the South -Sea. 145 



becaufe that Planet melts the Snow, which freezes again 

 at Night ; the Indians call it Anchallulac, that is, the Hy- 

 pocrite. Thofe are the dreadful Mountains which divide 

 Chili and Peru, where the Cold is fometimes fo exceflive, 

 that Men are, frozen up, their Faces looking as if they 

 laugh' d ; whence, according to fome Hiftorians, the Name 

 of Chili is derived, fignifying Cold $ tho' beyond thofe 

 Mountains the Country is very temperate. We read in 

 theHiftory of the Conqueft of Chili, that fome of the firflr 

 Spaniards whopafs'd it died there, fitting upright on their 

 Mules. A much better Way has been now found out along 

 the Sea-Goad. 



The Sulphur we were to lade being brought aboard, we Departure 

 Fet fail on Sunday the 18th of June for Arica-, but the/™* Copk* 

 Calms and North Winds kept us within Sight of Land for P 0, 

 fome Days : The Owner of the Ship and the Spanish Captain 

 being conCern'd at that Delay, perform'd, with the Sailors, a 

 nine Days Devotion to S. Francis Xa^erius, from whom 

 they expelled a Miracle, which was not wrought at the 

 appointed Time ; they were fo enraged at it, that they 

 loudly declared they would no more pray to the Saints, 

 fince they did not vouchfafe to hear them. The Captain 

 then addrefs'd himfelf to a little Image of the bleffed Vir- 

 gin, which he hung at the Mizzen-Maft, and often faid to 

 it, My dear Friend, I will not take you down from hence y till 

 you give us a fair U^ind ^ and if it happen'd that our Lady 

 of Bethlem did not perform, he hung there our Lady of 

 Mount Carmel, of the Rofary, or of the Solitude, or Affli- 

 ction ; whence may be inferred after what Manner moft 

 Spaniards honour Images, and what Confidence they re- 

 pofe in them. 



At length a freih Gale at S.S.E. carry'd us into the Latitude q q i\^ p m . 

 of 22 Degrees 25 Minutes, which is that of Cobija, the 

 Port to the Town of Atacama^ which is 40 Leagues up the 

 Country. It is to be known by this Land-mark, that 

 from Mono Moreno, or the Brown Head-land, which is ten 

 Leagues to the Windward^ the Mountain goes on rifing till 



it 



