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VriWijLW, BV A..J.VOAS. TVnw oJtt Xhr U per year, one hr. C.Wnd rwtW lhertof tJwd have been given. JJouent UtaeTtion f Jfl l.ke jorrtfoo he there SnrWter nmbeor'Une1haii Wen. The cash Knplwn catf-rf-anrcase e teire4 without Hayrint of at least gl m advaW'and nodj-con-tinuaoQC vVjthottt pnacnt of irfewf, unless at the option of tliscduor.; ":;;-:v7V -' '--""' Miscellaneous. ticularly wett the Bituation or bouses. the harbours in this island and salubritr of ths" "rivers, mint almost ex rejeiftne belief of those who have not seen them. Its trees, pastures, and fruits, are very differ ent from those of Joanna. : If abounds, 'be-j Sides; in various sorts of aromatics, in gold and metals. Of this island, and of all the others which f have seen . or obtained any knowledge of, thejnhabitants go naked, both sexes alike,- just as they were born j -.except that some of the' women have a leaf, or some sort of cotton covering, which they themselves prepare for that purpose, about their middle. As f have already said, all these peopla are utterly without iron of any sort ; they arc also without arms, of which they know not the use. and indeed would be ill adapted to make use of them frnot from any bodily de tects, tar iter re well formed, .but because Translation QfCoiVXW' teller fw tlielA- JJ0St7BJWd( IttkWCQyBB; ISLANDS. " A Letter ot Chmtophcr Olou (t& " -Sg .,!.,-,! . concern ne IsUniU latJ - , Kfnre. under the aufce. and at the expense of the moat incWe of the Spams-addressed to li-C .Magmfitf Dot to- phad Saiw.o, Treasurer ot me . r, , aT" Lit-: winch Letter, iheNoMeand W- der deCosco has translated from ifee V ; " 1 f n.'5 , in the first year if die I'Uitifecat Atejtar.uJT Having agreeable have the thirty i,-n where 1 found a 1 Nor was tins owinli to airy great many islands, peoed by innum. ruble part, as I was particular!)' anxious tiiat-Liej inhabitants, of all whio I took possession, should meet with no injury ; on the contrary, without rcsisuttice, in name of our moat among whatever people I lauded, or whom I illustrious Kins, -wi public proclamation could bring to a conference, 1 always impart- and lioistincour cois. -To the fi'st ot these i d to them, in quantities, whatever I iiappencu islands. vi reached it and I give new names to the.wh.de. ne was h? in safety, however, am! get over uieir named frnl f.oly Mary of the Conception- f-j'rs, they arc aauncommonly simple aul ho another Ftnandinaanolbe IsatwIU ano- nest people very liberal in bestowing wh.tte ther Joauna--and in like manner of die rest.,ver they possess. They never refusa a re- tAl.- w lomlwi-Mttnii thsit island. Avtiirlu I nopst t nav. thpv themselves Invited U3 to tbeni are large, others small, ni otltera again ofa1 middling sircir.'i With the large ones thoy pass from' one island to another, and carry on a tra!c throughout them all, innumerable as they sire I have seen some, of these boats or barges which carried seventy or eighty Vow, era. In all these islands there is no diversi ty iii- .the appearance of the poj)lc ; their man ieiajpA5cch! are alike so that they' all nndersTAWoeTaTi puUarly important" fur the purpose which our mst serene King had priiiciptlly in. view ' their conversion, 1 :n?.tii ,t tia h.i'y Outii ot Christ. As far as I r:in makeitut, lhy very far from beingdisincliiicdlo.it. I alrea dy mentioned how I coasifj along the island JoaniiS 32 utiles to the csis1: ; and I m' s graded, ffo what 1 saw mid trd,: tr it Itifv tbey are remarkably timid and teartui. me ianu i.grviFun.;.K,n$iauu w-a ....im only kinds of arms they possess are canes together. IJ contains two other,; ), vi!ic.-s parched in the sun! on the roots of which they wJifchi did not see, one of hu-h,-tlc. India is can Aiian. wnere uiero. aiv m?n wuti tans Rr A Brf nF cnnrli0arl if ftrVWOOll sha'Wtt- - i .. . . " t : f . ed inta a point : yet these ihcy do not often ami uiat province is uv -nui s 10115, ccoruing dare to use for it frequently hardened that to the report of those mdia:i3 whom ;tc arry 1 . . ' . ... 