t40 A Voyage to 



Pitets fay, that when the North Wind blows, they go* like 

 the Wind. 



Puerto del At length the South Wind coming up again^ we put in 

 Ingles Ouk at Night, and anchord in a Creek, which they call 



mo del Ingles, the Englijh Man's Port, becaufe a Pyrate of 

 that Nation was the firft that anchor' d there. We rode in 

 56 Fathom Water, the Bottom Sand and Shells, N. E. and 

 by N. of the Head of Copiapo, and S. and by E. of the Star- 

 board Point of Caldera, the neareft. Lwent the next Day 

 to found in that Creek, and found* a Rocky Bottom to- 

 wards the Head, and much Water; and, on the contrary,, 

 a Sandy Bottom,, and lefs Water on the North-fide. 



Deftription of the Fort de la Ckldera. 



n- UESD A T the 1 3 th we fail'd for the Port dela Caldera; 

 * which is parted from the former by a Point of Land, , 

 before which there is a Rock, which we coafted within 

 Piftol-Shot, and fo held on along the Starboard Shore; 

 which # is very clear, in order to gain upon the Wind, and 

 get into the Anchoring Place, without being obliged to 

 make feveral Trips. In Conclufion, we came f5 an An- 

 Awfaring. chor without flifftmg ©ur Sails, in 10 Fathom Water S1E. 



and by E. of the moft advanced Land on the Starboard 

 Side, the low North Point bearing N. and by E.three Leagues 

 diftant._ There we unladed a little Corn for the Town of 

 Copiapo, and . laded Sulphur, which we found upon the 

 Shore, where it .had beealaid againft our coming. 



This Port is fecured againft the South Wind ; but in 

 Winter, tho' the North Winds are no longer violent in 

 that Latitude, the Sea runs high. It. is the neareft to Co* 

 piapo, but little frequented, becaufe it affords no Conve- 

 ™°f m & \ niency : Wood is very fcaree there, and they.muftgo five 

 ^ m *&* u or fix Leagues up the Vale, thro' which the River runs, to 

 get it, The Watering- Place is bad ; it is taken iaa Hollow 

 5 0 Paces from the Edge of the Road, where a little brackifli 

 Water .meets : There is no Dwelling about it, but only 



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