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THe ayre is v••••ie well te••••••••ed, being neither too hot nor too cold: yet vpon the ton of some ••••gh ••ockes•• the cold is v••rie sharpe. The trees beare leaues continually, fo•• the old 〈◊〉〈◊〉 but the ••ew bud for••h presently. All ••••ees, fruits, and ••earbes which are broug•••• out 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Spai••e grow there and increase wonderfully, but they find by expe∣••ience that whe••••••omes better i•• hill•••• places. This cou••try hath many hauens & riuers, bu•• tha•• which makes it more delightful and commodious for the inhabitants, is the wa∣te•• of foure 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ri••ers, which comming f••om the tops of high mountaines, which are [ B] a••out the mi••des•• of the Island, runne diuers waies, for that Iuna b••nds towards the 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ Atti••••n•••• to••a••ds the West, Iacchie towards the North, and Naibus towards ••h•• South: ••o as the ••••lan•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••••portionably ••iuided into foure. There is to be seene in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••land a caue vnder a high mountaine towards the East, not aboue fiue hundred 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from the ••e••, whose entrie is like vnto the portale of a goodly palace; there they doe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 t••e noyse of violent streames which runne swiftly in hollow concauities for a great ••••ace and the noyse is so great, as it makes him that approacheth almo•••• dease for a time•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 these waters ioine together in a grea•• lake f••ll of dangerous shelfes. Moreouer there is another great lake which the ••ndians call Haguey gabon, and our men ••he Caspian sea: This lake hauing receiued a great number of ••iuers from all parts, looseth i•• selfe in a [ C] gu••fe; so as these ••pungious rocks receiue th•• sea water by certaine con••••its and caues vnder ground, for that they f••nd store of se•• fish there, ••nd th•• water is ••••••t. In the mid∣de•••• of this lake is the Island of Guarizanta v•••••• f••t for ••ishing: the ••••her lakes of this Island, although they b•• s••ss••e, yet are they sal••, There is also the lake of Magnano well knowne by reason of the good water: there is great aboundance of salt, for they draw 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the mountaines like christall. Besides all these lakes, there is a great riuer whose ••••••ers are salt, no••wi••••standing that many small riuers of fresh water do fall into it. This ••••••and doth also 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••old, and ••hey say that the Cab••nie•• mountaines haue mines so [ IIIIXX] 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of gold, as 〈…〉〈…〉 ••here is great aboundance of sugar, cassia, ginger, ma∣••••••ke, the wo••d 〈…〉〈…〉 on. Before the comming of the Spaniards there were [ D] 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••hree kinds 〈…〉〈…〉: but now they haue many ••ame beasts, so as they tran••port an in••i•••••• number o•• ••i••es from thence into Spai••es there is Azur also.