the South -Sea. 1 69 



call'd Uiareta, which being put into the Fire, makes a 

 Smoak which immediately blinds tbofe whofe Eyes it 

 reaches ; it alfo yields a Gum, which is of good Ufe in 

 fome Diftempers. 



Removal to another Ship. 



AFTER having waited above a Month at Arica, for 

 an Opportunity to profecute my Voyage, I embar- 

 qued on the 8th of Augufi on a little Ship of 150 Tons, 

 commanded by Monfieur de Ruffy, who was bound for 

 Hilo, and thence for Callao, to join its Commandant the 

 Great Holy Ghoft. 



The fame Day a Sufpenfion of Arms for four Months, Sufpen/ton 

 between the European Crowjas was proclaim'd, and an Or- Arm. 

 der to the Corregidores, or chief Magiftrates, to feize and 

 confifcate the Effects ot the French that were in Peru and 

 Chili y and to oblige them to embarque, in order to return 

 to France. 



The fame Exprefs alfo informed us, that an Englifh Pri- 

 vateer had taken a Spanifh Ship laden with Sugar, near 

 Guayaquil, and that he had put half his Men into the Prize f 

 which was faid to be of 24 Guns: The Viceroy fent Cap- 

 tain $. Juan, Commander of the£ Rofe in queft of him ,- 

 but the Ship befng caft away on the Coaft, he found oaly 

 two or three Men. 



Departure from Arica. 



HE 10th of Augufi in the Morning, we faiPd with D^ CH i ty 0 j 

 a fmall Gale at N. E. the Land Breeze, which is getting dm 

 nerally expe&ed in order to get out of the Creek of Arica, of Arica, 

 where the Tides often drive down and detain Ships in calm 

 Weather, for feveral Days, towards the Inlet of Quiaca, 

 for they always fet that Way. Moft Ships are made fenfi- 

 fible of the Difficulty of getting out, becaufe the Land 

 Breeze which holds from Midnight till &ay, is fucceeded 



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