An account of several late voyages and discoveries

j6 Sir J ohn Narbrough' s JTo¡age ...Thcy have Apples, and Pfoms, a~d Pcars a. Olives, Ap'ricocks, Peachcs, Qpinc~s, Or:i~g· Lemons, and man y other f ruits. There are~. Musk-~elons, and Water-Melons, &c. ihe' s1.a11iarJs report it to be the finefi Couni:ry inu whole World, nnd that the People live witli : grcatcfi Luxury of any en tbc Earth; they enj rhcir Health with fo much delight, and havc much Wcalth and relicity, thatthcy compare . Land to Paradife, abounding abovc othtr C tries with all Delights for Mankind. I faw a good Tcíl:imony of the healthincf1 the Country, for thcfo four Mcn who are Board, are as well-complcxioncd Men as e,· faw in my days : and thc Pcoplc ailiorc, Mcn and Women o!- the Sp.wiards are wcll– plcxioncd People, of a. ruddy colour, and fee bemighty Healthy. Somc ofthc Menare\ corpulcnt, and look as if thcy camc from a 1· plcntiful Country, whcre there is grcat ílo Proviíions , and abundance of Gold .Siiver. Decem/;er 17. 1670. Thcre wcrit a-filo the Boat cighteen of my bcíl: Men I had Í!I e Ship, ancl Mcn of good obfervation to inÍI ( into mattcrs of this Concern, which I had quainred the~ with; as touching the mann tl1e Harbour and the Fortificatióos the 11il1rás have, and the difpofition of thc Pe and that it wás my whole defire to .have C· 11 eqce with the Natives of the Counti'y th at Wars with the SpaniarJs, if by any rne:ins fible it !llªY be obtained; for it is my who