the South -Sea. t%$ 



open to the North about a League wide, and there is good 

 Water, 



The next Day from four or five Leagues out at Sea we Totoral 

 difcover'd the Creek of Totoral, where there is Anchorage : Cm ^* 

 It is not to be perceiv'd any otherwife, than that it lies 

 about the Mid-way, between a Cape ealFd Cerro Prieto, 

 or Black Cape, and a low Point, which is the Southermoft 

 of the Salt Bay, 



The ioth we had Sight of the Head call'd Mono de CVMorro de. 

 piapo, which appears at a Diftance like an Ifland, becaufe^°P* a P 0 

 it joins to the Continent by a very low Neck, or Point, M 6 

 for \Vhich it is very remarkable. That Head is of a lefs 

 than indifferent Height, in 27 Degrees Latitude •> it is com- 

 pared to S. Helen's Point in Peru : It appears thus, feen pUteXX. 

 from the Southward, and but little different from the 

 Northward, or Leeward. 



As you draw near it, there appears a little low Ifland 

 of about a Quarter of a League Diameter, between which 

 and theContinent they fay there is Anchorage under Shel- 

 ter from the North, towards the Bottom of the Creek in- 

 to which the River of Copiapo falls. 



Oppofite to that Creek we were thwarted by the North e^rw/j*. 

 Winds, and a Calm made me obferve, that the Currents 

 drove us Southward ; which confirms what the Spanijh 



T 2 Pilots 



Plate XX. Page 139. explain d in Englifti. 

 The Flan of the Ports of COPIAPO, on the Coaft of Chili, in 27 De^ 

 grees of South Latitude. 



Punta del defpoblado, The Paint ef the Defart Country. 



Aguada, The Watering- Place. 



Punta de la Caldera, The Point of the Kettle. 



H; de Copiapo, Copiapo River. 



Nord de 1 aimantj The North Point of the Compafs. 



Nord du Monde, The true North Point. 



Puerto del Yngles, The Englifhmans Port. 



Planta del Morro de Copiapo, The Plan of the Headland of Copiapo. 

 Yfleta, A [mall Ifland. 



Echelle d' une lieue marine, A Scale of a Sea League. 



Monro de Copiapo N. N. E. The Headland of Copiapo N. N. E. 



Vue de reconnoiffance, The Vhw to ktw the Wort hy, 



