ttefmpftan of U Su'd# $ 13$ 
regiffretl) all ttje boares, ano feeepeth them* 
Untill they be cameo by beafts Onto Pana¬ 
ma, a SEobune l-ping on the other Coe of the 
Hake, from butjence by tfiips they are con# 
ueyco info other places, thojobuthcbohole 
country efPcru,Chaicas, ano chiia,as alfo 
no^htuaroin the out places of the £>pam* 
aros. SEhcbjeaoth of ttje country betboecnc 
Nombre de Dios, ano panama, from the 
one fioeto the other,is not aboue feuenf eene 
miles i bohcreby Peru is no Bflano. 2 Ehe 
^pantaros compare thtstobunc to V cmce, 
but 3J ttjintj they nere fain it,foj if they tjao, 
ooubtles ttjev buoulo be ofanottjcr opinion* 
J 5 ut letting Panama reft til another time 
3f botll pjocccoe bottl; tlje oefcnptionof the 
CO alt, from Nombie de Dios to Farallones 
del Darien, lying tinker eight oegreesj are 
feuentie miles: touching thetotoncof Da- 
nene, til you cometo the olobirgine Mary, 
itlieth in an bntoholefome place, therefore 
all ti;e inhabitants arc of a pale yellobo col* 
lour likethofe thathaue the yellobo ianoife, 
petitpjoceeoeth not from the natureofthe 
iano, foz tljat in places of the fame height 
there is toholfomc otuelling,that is,Inhere 
they haue freC) boater, ano cleere fountains 
ano inhere bnoer the fame height they otuel 
ljponhilles,anO not as Dariene bohich lieth 
in a baUcyjfhefiocs ofthe riucr being com* ? 
paffeo boith h^S\) hiUes, ano by that means 
they haue the funne bnt at name time, only 
right ouer them,ano on both fioes* both be* 
fo ie ano behinoethey are no letTe troubleo 
inith the reflexion of the funne beams, can* 
fing a molt bnfuppoitable heat, in fuch fo:t 
that tlje otoelling in Dariene is not hurtful, 
by reafon of the nature ofthe lano, but be* 
caufe ofthe Ctuation thereof: it is liketuife 
ocaoly, by reafon ofthe marnttmefle ofthe 
grouno, beeing tnholly compaffeO about 
Inith mo .nib finicking boater, the SEotone 
it felfe being a fiery pitte 02 mcouth ploffe 
ofgrouno i ano bnhen they th.iobnetnater 
fipon the fl©;es of their houfes, it Doth p?e* 
fently ingenoer toaoes, ano buhen they Do 
Oiggebuta fpanncanoahalfe oeepem the 
earth, patently there appeareth Wooers 
out of the poyfoneo boater, that arc tuith^ 
inthefilthy earflj of theriuer, inhichflo* 
Ineth boith filth ? ano full of ourt * j2Dut of 
thisloecpe bailey, euen bnfo the fea, in Da- 
nene are SEygars^Hions, ano Crocaoiles, 
2Dren,^ogges ano^ofies, in great abun* 
Dauncc, ano greater than thofe that arc 
brought thither out of ^painc, many great 
.frees ano fruit, ano all kinoes of fruits ano 
hcarbs that are to be eaten: the people arc 
of colour bettocene oarke ano reo yellobo* 
of goo proposition, boith little fjatre , o* 
The 2,Booke. 
bearoes, snely fipontljchcao ano theeie* 
b?ohoes,rpecially theboomen, bohich bottl) a 
certainehearbmakeitfall oft*, they goe all 
nakeo, fpeciallybpon their traces, they 
haue their members hiboen, eyther in a 
Ihell, or in a cafe, or eife they couer it botrtj a 
cotten linnen, the boomen are couercO from 
the mioole to the knees, all the reft is nakeo 
ano bare: in that countiey there is no bom* 
ter, for that the mouth of the riucr Dariene 
lieth leffe than eight Oegreesfromtheequi* 
noctiall, fo thatoayano nightisthcre of a 
length i from the furthett point that reach* 
eth into the fea, lieth a btUage in the ^ro* 
uinceofCaribana, nine miles from Dariene 
calico Futcraca anofromthence about three 
miles lieth Vraba, toherofthe bnljolc Cream 
hath her name, ano in time paft boas the 
chiefe Cobone of the kmgoomc: fire miles 
offlieth Feu, front thence to Zeieme are p, 
miles, from Zereme to Sorache,are ttoeluc 
miles. ELhefe places lucre all full of Cam- 
bailes, ano tohen they hao no ennemies to 
fight butthall, they fought one sgamft the o* 
ther, that they might oeuoure the men, 
2 Ehe gulfe of V raba is 14-mtlcs tong,ano 
in the entrie fire miles broaoe, ano tlje nea* 
rer it runneth to the firme I anO,the narrobo* 
er it is,into this riuer runne many boaters, 
ano one that is muche more profperous 
then the ftiuer NHus, bohatfoeuer is fotoco 
orplantco in Vraba, it fpungethberyfpee* 
oily,for that boithin 2 8.oaics they haue ripe 
Cucumbers,Coaroes,sp cions,$c. |n Da¬ 
riene ano Vraba there grobocftjmuch fituif 
that is berie pleafant ano fbocete of taCe, $ 
much aboue our fruits, bohereoftuhofoeucr 
is Defirous to knobo mo?e, let him reaoc the 
hiCo.nes thereof, as Peter Martir in his 
ninth bcok ofthe oeferiptio ofthe firme lano. 
Bln themouth ofthe gulfe of Vrabajycth a 
fmallBflano calico Tortuga.thatiSjtheBf* 
lano ofTorteaux, .becaufctf isfoumo like a 
Torteaux, o^bccaufetljere are many Tor- 
teauxes therein, ano further on thefame 
coaft lyeth theBflano I.Fueftc, bohich ^ in 
themioole betlvcene Vraba ano Carthago, 
bohereinalfo areCanibals, mottcruellbil* 
laines,ano from thence you come fo Puerto 
deCanbana, thehauenofCanbana, o^of 
Cantbals, bohereofthe Caribeshauerecei* 
neo their name, jfrom thence you cometo 
the riuer de Guerra, ano then to the riucr of 
Zenu, bohich is a great haucn,thetobon be* 
ing about feuen o? eight fpanttfi mites ano 
a half from the fea, boherin is great traftike 
offilh,fine golo f filuer bocaks^hey gather 
goto out ofthe riuers in great fitobs $• rains 
placing great nettesinthe boater, bo'hereiri 
they ttay £hegolo,bohtch is in great grainss 
