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jwas left, being quite worn out. We had no fooner landed, than 
another Muskito , aboard our Ship, ran to meet his Country- 
man, and, after he had thrown himfelf on his Face upon the 
Ground, embraced him with all the Marks of Tendernefs ; 
which Ceremony being over, he came to falute us his old 
Friends. His Name was Will, and the other’s Robert : 
For, though they have no Names among themfelves, they 
love to have Names given them by the Englijh. 
10. The Me of John Fernandez is about 12 Leagues 
in Circuit, feated 120 Leagues from the Continent, at 
34° 15'. The whole Country is a pleafant Mixture of 
high Hills and Valleys, the Sides of the Hills being partly 
Woodlands, partly Savannas, i.e. clear Pieces of Land, natu- 
rally fo without Wood ; for Places cleared of Wood by 
Induftry are not called by that Name. In the Bay of 
Campeachy are very fpacious Savannas ; and, near the 
River od Plata, fome from 30 to 100 Miles long. In 
Jamaica , Cuba, and Hifpaniola , the Savannas are inter- 
mixed with Wood. The Grafs in the Plains of John 
Fernandez's Me is not fo flaggy, but much kinder, than 
thofe in the Weft Indies. They have here alfo good Wood 
for Timber, but none for Mails. Their Cabbage-trees are 
exceeding good, but not fo large as in other Places. It 
is obfervable, that the Goats that feed towards the Weft 
End of the Ifle, are much fatter and better than thofe of 
the Eaft End, though in the laft there is both better and 
greater Plenty of Grafs and fweet Water in the Valleys, 
whereas the Weft End is a champagne Country, the Grafs 
dry, and fcarce any Wood, or freih Water. Notwithftand- 
ing its Fertility, it is deftitute of Inhabitants, who might 
live here in much Plenty, the Plain being able to maintain 
a great Number of Cattle, and the Sea affording vaft 
Numbers of Fifli, as Seals, Sea-lions, Snappers, and Rock- 
fifh. The Seals being fufficiently known and defcribed in 
other Places, we will pafs them by in Silence here : I will 
only mention, that they are moft feen in the North Parts 
of America and Europe , and the South Parts of Africa , and 
on the American Coaft of the South Sea from Terra del 
Fuego to the Equinoctial Line ; but are never feen in the 
Eqjl Indies , nor to the North of the Line, till at 21 0 
North Latitude. The Sea-lions are notunlike the Seals, but 
much bigger, twelve or fourteen Feet long, and of the 
Bulk of a large Bull : They have no Hair, and are of a 
Dun-colour, with large Eyes, and Teeth three Inches 
long ; one of them will yield a good Quantity of fweet 
Gil, fit to fry Meat with: They feed upon Fifh; yetis 
their Flefh tolerable good Food. The Snapper-fifh has a 
large Head, Mouth, and Gills, the Back red, and Belly 
Afh-coloured, like a Roch, but much larger, and its 
Scales of the Bignefs of a Shilling : Their Fleffi is very 
good Food ; I have feen them no-where but in the IVeft 
Indies , and efpecially in the South Sea. The Rock-fifh, 
called Baccalao by the Spaniards, from its Likenefs to aCod- 
filh, is rounder than the former, and of a dark-brown 
Colour, with fmall Scales : It likewife affords good Food, 
and is found in vaft Plenty on the Coaft of Peru and Chili. 
This Ifland has only two Bays fit for Anchorage, with a 
Rivulet of frefh Water in each : Both thefe are at the 
Eaft End, and fo conveniently fituate, that they might be 
ftrengthened and defended by ' a (lender Force againft a 
powerful Army, there being no Accefs to them from the 
Weft over the high Mountains. Here it was that five 
Englishmen , left here by Captain Davis, fecured them- 
felves againft a great Number of Spaniards. 
11. After flaying fourteen Days at the Ifland of John 
Fernandez, we let Sail again April 8. 1684. in Company 
with Captain Eaton, for the Pacific Sea, properly fo called, 
being that Part of the Mare del Zur which extends from 
South to North, betwixt 30° and 40° South Latitude ; 
and, from the American Shore to the Weft, without Li- 
mitation, as far as I know. I have failed in this Sea 250 
Leagues without any dark or rainy Clouds, Tempefts, Tor- 
nadoes, Hurricanes, or any other Winds, except the 
Trade-winds : Notwith (landing which, the Sea runs high 
at the New and Full Moon, and makes Landing very 
unfafe. I have, however, frequently taken notice of hazy 
and foggy Weather in the Morning, fo as to hinder the 
Obfervation of the Sun. We continued our Courfe to- 
wards the Line to the 24 0 South Latitude, in Sight of the 
AGES of Book I. 
