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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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mouths with a beautiful island in the middle, containing six leagues or so in all. The third river named Patigi, originates from the same Salices mountains, running between the gulf & Bachir, which is wonderfully beautiful, being neither rapid, nor slow, nor marshy, but passing by an equally temperate course, makes a channel about a quarter of a league in width, deep & smooth, on which one can navigate in all ways. Ships and barques of a hundred tons sail up to opposite Sangil. Several other rivers accompany its flow as far as the gulf some ten leagues from the mouth on the east side. The fourth river named Alagir, originates from three large lakes at the foot of the high mountains of Salices, & flows between Jarri & the gulf in the same way as Bachir it is slightly faster, passing through light & sandy soils; its channel very wide & diverse, it is navigated by sails and oars. Several other rivers of the same nature join it & then empty into the gulf some thirty-four leagues from its mouth. Besides these four principal rivers entering further into the country, there are two A 4 |
| 1. The scroll at the top of this page is known in publishing parlance as an ornamental "head-piece". Some equate the "Double A", as found here in the headpiece, to be a Rosicrucian symbol used by such Authors as William Shakesbere and Francis Bacon. There is at least one other book published by Portau that has this "Double A" upon a similar though not matching, headpiece on a book authored by de Mornay. |