the South-Sea. 



the South-Sea. In fhort, the Dutch would have fettled 

 there, to fecure a Refting-Place, in order to facilitate their 

 entring the South-Sea. In 1643, they made themfelvcs 

 Mafters.ofit; but Want, Difeafes, and more particularly 

 the Death of their General, having weaken'd them, they 

 were oblig'd to withdraw themfelvss, and abandon their 

 Baggage and 3 o Pieces of Cannon, upon Advice of the 

 Succours fent againft them by the Marquis de Manfera y 

 Viceroy of Peru. 



At this Time there are above 100 Pieces of Cannon,^/ 

 croffing one another, at the Entrance : Fort Manfera has 

 40, that of Niebla 30, that of Marga 20, and that of 

 Corral 18, jmoft of them Brafs. 



That this Port may not want Men, the Whites of Peru Gar 

 and Chili, condemn' d to Banilhment for any Crime, are 

 fent thither > fo that it is in the Nature of a Galley. There 

 they are employ'd about the Fortifications, and other Ufes 

 of the Garrifon, which is compofed of none but fuel) Peo- 

 ple, who are made Soldiers and Officers even during the 

 Time of their Punifhment. The Viceroy is to fend 

 300000 Crowns a Year, to keep up the Fortifications and 

 maintain the Garrifon. That Supply is calPd Real Situ- 

 ado, in which are included the Provifions, and Stuffs to 

 cloathe them. Tho' that Sum be not exa&ly furnifli'd, the 

 Prefident of Chili never fails to fend a good Supply every 

 Year ; of which the Governors make fo confiderable an 

 Advantage, that this Port is the mod fought after of any a 

 on Account of the Revenue ; tho' it ought to be difagree- 

 able, by reafon of the ill Company there is in it, and 

 very tirefome during fix Months of continual Rain every 

 Winter. 



The Town has alfo been re-peopled by banifh'd Perfons* 

 and bears the Name of its Founder 'Peter Baldma, after 

 the Indians had ruin'd the firft, built there. It is at prefent 

 reckoned to contain 2000 Souls ; is enclosed with Walls 

 to the Land, and defended by 1 2 Pieces of Cannon, which 

 are 16 Pounders. It has one Parifli-Church, and a Houfe 



