0 A Voyage to 



Hefirc of the Governor to fend a Ship to fetch off the Fifher- 

 men left on the Ifland, and lade what dry Fifli they had. 

 Upon our Offers of Service before made to the Prelidc&r, 

 lie defired our Ship Mary for that effed; but fhe being 

 kicumber'd with Goods, we could not grant it ; fo that he 

 was obliged to fend the S, Dominick y a SpaniJhUhip newly 

 come from Callao to hide Corn, which fail'd the ift 3 and 

 return- d the 14th of Oflober. 

 ■john Fer- That moft Eafterly Ifland of John Fernandes would be 

 WanT V£r y f&tit£ty & -cultivated: There is no Want of Wood 

 and Water ; there are wild Swine and Goats, and a pro- 

 digious Quantity of Fifli : The Road where Ships anchor 

 h:\s a good Bottom, but there is much Water dole under 

 the Shore. There the Englifo and French Buccaniers often 

 bad their Retreat, when. they were ranging the Coaft about 

 the Year 1682. 



The great Plenty of Commodities the Coumry was finv 

 Eifh'd with at the Time of our Arrival, and the low Price 

 they bore, made us refolve not to fell, till the Trade was 

 fomewhat more advantageous ; which reduced us to a tire- 

 fome Idlenefs, an-d made us feek out for fome Diverlian. 

 The Feftival of the Rofary came on the 2d of Qttober^ 

 which entertain'd us eight Days fuceeilively. . 

 Feftwal of This Feftival among the Spaniards is one of the firft 

 +he &fary. q\^ s ; t j ie y ^ e p t lt w j t | 1 as muc ^ na y^ j dare fay, 



more Veneration, than thofe of the moft facred Myfteries 

 of our Religion ; For folemnizing of it, there were Illu- 

 minations on the Eve, and FireworkSj confiding of fome 

 Sky-Rockets, made iti Canes inftead of Cartridges, and 

 feveral Volleys of Chambers. The three next Days a pri- 

 vate Perfon entertain'd the Publick with a BullFeaft, which 

 I thought did not much fatisfy my Curiofity. We faw no- 

 thing there that was worth looking at, but only a Man 

 aftride on one of thofe mettled Animals, with Spurs, the 

 Rowels whereof were four Inches Diameter, after the 

 Country Fafliion. That Engagement was perform'd in 

 -a JPlace JbemnVd in with Scaffolds, fill'd with as many Peo- 

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