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Tlie Inhabitants of Guivdm ftrove one with another, ‘ 
who fhould entertain thefc Strangers at their Hou- 
fes, and furnifli them with Provifions and Cioaths, and ^ 
whatfoevcr elfe fhould be neceffary ; whicli die Father 
gr^anted them, on condition diey did not feparate thoFe * 
that were Married, or take lefs than two of them toge- 
ther, for fear any iliould die of Grief if left alone. Of . 
thirty five Perfons thatdmbarked, there remained but 
thirty ; five dying thro’ want of Provifions and other ’ 
Hardfhips in fo long a Voyage; and fome time after 
their Arrival here, died.' another. 
They relate that their Country confijffs of twa and 
thirty Iflands which tannot be. far difiant from the . 
Mdrianas^ as may be judged by the* make and fmallnefs 
' of. their Vefiels, and form of their Sails, whicli are very' • 
fike thofe of the Mdr 'umois. It is likely thefe Ifiitnds may • 
be eleven or twelve Degrees of 'Northern Latitude, more 
So ithern than- the Mananas^ and under the fame Degree • . 
of Longitude as Guiudm ; for failing direflly from Eafi: 
to Welt, they came afhore at this Town. It is alfo pro- . 
bable, that it was one of thefe Iflands that was difco- r 
Ycr’d fome Years ago at a diitance, when a Ship belong- , . 
ing to the FhilipfmeSj leaving the common Road, which d 
is from Eafi: to Weft under. the third Degree of Longi- 
tude, and running further to the South Eafi, firfi per- 
ceived it.. Some called thisifiand Carolhayh'om Charleslh ‘ 
King ; and others the Ifland of St. -Rtr/ifj^K, be- 
cauie <lifco,vei*cd on the Day that the Church celebrates • 
the Feafiof that Apofiie. It was again feen lafi Year, 
by another Vefiel that a Storm had driven out of its . 
PvOad, in going from, hence to the MarUfias. The Go- \ 
tremor of the ^hihppims has .often given Orders to a - 
VelTel, that goes almblV yearly to the Mariams, to.look 
for this and other Iflands that they fufpeaed to be here- 
abouts.; . but. thefe. Orders were incffedual,-God pre- 
ferving . 
