An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streighu of Magellan: 93 111 .It is a fine lfland, and near the Main, there ws good Wheat on it. The Spa11iards are but ,in number there, hut therc are maoy 1,,Jia11s th<>fe too valiant and of a large fiature ; but Giants as I underfi:and: Thefe /11dia11s have irs with the Spa11iards, and will not fuffer thcm fearch the Country for Wealth. AShip brought from Lima Provifions for the. y of Baltla1Jia and thc Forts, and Cloths, and unition, and Wincs, and Tobacco, andSu– ;and füe Jades away from Balda'llia Gold anci oir Stone, and red \Vool, ~c. anti J,ulia,r· ve~ that the Spawiards takc here in theíc parts; y carry them to Feru, and make perpetual ves of them thcre; and the lndians of PerN they · g hithcr, and make Soldiers of them againft Chile-Jndians, of which Soldicrs there are ma– hereabout, whnm my Men faw when they eat the J,~ort. There wcre about thirty Jndi- and M11ftejes Soldiers there, and fome fixtecn ite .Men who were O.fficers. Morcover, the ,,;ards make ufe of the Ptru.]11dians to Tradc th the Chi/e.Jndians for úold, altbough they at Wars. For they of Chile without doubt are ,rous of Tra.Ie, whereby they may furnifh mfelves withKnives, and Sciílers, and Combs, .which are wanting among them; as alfo with sthat many rimes by fiealth are fold ro them, o' they be prohibitcd. Traders wi ll be dealing as they can get benefit, they do not coníidcr future danger hy its means, provided it mifs at the pr<.:fcnt. l