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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40373	A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien with an answer to the Spanish memorial against it, and arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots and protect it : to which is added a description of the countrey, and a particular account of the Scots colony.	Philo-Caledon.; Ridpath, George, d. 1726.; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.; Foyer, Archibald.	1699 (1699)	Wing F2047; ESTC R18505	46,261	66

Darien It lies betwixt the 8th and the 10th Degrees of Northern Latitude and in the Narrowest place is betwixt 60 and 80 Italian Miles over We shall not trouble our selves with the Description of any more of it than is in the Possession of the Natives which is in length from E. to W. on the North side from the Mouth of the River Darien to Port Scrivan above 140 Italian Miles From Caret Bay to the River of Cheapo on the South side it is about 160 in length It is supposed to take its Name from the great River of Darien that bounds its Northern Coast to the Eastward It is bounded on the North and South with the vast Oceans that carry the Names of the North and South Seas It s Situation is very pleasant and agreeable and very commodious for a speedy and short Communication of Trade betwixt the North and South Seas and preventing that vast Compass that must otherwise be fetch'd round either of the Extremes of North and Sout●… America By this means also it lies convenient for a speedier Communication of Trade betwixt Europe and the East-Indies than any that hath hitherto been found out Mr. Dampier says that from Cheapo or Santa Maria River a Man may pass from Sea to Sea in three days and that the Indians do it in a day and half There are abundance of valuable Islands on both sides the Isthmus which prevent the breaking in of the Ocean upon it at once and besides the Conveniencies of Wood Fish Foul and Water afford good and safe Riding in all Weathers to any number of Ships especially those call'd the Sambaloes that lie along the Northern Coast. The Continent is ag●…eably intermix'd with Hills and Vall●…ys of great variety for height depth and extent The Valleys are watered with Rivers B●…ooks and Springs which take their rise from a great Ridg of Hills that run along the Isthmus but nearest to the Northern Shore from which it is seldom above 15 miles distant and from whence the Sambaloes Islands and the various makings of the Shore and the continued Forest all along the Country grati●…y the Eye with a very fine prospect The Rivers of t●…e Northern Coast are generally small because their Course from the abovementioned Ridg of Hills is but short yet the River of Darien is very large but the depth of its entrance not Answerable to its width yet further in it is deep enough and hath a good Har●…our in Caret B●…y w●…ich is some Leagues up the River hath two Islands of pretty high Land Cloath d with a varie●…y of Trees lying before it and two or three slreams of ●…resh Water falling into it From this Bay to the Promo●…tory near Go●…den-Island the Shoare is indif●…erent fruitful and the S●…il 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Northern Coast is generally good but swamp●… here and there to the Sea To the West ward of the Promontary at the E●…trance of the River is a fine sandy Bay with three Islands one of them Golden Islands lying be●…ore it which make it an extraordinary good Harbour Golden Island is rocky and steep all round except at the la●…ding place on the South side so that it is naturally forti●…y'd T●…e Land o●… the Isthmus over against it to the S. E. is an excellent ●…ruitful Soil West of this Island lyes the largest of the three b●…ing swam●…y and covered with Maingroves To the North of these lyes the 〈◊〉 of Pines cover'd with tall Trees sit for any use From the point against these Islands for three L●…agues W●…stward the Shoare is guarded with Rocks so that a Boat cannot La●…d but at the N W. end of the Rocks there 's a very good Harbour and good Riding as has been faid in all Winds by some or other of those Islands which with the adjacent Shore make a lovely Landskip off at Sea The Channel betwixt them and the Isthmus is two three and four miles Broad and navigable from end to end and the Ground opposite to them within Land an Excellent Soil and a continued Forrest of stately Ti●…ber trees On the South side there 's the River Sambo that falls into the Sea by point Garachina This is a large River Th●…n there 's the Gulph of St. Michael made by the Outlet of several considerable Rivers as those of Santa Maria and Congo and the Gold-River so call'd because of the great plenty of Gold Dust it affor●…s to the Spaniards The River Congo may be entred at high Water and affor●…s a good Harbour The Gulph has several Islands in it and afforcs good Riding in many places The Country on this 〈◊〉 as one the other is one continued Forrcst and forms a Bay call'd the Bay of Panama abounding with fine 〈◊〉 and a●…fording good Riding for Ship●… The Soil os the Inland Country is for the most part a black 〈◊〉 Mold The We●…ther is much the same as in other places of the Torrid 〈◊〉 in this Latitude but inclining to the wet Extreme for two thir●…s o●… the year the Rains beginning in April The most remarkable of their Trees are the Cotton Tree which bears a Cod as big as a Nut●…meg fuil of short Wool or Down and affords Timber for Canoes and Periagoes they abound with stately Cedars and Macaw Trees which bear Fruit as big as a smal Pear of a tart but not unpleasant Taste Bibby Tree the Wood hard and black as Ink and being tapp'd affords a Liquor call d Bibby of a pleasant tart taste which the Indians drink They have abundance of Plantains set in Walks which make very delightful Groves and yield an excellent Fruit and being green and sappy are cut down with one stroke of an Ax. They have also plenty of Bonanoes another sort of Plantain which eats best raw as the Plantain does boil'd They have great store of that excellent Fruit call'd Pine-Apples which tastes like a Mixture of all delicious Fruites and ripens at all times of the Year They have also Prickle-pear which is a very good Fruit and Sugar Canes of which they make no other use but to suck out the juice The Maho Tree of which they make Ropes Cables for Ships and Nets for Fishing The Calabash whose Shells serve for Cups and other occasions is curiously painted the sweet sort of 'em is eatable and the bitter sort Medicinal They have also Gourds of the like nature There is a plant call●…d Silk Grass which resembles ou●… Flaggs this they beat nto strings like fine Flax much stronger than our Flax or Hemp of these they make Ropes Cordage of all sorts Nets ●…or small Fish and the Spaniards and others use it for Shoemakers Thread Stockins and a sort o●… Lace They have a Tree called Lightwood as large as an Elm but so light that a Man may carry a great quantity of it on his back It is in substance like Cork and made use of bv the Indians for Rasters to go to Sea or pass Rivers They have a Tree call'd Whitewood