An account of several late voyages and discoveries

9 2 Sir J ohn ~! arbrough' s Yoyage the Earth which is in the Mountains, and fin che Gold in the Bowl or Tray when thc Earch · waihed out. And they buy much Gold of t Indians, which they gJther in the Gullies of t. Hills,which is wafhed in there by the R.ains, a fnow diífolved, which defcend from high Mou tains, which they fay are very higft and barr Rocks,thirty Leagues In-land from the Sea-fl1or Thc Land between thofe barren Hills and t Sea-íhore, is mighty good Land, ami the Coum vcry fruitful, abounding in many Plains, much Cattle that the Indians have; as Horíes, Cows,and Goats and Sheep, which they have ken from the Spa11iards, fince they carne into t Country. The Span11,rd1 call the high roe' Mountain~ the Andes, and fay that thófe A11 run ali along the Land from Magellan Strei in a row to S. Martha, which is in Íerraftrma, n far from Cartegean. The moíl: Gold in the Land of America is Chile, as what is known at this time. Bue I ~ the Spa_niart!s have but little knowledge of L:rnJ ali :ilong to the Southward, from B,al to thc Streights Mouth , as far as I can u¡¡d fiand by thcrn, cxccpting at che Iíland of Cafl Therethey havc a Scttle~ent, and ontheM againfi: Caflro at a place called Orfo110: At t two places they have good flore of Go)d, there are m:mv Indians; but farther South rhan Caflro, ~hey know nothing of che Cou orof che Sea-Coafi. Caj/ro Jieth in the Lati qf 43 d. 30 m. the South-end of the Iíla_nd, n the .North-cnd lies in the Latitudc ot 41 4·

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