i 2 1 The jbijlrejfes and Adventures 

 ever we went for eighteen Days together, 

 after we left this Village; and above all, the 

 greateft Mifery was, that Water was as fcarce 

 in thefe Parts as Victuals, infomuch, that 

 whenever we came to any Puddle, or the 

 Tracks of Beafts Feet, where Moifture had 

 gathered, tho' it were difcoloured, and flunk 

 ever fo. much, we never failed to lay our- 

 felves down and drink it up, and I may fay 

 with Satisfadion. Our only Food in that 

 Time, was a few poor dry Berries, fuch as 

 our Hips and Haws ; however, as bad as 

 they were, we were very glad when we 

 found any, for they were not always to be 

 had. We paffed thro' many Villages, which 

 flood pretty thick on a fine level Land, 

 very eafy for the Feet, and delightful to the 

 Eye, having every here-and-there Thickets 

 of Trees and Groves, with rifing and falling 

 Ground, which afforded beautiful Profpects. 



A T length we came to a Mountain, which 

 we were obliged to pafs over, from the Top 

 of which we could fee the great Lake of 

 Nicaragua* Having defcended this Moun- 

 tain, we came to an Indian Village, where 

 we faw three Gentlemen of an Order of 



Friary 



