An account of several late voyages and discoveries

90 Sir John Narbrough's Voyage cherous dealings with Captain Hawlins at Sa' JMn11 de Ulloa. I had much Difcourfc with the Spa11ifo Gentl men this da y concerning Baldavia, and the Coun uy of Chile. They tell me they have much Go l1ere at ~aldavia, and that the Natives do mu bindcr their getting of it ; for they are at en ,vars \:ith 'em, and will not pcrmit 'em to pla any thmg near hereabout, nor at Baltla'lli,1, b thcy come and defl:roy it with Fire. And rhatt Narivcs are very cruel and barbarous. If the take any Sp111a•iarJ, they cut oífhis Hcad,aod ca ry it away on their Lances end. Thefe Spmúa, tell mc,that they live here as the SpaniardJ do Mamora in Barbmy, having their Enemies rou. about thcm. Thefe Spaniards fay, that the Ji ans are tnll Men, and of a Gigantic Stature, a cxtreamly vaJiant, and that they light on Ho hade, cight and ten thoufand Men in Arms, a well difciplin'd. The J11dittJ1S have much Oo -and ll1eir \Veapons are long Lances, and llo and Arrows, and Swords, and fome Mufqu whid1 thcy have takcn from the Spaniart11, know how to ufe them in s~rvice; taking Ammunition, &,. The lndians are very p lous in thc Land about Balda'Via, aml at Orfi an<l on· the Iíland of C a/lro, and at Chile, that thcy have much Gold on thefe parts a Orfar,,g ami Cl1ilue, and that they rrade with Spaniards, and givc themGold. This Captain faid, that they have íix g Ships going yearly from Lima to the P hiliJ, 1!1ands, to the PQrt of 111,mnelos, and that t