1. nl.,iiiii'illmi i w 111 ui'ii vnpv wrll '.imill tt wnen 1 11 ad sent two or three 01 my mvn ui,uiua - .mm nf u villa!, rfmr rtiv nwarht have cu wiHi tiicie isianus. m r - wo'ids, the advantages to bo derived. fffin4his our tiort tuyage ana speedy return I- may' fairly promise that 4 caij supply our invinci ble Sovereigns,; if, t' oai suptorfJcd . by their kjjid assistance,! withes . inuch gold .9s fhyy can have occasion lorand as greaLjaqtiari lity of aromatics anTralaes and ihubaVb, their JNlajesties may.thtnjc proper to rwjuire. I have, no doubt that , these will be collected in great.abuudancc by 'tla'jea'iWhu:aX3aveI left it thrj fort--fprJ Biyemade no-longcr. stay -.than .1 l.tc w j nds Creed iup except t he " lime thajt i lenninrd stx (he vi!y of the Nati- ' vity while Uie foi t was1 building, and I j as providing: Tor the aafriy of th-jse wlm .were to ,be left. -.-.These are very great, aiu as :yef unheard or atUiantagcj ; but they might bp n';fh tnrther ojdcwdvd, if, as would be '.. rear tollable, a supply of shins should be given mr. ' i'his great afuiAvouderAil 4'4f (liscoyerylsTT lar hiid otir.rartt a)dj;iin compond Xti ami to tlRviiefy .'auC,re-ligion of on:' -Sovc-ivh-,m. It. is not the accomplishment . of lnHnati i iif. IlecCbut iv.tn)y the gift '.oT the Dixiu. Mind, it is "not muisu d indeed v,i;!i talcc to uc greater man an apain. a : inui.io Jisten to the ontn The rircumierenco of miw accomnlishedthundertaking'comiunicatihn withtheir inhabitants -a wholajHwpana.iaKc.io oe g-itM-u.. t.n. o 10 i;srenioj.iconircaTies 01 iifs . . secants 7a . 1 1 1 1 1 aPI.J!.... ... ..1 .1 AAwnn kiir ha cairn. ' Ciilnvun tisane, ml fflnff.il raoidum il 1 mav wild love Iils DieiviitK. rvou wUon tJ whirh I net nut 1 knowtliat It Wl l JR' UOUV tnuiaiis wumu U'mic tiui . u 1- j - . - ' 1T- -r --- wuicu i set m, i Know i. i. ..ir .,L-,... oa f'.nH t h w udn. t i,kt -J in n miLii.; to vou to be inforncd o a tbat l er did t.vy see our men a proam, u - t - . ,: " ; " , wv--'- done and discovered in Aiy voyage. Ou.they set, parents ueserung meir ruuurrn, hU- ' i - a - o - . - "r ' ., w -thud dav after lad leu uauiz, I riiiK'ren Iiieir wrems. -wimwui mrj ,", T , , , , t . i- . - , V -r" ut r..., f At - i i I - r ...I fhnn tlittirVC 'IVf'll I' IIII 1 T .'I If !l Fn'Wa"- -. . . n ni iL.t.wlViiM in iMtdW' I "II 'it'll I . mr. trusting t wh-se protection I had nor twk any thing from lliem in return. u. . . ni ,7;." VrV .' ' 1 the list. Its Indian naiiie, Uut they are by natnreoi a very nmiu tiispo- y.w ' p ";r , r.v:. i Raiia.hanvx. In like manner, -si on Whenever they know themselves 10 ii..iu-y hV .7 .""";" 1 session f all tln'se isl,;h'.t.i! thii.ii.tuiu ot our: upon, tor wnatev'er may, have bean Jiintcd invincible king M yet iisa! npoiv am advaiiTaous tliau any other Jor commerce, tlt 'f 'ithcr-in writings or in disrjrac, it is and everv opoo tiiiiitv olveaITif-"-v?!t:.a vie t.'ceilain timt'it wasonlv hv oJs.-uri coniecture to the erection of a'meiroptiJis. tu which 1 !u.itMu4't!:it no one ever.asserted that 'he liad seen ijovd s i::t:v.ityaud otUheP and accordmsrlv,, their exwrence a- poa'red merely" fabul-ms. Let then imKins;. which will soon be uujsoi m winco h ma ny mn as may bL ntv.esxary, wiih all soi'is of armSrtimd more than a year's provision. mav be hit. ' Here likewise i ."shall e..tab!i a carpenter's, work. s1r, and leave p.c 1 j ... . j ai : . t. - ..1'.. .. . . . .... : , i m ... i .1 j.-r'm . 'nw Iisa iii lriith!8Ji leu. not ouivui mis, 001 111 mirr arts nave 1USI saiu, was iiaiit1 'i jjjaiio ,1 iir'ii.cr'.io if miri ucniimn 111 urm. 1 "v r n.v -- - - . . along its shore, some hat towards the west, a show of the greatest good will to all: .hey paitly on account of the great indsmp aim and found it of so great an extent, without give things of great value lor what is 01 scarce r'v "1 . .... . 