An account of several late voyages and discoveries

;4 Sb-John Narbrough's Voyage \Ve{\- into the Lánd tenor twcnt.y miles farther: ThcLand all dry, with Grafs, and Buíhes in fome places likc Thorns ; the Bilis high, and many, and Snow on the tops ; no Woods, nor Trees to be fcen : Frefh-water comes running out t>f the , Hills in a fine Rivulct ; no Fruit ; many fedgy Bulhes grow on thc Brink, and brave green Grafs, and a green Herb of a. pretty ·firong hot tafre; fome Teal in thc Water,and \Vatcr-birds. This is ::dl I faw about the Rivulct. Many Jargc Ponds in the Country ., but falt Water in thofc Ponds. Wc faw Fowls likc Herons,but all red; in the Val. lrys we faw hundreds of Guianacoes in a compa. ny, : 1.nd t \-rrntr Ofiriches : fome Hares and fome Pnrt ridges, greycr nnd bigger than ours; fome Snipcs an<l fmall Bir ds ; feveral Penne-wrens: wc faw feveral K itcs, a r.el fmall Hawks, and Owls; ,\·e caught t wo Armadilloes : I faw two Fo~cs and a wild Dog, nnd many Brant -Geefe: thc Land is in Hi!Is :rnd V :illcys 3_s fo.r as wc could fee, and b:1d trnveI1ing on Foot ; the Soil is gravelly and dry S:ind, ot a Snlt pctre nature ; the Grafs in fome pb ccs long and .dry, and in fome places lhort and <lry; thc Hills are rounding aloft like Iarge Downs: We faw red Enrth in fome places, fuch as the !1tdia1ts ufe; V.'c faw the Foodl:eps of Peo. ple in many places in the Clay, and places wherc they had been, and had killed Guianacoes, and made a Fire thcrc; I gathered Guianacoes-Wool4 and Oílriches Fcathers were fcattcr'd about tht pl::!~e, and Bones : there lay the Skulls of tlirec ·Pco"pf e, no f!cfh on them ; they were very de:in, ~¡;:.~ ~o Iarger than th~ SkuJls of Euro pean Men; ·= •· fmooth