[94] It Will Be Seen Afterwards, In The Account Of The West India Islands, And The Continent Of Guiana, That

There are many warlike tribes of Caribs, or Caraibs, constantly engaged in predatory warfare; whose women, when their husbands are

Absent in search of prisoners for _food_, take arms for the protection of themselves and children; whence they have been reported as nations of female warriors, or Amazons. - E.

[95] Gomar. H.G.V. xxxvi.

[96] The true latitudes of the places mentioned in the text are, Suakim, 19 30', Massoua, 15 20', Cossier, 26 deg. 16', Judda, 21 20', Suez, 30 deg.. - E.

[97] The latitude of 30 deg. N. would lead to the idea of Sonora being the district, or province, indicated in the text by Sibola; Cinaloa is only in 26 deg. N. yet, from the context, appears to be the country intended by Galvano - E.

[98] The idea that a dog, even able to bear a load of fifty pounds, should carry a woman, is truly absurd. If there be any truth in the story, the dogs must have performed the services in the text by drawing sledges; yet nothing of the kind has hitherto been found in North America, though common in North-east Asia. - E.

[99] Gomar. H.G. VI. xviii. and xix.

[100] In other writers Liampa and Siampa, or Tsiompa, are synonimous; but that place is in lat. 12 deg. N. The latitude of the text would lead us to the eastern coast of China, between Ningpo and Nankin.

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