1 .. "... .Lj.A ...:k i:l. Rinn ni tln.4 isfatid. the miiabttatits o wiiii'ii ha.ve been most amiable and well ail' tied ; an:! the Kw3.lt.1-i e ea 1-,'loi.icd hi staling nv .his br. ther ' . f thv-sb.u W- ang. tbiuriUKpuiii- lions, they yet cannot hurt those who arelefn in the fort, h owever desirous they might be o5 tis- so. J iey have a great dread ! arm-. trc themselves naked, and remarkablv ti- initr'; so that the possessors of the fft'm;iy intact be said to pos.scs the whole ilitii without any hazard t tlimselVes. if lh:v will keep 'within the laws and regulations which I have prescribed !oi thcni. In. all Ihcs c island' according to my information, no man has more- than on-.? wife, except1 the chiefs-and have os many as tweiiiy. . . " o ' r. o y 1 ( ! I any apparent termiuatiou,that 1 conceived it any and are indeed content with very little not to be an island, but part of tug continent or" almost nothing in exchange. I however a province of Uatbay. However, you see made a point that they Wiould not be imjiosed neither cities V10F towns situated on tts shores upon by the very trifling and worthless arti- only a few villages and rural farms. I cles which were apt to be given them, such as could not enter into conversation with its in- broken bits of earthen ware, or of glass like habitants ; aud, accordingly t as soon as they wise nails: although the truth is, if they might aw us, they took to flight. 1 advanced Tor- but obtain these, they thought themselves yard, thinking that I should find some town, possessed of Jhn most beautiful ornaments in tt country housos ; but, at length, perceiving the world. A sailor, en one occasion got that nothing new was likely to, appear, how-! for one nail as crat a weight of "gold as er far we might go and that our progress would have made threo golden nobles: and in. vas carrying us directly north, which I was the same way, for other articles ot still less particularly desirous to avoid, as winter was value, they gave whatever the purchaser now set in, and the winds were besides fa- was inclined to ask them. But because 1 felt vourable for our voyage southwards, the dU this to he an 11 must suedes of traffic, I fo:bid wi,l, ,5n.v rection which I wished, I. determined to make it ; and gave them many useful and beaut ifiiltl'he women soein to work more . t h ui tii nen no further search, but returned to a harbour,- articles which 1 hadbrousht along with me, (an It have not been able todiscotvr.Ayhdhei whose situation 1 had marked. 1 notwith- without any return being asked that I 'might there is any suca. as separate property; standing sent from hence two of our men into render them more friendly to me that 1 might j for I have always seen these- people impart to the country, to enquire whether there were a- erain them over to the Christian faith that I each other nh.;tcver tin y had, particularly ny king ur cities hthe province. Thcv nur-; thv miarht be well affected towards our King. . food, w m 1 w m i ' . v sued their course for three days, and met 'Queen, Nobles, and the whole Spanish pco "nith innumerabje iteojde and inhabitants a; pie, and might search but for those things in paltry race," however, and without any r- which themselves abound, and of which we vcrcmcnt; so they ret ufned. 1 had. in the! are much in . want, and laying up stores of meantime, been informed by some Indians, them, have wherewithal to enter into trathc Whom I found there, that the country was in with us They have no idolatry amongst Tact an island. I accordingly proceeded teJ them ut seem to have a firm persuasion, wards tho east, always "keeping along the that all force, power, and ail good things, are shores, for three hundred and twenty-two from Heaven from whence indeed they had miles, where the island is terminated. From .imagined that I had come down with my ships hence 1 saw another island to the east, dis-and sailors ; as 1 discovered fromihem, after tant from this of Joanna 54 miles, to which I 'they had so far lost their apprehensions as to immediately gave the name of llispana, and 'converse with us. They arc neither sluggish made for it. As I had before d one at Xianna. !nor i-uile : on the contrarv. thev are of an in- I coursed along it to the rast, bytluV north, telligjnnt and piercing mnd j and the relations ami Queen, 'their Nobles, and ail their h;v;i;v 1 val ui:, and 1 a'deed ali the nations of Chris leudom,. return thanks to . our Saviour 4he Iord .Jesus Chrisf, because he has magnified iu with so great bounty aud victory : let i'i-Jij.