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SALT TORTUGA Island, 



SO called, fays Captain Dampier, to diftinguifli it from the Shoals of Dry 

 T irtiigas near Cape 'Florida ; and from the Ifle of %rtuga by Hifpantola 

 is pretty largCj uninhabited, and abounds with fait i is about 14 leagues 

 diftant, wefterly from Margarita, and 20 from Cape Blanco on the 

 Main. The eaft end of Tortuga is full of rugged, bare, broken rocks. 

 At the fouth eaft is an indifferent good road for fhips, much frequented in 

 peaceable times by merchant-men that come hither to lade fait, during the 

 months of May, Juney "July, and Augujl. Near the weft end of the ifland, 

 on the fouth fide, is a fmall harbour, and fome frefti water. There are fome 

 goats on this ifland, but not many. The turtle or tortoife come upon the 

 fandy bays to lay their eggs, and from hence the ifland has its name. There 

 is no riding any where but in the road where the fait ponds are, or in the 

 harbour. 



C U M A N A, 



WAS built fourteen leagues to the fouth of Margarita, on the conti- 

 nent, by the Spaniards in 1 520, and called at firft Nueva Corduba. It 

 is defended by a ftrong caftle, and the town ftands near the entrance of a 

 great gulph known by the name of Golfo de Carriaco, or of Cumana : to the 

 northward of this gulph are the fait pans of Araya, near the cape of the 

 fame name. Thefe pans produce a great quantity of fait, and are of great 

 emolument to the inliabitants of thefe parts. 



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