i36 A VOYAGE TO Book III. 



8. The village of St. Juan de Pononome, fo called 

 from the name of its cacique its inhabitants are In- 

 dians, who fl;ill retain the bow and arrov/, at which 

 they are very dextrous, and of an intrepid bravery, 



9. The village of Santa Maria is fituated in a m6t 

 of land difcovered by Gonzalo de Badajoz. The 

 name of its laft prince was Efcolias it is at prefent. 

 wholly inhabited by Spaniards, 



10. The village of Santo Domingo de Parita, the 

 lad word being the name of its prince. It was for- 

 merly inhabited wholly by Indians, but at prefent 

 there are many Spaniards among them. 



11. Taboga, Taboguiila, and other iflands, near 

 which the psarl fiflieries are carried on, were difco- 

 vered by the order of Pedro Arias Davila, the firft 

 governor and captain- general of the kingdom of 

 Terra Firma. In thefe iflands are houfes belonging to 

 Spaniards, and huts for the Negro divers. 



12. The iflands del Rey were difcovered by Gaf- 

 per de Morales and captain Francifco Pizarro. In 

 this ifland fome Spaniards have hoyfes, befldes great 

 numbers of Negro divers. 



Second Province of Terra Firma. 



The fecond province of this kingdom is that of 

 Veraguas, of which the city of Santiajo is the capital. 

 The iirfl: who difcovered this coaft was admiral Chrif- 

 topher Columbus, in 1503. To the river now called 

 Veragua, he gave the name of Verdes-aguas, on ac- 

 count of the green colour of its water \ or, according 

 to others, becaufe the Indians called it bv that name 

 in their language. But, however that be, it is from 

 this river that the province derives its name. In 

 1508, the captains Gafper de Efpinofa, and Diega 

 de Aivirez, renewed the difcovery by land ; but being 

 repulied by prince Urraca, were obliged to content 

 themfelves with a fettlement in the neighbourhood ; 

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