

 Town called Apaublo, which was about ten 

 Leagues beyond the Mountains. 



A t Night we came to the Boke or En- 

 trance of Vera Paz, and faw a great Light, 



which 



