7 o The ^ijirejfes and Adventures 



Evening, we never failed to make up to it 

 for ftielter that Night. 



W e faw by the Way great Swarms of 

 Butter-flies, with Wings of various Colours, 

 very beautiful to the Eye, and as broad as a 

 Man's Hand. We were fix Days in paffing 

 over thefe Mountains of Comayagua or VWa- 

 dolid, which lye between Gracilis a Dios and 

 Salvador ; after which, we came to the great 

 Village of Chippea, the Inhabitants whereof 

 foon flocked about us ; among the reft, an 

 old Man, who faid he had been very con* 

 verfant with white People formerly, when 

 he was in the South-Sea^ and told his Com* 

 panions, that they were good Men, and 

 loved the Indian? very well, and might 

 therefore claim their Efteem. He fpoke 

 good Spanijh) and with great Civility, took 

 us to his Whigwam, and treated us with 

 Beef and Plantains ; as alfo with Plenty of 

 the Liquor called Cheely, which amongft the 

 Indians , is reckoned a great Rarity, and is 

 drank only at extraordinary Times. Being 

 thus refreihed, our Benefa&or, took us a- 

 broad to be Spe&ators of the Even- 

 ing Sports .and Entertainments^ which were 



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