403 / 1070
Bbo-KIX.
Ij(..oyal
Commentaries.
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bought at
Ciudad de los Reyes
ten éows for a thoufand Pieces of
E.ight,
which
makes one thoufand two hunóred Ducats; then in the Year
I
H9,
I
have feén
them fold
ac
feventeen Pieces _of Eighc
a
head
~
accprding to the fame proportion
the price ofGoats and Hogs abated, as
w~
íhall 'nlention h~reifcer, .by whiéh we
·may obferve, how fruirfull chis Counrrey is: Since cheYeari
5',90.
they write
me,
that
a
Bullock boughc fingly in the_Market is not worth above
ftx
or feven·
Du~ats, and being boughc in a Drove together
1
rnay be haa,cheaper.:
,
._
The Cows in che Hle of
Barlovento
runnin-g in the Mountañrs, becamé
all wild,
as alfo the Horfes aod Mares, excepting onely fuc.;h Cows~s·they
képt
up
in rheir.
Inclofüres, for che conveniences a'nd benefit of Milk, Buti:er and Cheéfe, which
they made of them ; but fuch
as
ran wild in the Mouncains, rnultiplied and increa-_
fed to fuch-a number, as would be incredible, did not the Hides of thern; which
are
~arly bm1:1gl?t
-e~~nce iato
Sfl,;.!1,
giv~
us
clear.-arrd
detñopfüative proofs there.·
~t,
as~cbftay@l"Ht€s.¡n
thcusd l'.;b~p.
ofhis4thJ}ook:, wmer,eihi,he.repons,
tha't_ -
rn che Y
e-ar
·1
5
1
2:;,
-tpere
was
thep brought
in
the,Fle€t
from:
$t;
Bomingo,
1
onely
$f44.f
1-tides;,aod.i~
th~fa~ Yffl~
fr~m
New;_--S,ain,
-~4.13~:-C:Ow
Hi~~sr
rna:.
kmg
mall
997.94. ,-
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In
St.
·Dom~flf,dJ_·'GUba,
-ang
the
ot
er Iílands,
their
i:ncrn-afü
woulti. h_a:ve·· beett
rnuth mor€, nad
fh~_y
pot
beeo. wo¡µed and defupyed
by Oreyhounds
ana_Ma-–
füfts,
with whiGhát
füfi
they
dici Qfüally ~ke
them,
whith ·al(ó livibg_irl ihe
Mountains, bec:ime wild
as
the -Cows; -and
fo
Jierce, thát
linléís
ten or
,á
dozen'
Men
wenr rogecher>.there
%1$
l)p
Jecuricy ;
ano
.thof€ thac lµll~d
thóre·
Dogs
te–
c.;eive¡¡l the
[ªme_ rewatd
a~
for
killing,a Wolfi -~
'the
manner
of:killing
thefe
úows
w~
th~:
1hey
wa_tchéd
'Yh~o
t~ey
~me down
in~o the
Jc::iw
~nas·
to
.feed>and
then
they.
ran·uPQq
t;}letn
w1th
the1r l-l0rfes; ati
~ fow1ng
an
lmri
w1th
íharp_ptgngs,
in
furm
of
a
half
M<pónb
with
,vvhi,h _they_í
!ru.ckthem'l
~
áricl
then
Wi,_~h a
Cord
they enfuared t~ern abou~ tQe Horns ; but
che
HbJÍ€l~ao
~M_ ufes
chis
fpoh;iha-d_
nee-d rake cate m
.Wh-ªt
rnQnnei;
he
gees
to
werk; for
if
the&áfr
be
btiforé
hini,.
he
tnull: ~-ake
the
right
fide of
himj.
at1d wouñd;him on that
fide,,
ot elfo~ ifhe
~
on
th€
left~
to
wound hirn
on
rhé
l~{c,
bút.- nQt_to_,meetflill:.befüre
himj
but turnas
he tums-, Ml be butt apd wouad the ~idID·
w-idi
hi~
JHor
rlm
givdiim
IÍ(iJ
timé
to
avoid..his blow1 , There
are
fo!'neJvt:en ,[01d®Ctrous
i
·
At't,
that
in
ooe
ca•
riere
oitluitt HGtfü,
and twice difc&arsmg
·rhHr
Gún,
t
clY.
will
kili
and
knbck
dowl1 .twency
i
thirty or fourty ieafü ; and there.(ore in thei'e>Ifiands which
·yield
fu~h
9uamitl1;s-of Beef; tMY. might in
tny
op,inion villiáiil
tMti!
:spañifh
Eleár-with
(~ient PtQviílo_ns {hereof_
fot
tlwir
Voyag65
7
\inl~
by
reafoR
:óf
thl: btrát
and
mQifi:uré
qf
che-
Cóuntrey,
,vh.ith
ate
the
caúles ofwrruptiQiii, :the
fleí.h,
will
11dt
eaftly
receive rhe falt and pickle which are to preferve
ir,
l),rear
ñmv
irl
tb~re
times that there are Cows in
Pm1,
which wander ah.out in the difpeopled Countries,
and tha.t the Bulls are
fo
fierce, that chey will aífault Men as they travel in the
way,
and tbat rhere are almoíl: as rnany wild Cattel there on the Continent, as
in
the
Iflands; which in gratefull remembrante to
Spain,
for the benefit they recei–
ved by tl1e Stock of Cattel fent from rhence, do novti, by the great nurnbers o(
Hídes which yearly they fend, rnake their due acknow!edgrnems and rerurns for
the
fame.
CH A P.