of those intrusted with the original papers. However, by good fortune, as much has been preserved, as serves to give us some knowledge of those islands, and of the nature and disposition of their inhabitants. And because so little is known of those places, this fragment was judged not unworthy a place in this collection. V. The history of the provinces of Paraguay, Tucumany, Rio de la Plata, Parana, Guaira, Urvaica, and Chili, was written in Latin by F. Nicholas del Techo a jesuit. The antecedent account of Paraguay, by F. Sepp, has lightly touched upon part of this subject, but that only relates to one of the provinces here named ; whereas this extends from the North to the South-sea, and includes all that vast tract of land in America, lying south of Peru and Brasil. The greatest part of these countries have not been so fully described, nor the manners and customs of those savage Indians so fully made known, as they are by this author, who spent no less than twenty-five years among them. But to avoid repetitions, what more is performed in this work may be seen in the particular preface before it. VI. Pelham's wonderful preservation of eight men left a whole winter in Greenland 1630, is the sixth treatise in this volume. The preservation was indeed very remarkable, especially considering how unprovided they were left of all necessaries for wintering in such a dismal country, it being accidental and no way designed. This narrative has nothing of art or language, being left by an ignorant sailor, who, as he confesses, was in no better a post than gunner's mate, and that to a Greenland fisher; and therefore the reader can expect no more than bare matter of fact, delivered in a homely style, which it was not fit to alter, lest it might breed a jealousy that something had been changed more than the bare language. VII. Dr. John Baptist Morin's journey to the mines in Hungary, about 1650, is a very short relation of those mines, the ore they afford, the damps, the springs in them, the miners, the manner of discharging the water, and other particulars relating to them. VIII. Ten-Rhyne's account of the Cape of Good Hope, about 1673, and of the Hottentots, the natives of that country, is very curious. After a short description of the cape and table mountain, he describes the birds, beasts, fishes, insects, and plants found in that part of the world; and then succinctly treats of people, their persons, garments, dwellings, furniture, disposition, manners, way of living, and making war, traffic, sports, religion, magisfrates, laws, marriages, children, trades, physic, and language. IX. The fourth volume concludes with captain Richard Bolland's draught of the straits of Gibraltar, in 1675, and his observations on its currents. Amadas (Philip) and Arthur Barlow's voyage, 467 America, discovery of, 421, 479 continent of, discovered, 429 advantages of the discovery of, 480, &c. commodities of, 480, &c. Argo, account of the ship, 361 Army, attempts to establish an army to enslave the nation, 200-246 -the nation always averse to it, Articles of the church of England, 228 242 241 Ashley (Anthony) see Shaftsbury. Audley (James Touchet, lord) his character, Aylesbury (Robert Bruce, earl of) his character, Azores islands discovered, B. 234 388 241 204 Bertie (Peregrine) Bishops (of the church of England) several of them made of such as were never ordained by bishops, 229. Whether they claim a power of excommunicating their prince, 233. Have the advantage of a quick dispersing of their orders, 208 offended at king Charles II's declaration of indulgence, 208, 209.-Their zeal against popery, ibid.-Some of them think it necessary to unite with the dissenting protestants, 209. Look on the dissenting protestants as the only dangerous enemy, 210.-Join with the court party, ibid.-Lay aside their zeal against popery, 211. Reject a bill, enacting that princes of the blood-royal should marry none but pro testants, 212.-How near they came to an infallibility in the house of lords, ibid.-Called the dead weight of the house, ibid. Bold Samuel) writes in defence of Mr. Locke's essay concerning human understanding, and rea sonableness of christianity, 264. Books, seem to infect all who trade 240 C. CABOT (Sebastian) attempts to America, 428 land, Candish's (sir Thomas) voyage, 497 423, 429, 432 424 372 376 505 Compass, invention of the, 387 of Good Hope discovered, of voyages and travels, 513, &c. D. 201 441 241 Drake's (sir Francis) voyage, 494 GALLEYS of the ancients, 369 Gama's (Vasco de) voyage to the 390 467 334 blished, Eure (Ralph, lord) 232 219 Exeter (John Cecil, earl of) 241 F. FAGG (sir John) Falconberg (Thomas Bellasis, earl H. HALIFAX (George Saville, lord) 240, n. 241 210 280 305 Holles (lord) his public spirit, Fish, an account of a poisonous 215 200 Finch (Heneage, lord) one, Fitzwalter (Benjamin Mildmay, Homilies of the church of Eng- 241 Hooper (George) bishop of St. 203 282 Hore's unfortunate voyage, 453, Limborch (Mr.) laments the sud- Hudson's voyage, 462 475 den death of archbishopTillotson, 41 declares the attempts of 48 |