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THE COAST OF 



Audience of 



PUERTO DE CAVALLOS, 



IS a fmall town, on the eaft fide of the entrance into the Golfo Dolce i 

 it was heretofore a famous port of the city of Giiatimala^ to and from 

 which all commodities were carried on horfeback, by a road cut through the 

 rocks, from whence fome think it had the name Cavalks, i. e. horfes ; but 

 d'AcoJla derives it from a ftorm here, wherein the Spaniards were obliged to 

 throw their horfes overboard. Captain Newport, an EngHJJman, arriving 

 here in 1591, found a confiderable booty ; but the town was deferted by the 

 &paniardsy who had magazines here for the goods that were brought from, 

 the inland parts, which were burnt together with the town ; and the place 

 being taken fix years after by Capt. Shirley, the Spaniards removed the 

 trade to Amatique, where ihey built and fortified the village of St. Thomas de 

 Cajlilla, a very ftrong place in the province of Vera Paz. 



San FERNANDO de O M A O, 



IS fituated near the entrance of the Golfo Dolce, in 15 degrees 18 minutes 

 north latitude. This place has lately been fortified by the Spaniards^ 

 with an intent to curb the MiifquitO'm&vi on the one hand, and the Logwood- 

 cutters and bay-men on the other. It is a very good harbour, with fafe 

 anchorage from the north and eaft winds, in eight fathom water. The plan 

 of this port was drawn by lieutenant Young of the Vipcr-Jloop a few years 

 ago, fincp which they have erected a fort» 



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