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Rich Stream. Departing from 7/^/7, I continued toy Journey for VaU 

 paraifo* On the Defcent of the Mountain on the Weft 

 Side, they ftiew'd me a Stream, where there is a rich La- 

 vadero^ or Place for waftiing of Gold. They there fome- 

 times find Bits or Lumps of pure Gold, which weigh about 

 • an Ounce ; but the Water failing in the Summer, they 

 cannot work there above three or four Months in the 

 . Year. 



TVaturalCrfh The ftme Day I proceeded to Limache, a Village, 

 where a Tree was found, the Figure whereof Father Ovalle 

 gives, in his Relation of the Miffions of Chili. There is 

 fuch another at Rincan, two Leagues W. N. W. from 

 Santiago. It is a Crofs form'd by Nature, on which is a 

 Crucifix of the fame Wood, as it were in Bafs Relief: The 

 Carvers have fpoil'd it 5 by having touch' d up feveral 

 Parts; for there is now no feeing what it was when firft 

 found. 



Mother. Don Francifco Antonio de Montaho, mentions fuch a 

 Tree found in the Year 1533, at Callacate, in the Terri- 

 tory of Caxamalca, in the Kingdom of Peru, on the Day of 

 the Invention of the Holy Crofs. Don John Ruiz Bravo, 

 who difcover'd it, having left it, it was again found in the 

 (lime Place in 1677, on the Day of the Exaltation of the 

 CroTs : If thefe Circumftances are true, they have fome- 

 thing miraculous. This Crofs is 22 Foot long, and 15 in 

 the Arms, whereof the Thicknefs of the Tree takes up a 

 third Part. From its three Extremities, Branches fprout 

 out, which form fo many more little CrofTes. 

 Bad Travel- At length I arrived at Valpdraifo y dtfpkzs'd with travel- 

 *%• ing in that Country, where neither Houfes nor Provifions, 

 nor Places to lodge, are to be found fo that Travelers 

 muft carry fo much as their very Beds, unlefs they will 

 * Note That comply to lie like the Natives on the Ground, upon Sheeps 

 thePa/urea-Skms, with the Sky for their Canopy. It is true, that 

 long the Roadway 0 f traveling has this Advantage, That Rablaifs Quar- 

 %?fcT $ e ter of an Hour, that is, when the Reckoning is to be paid, 

 King. does not difturb a Man *, 



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