-voiemn proctMsioi-s and other holy offices be, j. ,;vjehra:ed ; jin;l l"t the temples be Veiled with festive boughs. Glory be henceforth to Christ on the earth, as there is glory in the Heavens fur lic'is advancing forth to bring salvation to Ui.j perishing souls ..of the Heathen. E Let s too ivjoirc, both on account of the exalta tion .of otu Faith, and f ilie'-incrcasij of our reiujiai'il a;4,vunt:iges, in wiiUikjiitt only S;iaiii but 1 al! Christendom, will .p.it'lir.ijiate. . .This . . thenis a.sh'irt narration of our performances. Farewell, Lisb.n, the dv before the fdes of M'-wrh. ' " Wo subjoin the AiS- note, describing ti;e volume from which the above letter is extract vd. . . . Constat foliolis noTem in 80 vol 4o par-' v.. F-d. rito.mb nabiMitur insignia Regis i!isj) itiiar. ( urn . Jnscriptione It -sr. Hisjiauiae; ead-Vi-rso tuhjla eshi-iii , O.cani'am ciasem. FI.'2J Vccto Epist ol.fi' i:iitum cum" tiLulo" " si)ra relafo cui praoni'iu.'i'ur htec verba char. niaj. l)c I:is:rfi$ nve:d:s: E ti'ein f.'.. Z. verso tabula exiiibe.-.s i:isu!:t:n Hyspanam. Fol. 3. .recto seiiuitor Epist 1I2,. .eodem verso for 56i miles. Joanna, and the rrst of thee woieli those of them who fcrrvN across the ' hinds are astonishingly fertilor This one is' seas give of the various particulars which they surrounded by the safest and m.st admirable -have" seen, are verv distinct and lively. But Harbours whieb I ever saw. There are lik; wise in it many very hfty mountains. All these islands are very beautifully shaped, in a great diversity off nms. "1'liey abound, in the finest variety of trees, so lefty tbat they Jeem to reach the starsnever, "Is believe, without foliage ; for, when I saw them, they were as beautit'uKand green as our trees in Spain are in the month of May some in. (low r others bearing fruit others in a differ ent state, but each most suited to its quality. The nightingale, and innumerable other birds of all kinds, sung amidst their shades ; and yet it was the month of November w hen ,i pass ed under them. Io the above-mentioned is landof Joanna, there are moreover seven or eight kinds of palm-trees which, for stature and beauty, (as indeed may be said of all other trees, herbs, and fruits,) farsurpass ours. There arc pines, too, of an . admiral beamy ---fields and meadows ot , the utmost extent ! birds of many diflerent species honey vof va rious flavours metals of all kinds, except iron. In thai ojio wfiichas I have already sid, I called flispanathe mountains are the highest thecountry and woods arc of great! nyjncaaovsjveryjr and par- none of them had, ever before sewi any people clothed, or ships such as ours. Aron as I had come into that sea,-1 carried ofi by force from the first island which I reached, a few ofthe inhabitants who might bo instructed by us, and instruct ns in the course of our voyr 'age, concerning the matters with which they ! . . x 3 - a. " were conversant ; anu too pian turnca out re markably well. In a very short time, we un-dei-stood them, and they us by gestures and aip-nti. and r.vpn words : and thev were of great use to us. They never, however, gave up the impression, however long they remain ed with us (and indeed they still are with us) that I iad lighted down from Heaven ) and they spread the notion yherever we landed calling out with a loud voice; which was re peated from one Ta another (i Come, come, and you wilj see a race of ethereal people !" The consequence; haa Jeen, that laying aside their fears formerly, entertained,, vast crowds of meft and women, children and adults young and old, came round us from . all quarters j some offering us . meatrother8 drink, with the utmost and mostJhicredible kindness. All these islands possess many boats made of so lid wood ; . and although very narrd w, yet ro- tabula exbibens