of John Cockburn, &c. 59 

 Month, which was My, that we could hardly 

 fuffer our Feet to touch the Ground. As 

 vve travelled farther on this Plain, we faw 

 fcvcral Patches of Sugar-Cane, by which 

 we eafily judged we were not far from 

 Gracias a Dios ; accordingly about four in 

 the Afternoon, we walked into that Town, 

 No fooner had we enter'd it, but a Woman 

 beckoned to us from a Houfe, to whom we 

 made up with all Speed. There was in the 

 Houfe with her a very old Man, who asked 

 us feveral Queftions, particularly, if we 

 could fpeak Spawft, and what Countrymen 

 we were ? I gave him our Hiftory as briefly 

 as I could, and defired to be informed, of 

 the beft Courfe for us to get at fome Engtijh 

 Faftory. At Tanama, faid he, there is an 

 Engtijh Faftory, and none nearer ; but then 

 it is four or five Hundred Leagues to it, 

 and you'll never be able to travel thither, 

 becaufe the Rains are coming on, which will 

 laft fix Months without IntermiiTion. How- 

 ever, fays he, I'll put you into the beft 

 Method I can, which is this ; There is a 

 Place called Sonfonnata, about one Hundred 

 Leagues from hence, from whence Veflels 

 frequently fail for Panama ; to this Place, I 



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