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iy one little fort, e&fl'd? CBacao, which is always ill pro- 

 vided with Warlike Stores ; for as to the Town of Caftro^ 

 the Strength of it is compared to that of La Conception: 

 However, it would import them to have fome Force in 

 thofe Ifbnds, becaufe, if the European Nations would make- 

 any Enterprise in the South Sea\ it would be eafy to polfefs 

 themfelves of them* bating Wine, they would there find 

 allneeeffary Refrefhments and Provifions> and there, is alfo 

 much Ambergrife found. 



The Indians of the Country about CBifoe are calFd Cho* 

 no's: They go ftark-naked, tho' in a Very cold Climate, 

 and among Mountains , they only cover themfelves with 

 a Skin cut fquare, without any other fitting, two Corners 

 whereof they crofs over their Stomach > one of the other 

 two comes upon their Head, and the other hangs down in 

 a Point on the'ir Back. 

 Ghn% if it Farther up the Country is another Nation of Indian 6f* 

 k true /^ants, whom they call Caucahues: They being Friends to-> 

 t*ertArs«ny. xhzCJmws^ fome of them now and then come with them, 

 to the Dwellings of the Spaniards of Chiloe. Don Pedro 

 Molina^ who had been Governor of that Ifland, and fome 

 other Eye-Witneffes of the Country, told me, they were 

 near four Varcts high, that is, about nine or ten Foot.. 

 Thefe are the fame they call Patagons, who inhabit the; 

 Eaft Coaft of the Defart Country ancient Travels have 

 taken Notice of, which has afterwards been reprefented as 

 a Fable, beeaufe Indians have been feen in the Streights of 

 Magellan^ who did not exceed the Size of other Men : And 

 • this is what deceiy'd Froger, in bis Relation of the Voyage 

 of Monfieur de Gennes for fome Ships have at. the fame 

 time feen both Sorts. In July, 1704, the Men belonging 

 to the Jdmes of S. Mald^ commanded by Captain Warring- 

 ton, faw (even of thofe Giants in Gregory Bay : Thofe of the 

 S. Peter of Marseilles, commanded by Carman of S. Malo, 

 faw fix, among whom there was one who bore fome 

 Mark of Diftin<&ion above the reft. His Hair was platted 

 in, a Net Cap made of the Guts of Birds^ with Feathers^ 



