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and even till within thefe few years, the voyage to 

 and from Callao to Chili, was rarely performed in 

 lefs than a twelvemonth 5 owing to a fear of (land- 

 ing off to a great diftance from the coafl : for by tack- 

 ing along the fhore they made but little way ; and 

 conlequently laid the fliips under a neceflity of putting 

 into the intermediate harbours for water and provi- 

 fions ; but an European pilot making his firll voyage 

 in the ufual manner, obferved that the courfe of the 

 currents was from the W. and S. W. whence he con^ 

 eluded that winds from thofe quarters might be found 

 farther off at fea. Accordingly in his fecond voyage 

 he flood off to a great dillance, in order to fall in 

 with thole winds, and had the fatisfaclion to find that 

 he was not miftaken ; fo that he reached Chili in little 

 more than thirty days. This being fo very far ftiort 

 of the ufual term, he was fufpeded of forcery, and 

 ever after called Brujo^ a forcerer. From this report^ 

 and the evidence of the dates of his papers, perfons 

 of all ranks were perfuaded that he failed by magic, 

 and the inquifition caufed him to be apprehended 5 but 

 on examining his journals they applauded his faga- 

 city, and were convinced that if others did not per- 

 form the fame voyage with equal difpatch, it was 

 owing to their timidity in not ftretching off to a 

 proper diftance from the coaft as he had done. And 

 thus he had the honour of leading the way in 

 that expeditious courfe^ which has ever fmce been 

 followed. 



In all this paffage you have an eafy fea, the 

 fvvell eomipg fometimes from the S. E. S. or E. be- 

 ing the points from whence the wind blows ; at others 

 from the S. V/. and W. particularly after you are 

 ten or twdvQ degrees from the coall. And it is only 

 near the idaad of Juan Fernandes, that you meet 

 with a hollow fea. The courfe of the waves is there 

 funiciently manifefi ; for on quitting the coail of 

 Callao, to about fixty degrees farther to the S. their 



