_Pliny_ speaks after the same manner, saying, “The Writers make mention, that _Atlas_ rises out of the middle of the Sands, with a Shrubby and Bushy top towards the Sky, on the Shore of the Ocean to which he gives his Denomination; That it is full of Woods, and water’d by several Fountains on that side towards _Africa_, by which means it bears all manner of Fruit. In the Day-time none of the Inhabitants appear, all things being in silence, as in the middle of a Desart; the Approacher is struck with sudden amazement. And besides its excessive high Crown, reaching above the Clouds, and neighboring, as they say, the Circle of the Moon, appears in the Night as if it were all in a Flame, resounding far and near with Pipes, Trumpets, and Cymbals; and the Journey up thither, very long and dangerous.” I cannot understand that _Pliny_ can mean _America_ by this, because himself, in the first Division of his Fifth Book, makes his beginning with the Description of _Africa_: And as to what further concerns the strange Relation and danger thereof, is a little before related in _Hanno_’s Voyage; and it is but a slight Argument to prove it _America_, because it seems to resound with those sorts of Instruments which the _Americans_ were observ’d to use when discover’d. [Sidenote: _Lib. 1. cap. 4._] [Sidenote: Strange Men.] _Pomponius Mela_ being the third, hath no greater Arguments than the former. “We hear (says he) that utmost People towards the West, being the _Atlanticans_, are rather half Beasts than Men, cloven-footed, without Heads, their Faces upon their Breasts, and naked, with one great Foot, like Satyrs or Goblins, which range up and down, without any Artificial Shelters or Houses.” [Sidenote: _Lib. 3. cap. 18._] [Sidenote: Discourse between _Midas_ and _Silenus_ concerning the Unknown World.]