1 30 A Voyage to 



Guns, commanded by Monfieur de Ragueine, loft two An- 

 chors there in April 17 12. 



In the Port there is the Convenience not only of riding 

 at Anchor very near the Shore, as ftill as in a Bafon $ but 

 befides in Cafe of Need, a Ship of twenty four Guns may 

 be careen'd on the < Tortuga Rock above-mention'd, where 

 there is twelve Foot Water at low Ebb quite clofe to it* 

 fome French Ships have made ufe of it to that Purpofe. 



But as it is rare to find all Conveniencies in one Port, 

 this has its Defe&s : The moft confiderable of them is, 

 Jnconvenl that Ships anchor there a League from the Watering-place, 

 *mlt in T ^ e which is to the E. N. E. in a Rivulet that runs into the Sea ; 



and tho' it be taken at low Ebb, the Water is always fome- 

 what brackifh j however it does not appear to be unwhol- 

 fome. The fecond is, that there is no Wood for Fewel, 

 but that of fome Bullies, which is only fit to heat an Oven, 

 without going far into the Vale, which is three Leagues 

 from the Port. 



It may be reckon'd as a third, to be two Leagues from 

 the Town by Land, and that there is no landing at it by 

 Sea, the Sea is fo rough there* * 



Pert 



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The Vefcription of the Town of hd, Serena. 



He Town of Coquimho, otherwife call'd La Serena > 

 is feated at the lower Part of the Vale of Coquimbo 9 

 % FeiiiUee * a Quarter of a League from the Sea, on a little rifing 

 •puw it in 29 Ground, about four or five Fathoms high, which Nature 

 loSt^uT.'^ form'd like a regular Terrafs, extending from North 

 mdjDeg' to South in a ftrait Line all along the Town, the Space of 

 35 Mm. 45 about a Quarter of a League 5 On it, the firft Street forms 

 M% L ° ngl ' a ver y pleafant Walk, whence is a Profped of the whole 

 Bay and the neighbouring Country ; it goes an ftill in a 

 Line, turning away from Weft to Eaft, along a little Vale 

 full of ever-green Trees, being moft of them Myrtles, by 

 the Spaniards call'd Arrayanes. In the midft of thofe plea- 

 Coquisibo &jRt Groves, the River of Coquitnba runs winding, almoft 

 mmn every 



