An account of several late voyages and discoveries

106 Sir John Narbrough's Voyage to the Eaftward than I was ; for if the attraél.ivc ~ality had bcen in this Land, and I failin P- on both Sid;-:.s of it, thc Varia.don muft havc bccn Ealkrly on thc one Side, and \Veíl:crly on rh~ othcr. This Diícourfe I kave to a bett : r Undtr- . ftanding ; for I am not as yct fatisficd wbat oc. cafioneth the Variation a.nd thc ~rcat Diffcrcnc-: of it, although I ha.ve bccn on ícvcral Vov:igt:s aúd havc made grcat Benefit of thc Undcr'fb~1l ing of thc Variation of the Compafo, in dit\:C.:t– ing of the true Courfr., &c. In the Port of Balda·via thcrc a.re tlm:c í:ür Rivers, which come out of the Country, .lnJ empty thcmfolves into thc Port with ~i bri~k Strcam o c fr~:~1 \Vater, which caui<.:th thc Stn:am alwa.ys to iet out of th~ Harbour, and thc Wa~crs to be frefh jufi wichin thc H.irbour's-mouth : Onc Rívcr nms up into the South-Eaft part of thc Harbour into the Country ; another Rivcr rum iuto thc Coumry to rhe E.iíl:ward, on th<.: b.tck fide of Se. Peter's Fort : The third Riv~r run into thc Country, abom thc Norcil-Point of th Harbour's-mouth, betwcen the Point and th North-End of St. Peter's Ifland: lt nms up i the North-Eaftward, and nine or ten Mi1ls íbn upon thc Ri\'t:r from thc Harbour's-momh. Th City of Balda'Uia is fim · tcd 011 thc Bank of rh River, as thc Spaniards tell me. . I judge this City of Baláa'Via is hut a ím~ ]?lace, a.nd kept only as a Garrifon, anda Pfa· for Tradc with the lndianr for Gold, Bczoa Stones, Guianacoes-WooI, &c. Thc Sprwiar. that wcrc aboard, and thc Indianr faid, tliac die v::·1