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ai)d there is Anchorage every where, from j to n Fa- 

 thom Water. On the Weft-fide there are feveral little 

 Iflands 5 all of them clear, and between which Ships may 

 pafs without Fear,* but generally it is more convenient to 

 pafs withm that oiSt.Gdlan, and to coaft along the Con- 

 tinent ofParaca, to gain upon the Wind. Then they come 

 up to anchor towards the Houfes, in 4 or 5 Fathom Wa- 

 ter. Among thofe little Iflands there is one cut quite 

 through in two Places, fo that it looks like a Bridge from 

 the Anchoring-Place. 



From the Houfes -of Par ac a to the Town, the Diftance 

 is two Leagues, all a fandy barren Plain* 



9 jj ffj 



The Defer lotion of the Town of Pifco* 



H I S Town, which was formerljron the Edge of the 

 Sea, is now a quarter of a League from it. That 

 Removal was made on the 19th of October 1682, by fo 

 violent an Earthquake, that the Sea drew back half a 

 League, and then return'd with fuch Fury, that it over- 

 flow' d almoft as much Land beyond its Bounds ; fo that it 

 deftroy'd the Town oiPifco, the Ruins whereof are ftill to 

 be feen^ extending from the Shore to the New Town. 

 Several Curious Perfons having followM the Sea, as it 

 withdrew, were fwallow'd up by it, at its Return. Since 

 that Time the Town has been built on the Place which 

 the Overflowing did not reach, 

 folate XXV * s divided into regular Quarters, as may be feen in 

 churches and the Plan I here prefent. The Parifli Church of S.Clement 

 Mojpit&l. is in the middle of the Town, in a Square as large as one 

 of the Quarters. Behind this Church is that of the Jejuitcs ; 

 to the Eaftward that of S. Francis, fmall but very neat. 

 On the North-fide is the Hofpital of S. John of God, and 

 on the South-fide is the Magdalen, a Chappel belonging to 

 the Indians, before which is a little Square. 

 inhabitants The whole Town confifts of 3 00 Families, moft of them 

 *nd Govern- Mefiizo's, Mulatto's and Blacks i the Whites being the 



menu fmalkft 



