of John Cockburn, &c. \6j 

 will confume it in a very Ihort Time. If 

 there be a Prieft, in or near the Place, where 

 the Perfon dies, he performs the Funeral 

 Ceremony \ if not, it is done by the Com- 

 pany before the Image of the Blefled Virgin, 

 to which they pay great Homage, and be- 

 lieve that will do as well. 



Whilst we ftaid in this Town, we 

 were free from Annoyances of any Sort, ex- 

 cept from a Kind of Bird like a Batt, but 

 bigger, and with a long Tail, which con- 

 ftantly, as we flept o' Nights, would bite 

 little Pieces of Flefh from us, and particu- 

 larly from our Feet. 



Having now been at Nicoya fix Weeks, 

 the Alcald Major acquainted us, that there 

 was a Spanijh Gentleman come from Watte- 

 mall to Alberoy, which was but three or four 

 Days Journey from hence, and that he was 

 going to Pueblo Nuevo, which is not above 

 one hundred Leagues on that fide Panama, 

 and that he went with one Canoe and a Pi- 

 ragua ; by which means, we that were in 

 Health might get a Paffage, for that he had 

 treated with him on that Score ; but that 



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