An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Sú-eighti of Ma~eHan. ~ J (tdc outward, but found none. 1 had h<'::trd H"r'ff ¡ 11 Jian Sp•,riards fay, that they havc tali.<.'n thc Bez:uar· Ho•e of Guianacocs, and therctore oocn<"ri. this, which I take to be thc fome lkaíl. .. 111 rr:t· vclling to day I faw fevcral Herds of rhcm.!oine– times ten . thtrty or forty together : I could not gct ne:ir enough to fhoot at ócm : Thcy ne:gft likc young Horfes, and fo wandcr :rn av. I l.1 ,v nine Oíl:riches, but thcy would flOt fit !Tc·r mr to come within lhot of them; I kt the Grcyhound at them, butthey out-run him up the R ills. \\'e faw a Fox, a wild Dog, :m<l five or fix Hares, of which the Greyhound killed one; they are! fhap'd Jikc B11glifh Hares, and much larger, and ,n lead of a Tail, have a Jittlc fiuh abouc an ,nch 1ong. without Hair on it; they havc hales in thc gro•.mc! like Coneys: no Woods to be feen onl~ a 1cw Bufhes like White-Thorns. TheLand i~ dry. of .1fandy gravelly Soil, in large rQund11,g H1Jls, not very high, but in Downs and Valleys. bcaring nothing but Grafs ; here and there are gu llies of freílt water in the Valleys, which ismade in the , Winter-time ·Nhcn the Snowdiífolvcs. I faw ·te- vcral places of falt water in the Land, which is 1 occafiontd by the natural falcacís of the Eartll: a Here ate no Fruits nor Hcrbs. When I was 3t thc y fartheft, and on a Hill, I could not fee any fign f People, or \Voods, but ftill Hills and Valhes as far as wc could defcry ; no Birds co be fcen but Kites, which are like thofe in Europe, and finall Birds like Sparrows, and Linnets; fome Flies ancl Humble-bees here: we faw fome fmall four footcd Animals running in thc Gr:ifs ; fpeckled -Grey, d O lhaped.