8 Laguna Plain^ Lake^ &c. 
t <599. hath confequently the Benefit of the true 
Trade-wind, which blows here, andismoft 
commonly fair ; fo there are feldom wanting, 
at thisTov/ri, brisk, cooling, and refrelhing 
Breezes all the Day. 
On the back of the Town there is a large 
Plain 6f g or 4 Leagues in length and 2 Miles 
wide, producing a thick kindly fort of Grafs, 
which look’d green and very pleafant when I 
was there, like our Meadows in England in 
the Spring. On the Eaft-fide of this Plain, 
very near the back of the Town, there is a 
natural Lake or Pond of frefh Water. It is 
about half a Mile in circumference ; but be- 
ing ftagnant, ’tis only us’d for Cattle fo drink 
of. Ill the Winter-time feveral forts of wild 
Fowl refort hither, affording plenty of Game 
to the Inhabitants of Laguna. This City is 
called Laguna from hence ; for that Word in 
Spanijh fignifies a Lake or Pond. The Plain 
is bounded on the W. the N. W. and the 
S. W. with high fteep Hills ; as high above 
this Plain as this is above the Sea ; and ’tis 
from the foot of one of thefe Mountains that 
the Water of the Conduit which fupplies the 
Town , is conveyed over the Plain , in 
Troughs of Stone rais’d upon Pillars. And, 
indeed, confidering the Situation of the Town, 
its large Profpe£l to the Eaft (for from hence 
you fee the Grand Canary) its Gardens, cool 
Arbors , pleafant Plain , green Fields, the 
Pond and Aqueduft , and its refrelhing 
Breezes, it is a very delightful Dwelling; 
