1 60 The Dijirejfes and Adventures 



punctually as I could remember; and, faid I ? 

 we are come hither in Expe&ation of find- 

 ing a Bark bound for Panama ; but he af- 

 fured us here was none at prefent, nor did 

 he know when any would arrive from thence, 

 and that this being the Seafon of Rains and 

 Storms, he did not exped any till better 

 Weather ; but that we might depend on 

 going by the firft Opportunity that offered, 

 and this was as much as we could expe£h 

 He then order'd an Indian to fhew us to the 

 Covilda, which is a Houfe he has on Pur- 

 pofe to entertain Strangers in, and then fent 

 us fome boil'd Beef, and every Man a Tur- 

 tillia, and foon after came himfelf, and bid 

 us eat heartily, faying, he had a great Efteem 

 for the Englijbj and fpoke very complaifant- 

 ly of our Nation ; affuring us, at the fame 

 time, that we fliould not want Victuals, or 

 any Thing in his Power, as long as we ftaid 

 with him. 



We had been here two Days, when he 

 fent for the Indian Alcalds, who governed 

 two adjacent Villages, and gave them Charge 

 to entertain us alternately every Day ; but, 

 we fuppofed, this was done only to try?, 



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