lusulas Fenian 'am, Is.tbcl- aud things of thai hurt. I . fonud 'hoj jil3i, k FoJ. I. wouitur texltis. Fol. 5. rcc-4 monsters f.mmg them, as s h jvc cnagm j to iterator tabula exhibens Oceanieum classem etl, hut every v. here niu f a veiy e-;'T:ii tolej.eott : ves; uti and lot. 60. sqnitur texty. and beiitii '"aspect. N' tth r are. th -y black like - Fol. 7o v rso tr.bula exhibens lusulaui flys-the'AtVU-ans : their hair i-t suiooth and Jong-fpunam.' Deiode setjuitur te.xlus usque, ad indeed, they do n t live io a Ciuntry where iii Fol. rectum quo fclinstolt al'soivitur absque' thes' hr rays are panicnlarly powerfuU being! uUa nota'ypugraph. char, est Gothics nitidus. distant from. the tqiator ah tut six sxid twen-j Liueue in quulilit pag. IT. Dssunt custodes ty degioes. 1 he cold is very severe uj-the land numeri paginal. F.d lm. n. Sin. and tops ot' th m :m;ai:n-. Yet the indiims of.sn. jirae se lVrtmt signaMiras i. ij. iij. Ta- iiisagrfv.stule j bnlae. liguo exctdptaf , scd s.Uis elegantes. In- t!;cse regi'iiis r.icvent us uiosi effects, partly by the use of very high-season-; itilahs literaciniiiiopictic. ed food t f -which thiy are rxtiC'.ov;.t;nHi;jr..Ei)jii;Hien. hahc,-tTiae Saci est XV, nullibi and nsto.n iiun es- 'thetn . 'to the e:;:u'i:c.;escri!atn i nveni m nsi" Editim.'ermraci There are then, as t h;ne sa.;d.' moiister;-;, Uarrier XV. nrcrn rrat Fussius; (F. f. p. 60 al'-foast hit I saw"; and the oidy iiit'ornK.tiou, sb hanjiTisrfa;' plue. diversain, utpute quae l re'et-ived -f any saci:', Ws bf Hie tntiabt:at1 quatnor solum' phi oulis constat Grulis'ca i 'J an 'isiau'd calJed Charii. whicl. to those w!u are sailing for :ndia, foiiows S'V-oud in order imraediat.e'y after -tiie islai'itj of ifispar.a. i bis people are tyofced upon by lueir iw-iglib us as very ferocious, so as even to, eat human tlesli. They have many" various sorts of b ui's, wit h which they pass into a'l "t!u indiao islands, and carry off whatever they lay their hands on. iney diner m no respect in appearance from tho other islanders, except that they have long hair like women. They make use of bows, and caije spears with whetted points, fixed, as I have already described, in Jhc thick er part, r rom their ferocity , they are objects of great terror to the rest of the Indians; but for itiv part, they do not seem to me more formi dable than the others. They cohabit with a race of women who are the .sole inhabitants ot another island immediately succeeding Ilispa na, as yoii sail for India. Those women are not employed in tho common occupations of their sex, but, like their husbands, carry bows and spears, and arc protected by plates of brass, with which their island abounds. have been told that there is another island still IarceMhan-Hispana: v its inhabitants have no spears. hut iike all the others, are overflowing with gold. Some of the inhabitants ol this, and ol the other islands wni.cn 1 nave seen, ret, &c. Ichthy(lo?v. m tiik CEonci:TOvx s. r. rkrtn.- ' AEW-VORK, AUG. Dsar -Sir Y ur letter of July 30'h, reach ed me in due course of mail T was highly j bv the statement vo.u gave of the facts connected with the disteinjier and mortality a- mong the cetacious annnals and" fish along the coast of South-Carolina, this season. They are worthy of being recorded.- They make an important article in the hislor.a vitae el vecis$. which every cultiva ed people1-ought to, under stand It becomes us to remark vital phenome na in all the creatures wlficli arc presented to our yiew. Lord Bacon would.Jike you, have observed all the particulars of tins occurrence, . and treasured them up for posterity. 'I here have been general occurrences, bearing somo analogy to the one you relate dnring the terra of"myTerTilectionA-discascVJietween 20 and 30 years ago, destroyed the greater num ber of oysters nea!BTue Point on the south "side orLongTslaTiuTTTIiis from the fact, of innumerable'dead shells raked from the beds at the bottom. The animals had m- rjshed. lushed. - .. ' '- v t " t:' ' 1 'l'" A
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