An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the S.treight1 of ~1agellan. 91 .ve a. greac Tradc wich thc Chinefes; and that ,efe Ships fail from the Calle" that is the Port of Jri:1, in theMonth of J.in11ar, • and their paífage but little more than two i\.1.onrhs, from Lim(l odie Port of M..znnellJs, and they fail it within eTropic~s, and ha\'e much Eafi:erly Winds; they return back by the NorthwarJs, to gain e \Vefierly Winds, which brings t~e~ to Cali– r,1i.i, an~ ro the Port of Aquap11!co, ,vhich lieth ~ tl1c Wefr Coafr of NovaEfp:ma ,and from thence y come to Panam.1, :1mt then to tbe Port of ·TJ1a. They bring rich Lading, much Silks and !her rich Commodities,and Spices and Callicoes. beMa1111eUoes have ~ greatTrade with theJ.apone– rand Chmefes, which is very beneficial to· them. · e Captain demanded of me whirher I was r.d? I anfwer'd him, I was bound for Chi1111, · tha.t I had rich Lading for tbat Country; and t I only touch'd in at this place, knowiag herc ere Settlements of the Kingof Spain ·s Subjeds, ping here to have \Vood and frc ih Water, ~nd reílüng for my Men, whereby 1 mi3ht the bet– procced on my Voylge. He faid, I {hould ,ve what the Country \Vould afford, and that Captain of the Fort had ient for Provilions me, aná that I might have Water on the re-fide, pointing his hand to thc Place which near by; the Captain faid it \vas Ar¡ua del , (which is Water of Gold in E11g,lifh.) This ying caus'd me to laugh; then he faid, ir carne· ing from the Hills whcre they find GoJd, and t there was Gold in that RivuJct. I asked how they gct the Gold ~ He faid, thcy wath thc