Continent of America . This Vaft Trabi of Land belong- 
ing to Chili and Peru being very mountainous, we failed no 
nearer than twelve or fixteen Leagues to it, for fear of 
being difcovered by the Spaniards ; and the Land, from 
24. to 10 . South Latitude, ftill exceeds the former in 
Height, being inclofed by three or four Ridges of Moun- 
tains within one another, the furthermoft within the 
Country furpaffing the reft in Height ; they exceed, in 
my Opinion, in Height, the Peak of Teneriff, and of Si. 
Martha , or any other in the World, that ever I faw. Sir 
John Narborough , in his V oyage to Baldivia, mentions 
very high Lands near that City (lying upon the Coaft) 5 
and I have been informed, from divers Spaniards , that 
from Coquimbo , at 30° South Latitude, to Baldivia , at 
40° South, the Shore is alfo very high ; which makes me 
conclude, that thefe Ridges extend all along the South Sea 
Coaft from one End of Peru and Chili to the other, called 
the Andes , or Sierra Nuevada des Andes. This I believe 
to be the Reafon why but few, and thefe very fmall Rivers, 
exonerate themfelves into the Sea, fcarce any of them being 
navigable, and fome drying up at certain Seafons of the 
Year. Thus the River of Uli runs with a brifk Current 
from January to June, and then decreafes till September , 
when it quite dries up till January again, as I can fay on 
my own Experience, and as I have heard the Spaniards 
affirm the fame of other Rivers on this Coaft. So I look 
upon them rather as Torrents, occafioned by Rain at 
certain Seafons, than Rivulets. 
12. We continued our Courfe at fome Diftance along 
the Coaft till May the 3d, at 9 0 40' South Latitude, when 
we defcrying a V effel. Captain Eaton took her, being laden 
with Timber. Afterwards we fleered our Courfe to the 
Me of Lobos, at 6° 24 ; South Latitude, five Leagues from 
the Continent. This Me is called Lobos de la Mare, to 
diftinguifh it from another nearer the Continent, and, 
therefore, called Lobos de la Terra \ Lobos fignifying as 
much as a Seal in Spanifh, of which there is great Plenty 
hereabouts. May 10. we anchored near Lobos de la Mare 
with our Prize. This is properly a double Ifland, each of 
a Mile in Circuit, feparated by a fmall Chanel, only not 
capable of receiving any Ships of Burden : A little Way 
from the Shore, on the North Side, feveral Rocks lie feat- 
ured in the Sea: At the Weft End of the Eaftermoft Me, 
is a fmall fandy Creek, where Ships may be fecure from 
the Winds ; all the reft of the Shore being rocky Cliffs : 
The Land is alfo rocky and fandy, without any fre(h 
Water, Trees or Shrubs, or any Land Animal, except 
Fowls, as Boobies, but, above all, Penguins, a fort of Sea- 
fowl of the Bignefs of a Duck, and having juft fuch Feet, 
but the Bill is pointed ; their Wings are no more than 
Stumps, which ferve them inftead of Fins in the Water ; 
and they are covered rather with Down, than with Fea- 
thers : As they feed on Fiffi, fo their Flefh is but of an 
indifferent Tafte, but the Eggs are very good. The 
Penguins are to be feen all over the South Sea, on the 
Coaft of Newfoundland, and on the Cape of Good Hope. I 
obferved here alfo, and at the Eland of John Fernandez, 
a fort of Blackbird, that all Night refts in Holes made in 
the Sand. The Road is betwixt the before-mentioned 
Rocks and the Eaftermoft Ifle, from ten to fourteen Fa- 
thom, which, lying Eaft and Weft, fhelters it from the 
Winds, which, for the mod part, blow here from the 
South and South South-eaft. 
13. Upon Examination of the Prifoners, being con- 
vinced that we were difcovered by the Spaniards, and, 
confequently they would keep all their richeft Ships in 
Port, it was confidered, whether we fhould attack fome 
Place thereabouts j and Truxilo , though a populous City, 
and of a difficult Accefs in Landing, at the Port of Guano - 
hagno, fix Miles thence, being thought the moft likely 
Place, we prepared for the faid Expedition ; and, May 17 . 
found our whole Number to confift of 108 found Men ; 
but, the next Day, fome of our Men delcrying three 
Y effels to the W eft, without the Ides, and one betwixt the 
Me and the Continent, we gave them Grace-, we in 
Captain GwiTsShip that towards the Continent, and Captain 
Eaton the other two. They were foon taken, and proved 
to be laden with Flour from Guanehagno to Panama : In 
one of them we found a Letter from the Viceroy of Lima , 
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