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C O N T E 



O F 



Volume the First, 



BOOK I. 



Chapter J, TLfOT'IFES for this voyage-, defign of 



meafuring feveral degrees of the meridian 



near the equator. Departure from Cd.d\z. p^ge i 

 Chap. IL Arrival at Carthagena. Defcripion^fitu- 



ation^ and riches of that city, 19 

 Chap. III. Defcription of Q2iVih2,gQr\2i Bay, 26 

 Chap. IV. Of the inhabitants of C2iXi\\2igQn2L, 29 

 Chap. V. Of the climate, Difeafes incident to natives^ 



and foreigners, 41 

 Chap. VI. Defcripion of the country, and of the trees 



and plants in the neighbourhood of Carthagena. 48 

 Chap. VII. Of the heafts, birds ^ reptiles^ and infeuls 



in the territories of Carthagena. 52 

 Chap. VIII. Of the efculent vegetables-^ and food of 



the inhabitants of Carthagena. 69 

 Chap. IX. Of the trade of Carthagena, and other 



countries of America, on the arrival of Galleons^ 



&c. 79 



Vol. 1. b BOOK 



