emer Boston College Library gl g $ t ‘A A as 4 » 4 ’ : | ie cy ; H is wre ¥ ra : a — = gh nnn ah 2 y y 3 a ty ‘ Me 4} ) \ * v ‘ t id c t) f * + n t ‘ a . a 1 ¢ i € { o * > +t i so } s f t A ob Sree ’ ‘ ‘ . / V% ’ t ‘ , ‘ ‘ t 8 2 ; 4 g a phe ay 8 a ee | 4 C.Blanco Tw ee ee > Genho = wa J m2" > D Dpranidede pick of Capricorn we E 3° a x « Lriftan. da Cunha a Wiggs Le Ds Helena ** AFR IC UA Nub ?ia. Abif fana. oe £ pr Arabian © & | Ds Sea. - SS Place this faceng Title, : = Straits of Dumen Serica — VOYAGE eS ae: TQ | New Holland, &c. In the Year, 1699. | Wherein are defcribed, The Cazary-Iflands, the Iles of Mayo and St. Fazgo. ‘The Bay of Al Saints, withthe Fortsand Towa of Bahiain Brafil, Cape Salvadore. The Winds on the Brafilian Coaft. Abroblo-Shoals: A Table of all the Variations obferv’d in this Voyage. Oc-} | currences near the Cape of Good Hope.|- The Courfe to New Holland. Shark’s Bay. | The Ifles and Coaft, éc. of New Holland. | Their Inhabitants, Manners, Cuftoms, Trade, Ce. | Their Harbours, Soil, Beafts, Birds, Fifth, c.| | Frees, Plants, Fruits, Ge. |{lluftrated with feveral Maps and Draughts; alfo divers Birds, Fifhes, and Plants,’ not found in this part of the World, Curioufly Ingtaven on Copper-Plates. : | by Captain Walliam Dampier.) | | LONDON: . i Printed for Fames Knapton, at the Crown im St. oe co fe eR RF YS ‘4 ee ’ ; Sk, re ee ee aAbicr woe 3 F incddithnnans iat Sp epee cae a as, ¥ : ~« V of 2 ; tah ’ eo : ay q a ; : ll na a - Church-yard, 1703. is i Vasa My m Pe vid ey pil | ate ‘ : aM ; To the Right Honourable Peay iy Bris, - i ~. Council, de. My Lord, “BE NHE Honour I bad of being employ’d in the Ser- t _ vice of His late Majefty _ of Mbiftrious Memory , at the _ ume when Your Lordfhip prefi- _ ed at the Admiralty, gives me Bu % the THOMAS Earl of Pembroke, — Lord Prefident of Her Maje- -fty’s Moft Honourable Privy | SVE SO Eee Tt Mae enV ea, triser ery eeMeeT TP em o De DLC A TY O'N: | the Bolanefs to ask Your Prote- ion—of tbe following ‘Papers. They confft of fome Remarks made upon very diftant Climates, which I {bould bave the vanity io think altogetber new, cowd I perfuade my felf they bad efcap’d Your — Lordfbip’s Knowledge. However | bave been fo cautious of publifhing any thing in my whole Book that is generally known, that I have denyd my felf the pleafure of paying the due Honours to Your Lordfhips Name in the ‘Dedication. ft am afbam’d, my Lord, to offer You fo imperfect a Prefent, having not time to fet down all the Me- moirs of my last Voyage: But as ibe particular Service [ have now . yndertaken , binders me from fr- ney he a ee paying my Refpetts to Your Lord- foip in a new one. The World is apt to judge of — every thing by the Succe[s ; and whoever bas ill Fortune will hardly be allow'd a good Name. This, my Lord, was my Unbap- pine(s in my late Expedition in the Koe-Buck, wmbich founder'd thro perfect Age near the Ifland of Atcenfion.I fuffer’d extreamly in my Reputation by that Misforiune ; tho’ I comfort my felf with the Thoughts, that my Enemies cond not charge any Neglecé upon me. And fince I have the Honour to be acquitted — by Your Lordfbip's Judgment, I food be very bumble not to value AZ ea - DEDICATION. " — nifbing this Volume, fo f hope it will give me an opportunity of — - DEDICATION. © my {elf upon fo compleat a Vindi- cation, This, and aWorld of other Favours, which I have been fo bappy as to receive from Your Lordfhip’s Goodnefs, do en- gage me to be with an everlafting Ref, ~ My Lord, ~ Your Lordthip’s ~Moft Faithful and Obedient Servartt, - Will. Dampier. | PREFACE iy ls HE favourable Reception my two former Volumes of Voyages and Defcriptions have already met with in the World, gives me . Reafon to hope, That notwith- ftanding the ObjeGtions which have been raifed. againft me by preju- diced Perfons, this Third Volume likewife may in fome meafure be acceptahle to, Candid and Impar- tial Readers, who are curious to knaw the Nature of the Inhabi- tants, Animals, Plants, Soil, ¢. in thofe diftant Countries, which have either feldom or not at all been vifited by any Europeans. A 4 It The Preface. -{t has almoft always been: the Fate of thofe who have made new © Difcoveries, to be difefteemed and flightly fpoken of, by fuch as el- eras ther have had no true Relifh and © © Value for the Things themfelves that are difcovered, or have had fome Prejudice againft the Perfons by whom the Difcoveries were made.. It would be vain therefore and un- reafonable in me to expect to ef cape the Cenfure of all, or to hope for better’ Treatment than far . Worthier Perfons have met with before me. »;But this Satisfaction. I .am-,fure of having ,'-that the Things themfélvesin the Difcovery of which have been imployed, ate. molt worthy of our Diligenteft Search and. Inquiry ; being the’ various’ and wonderful Works: of God. indifferent Parts “of the World: And however unfit a Per- fon 1 may, bein: other refpects to have undertaken this’ Task, yet at leaft | have given a faithful Ac- oe A ‘couhh fe 2 | The Preface. count, and have found fome Things — - undifcovered by any -before, and which may at leaft be fome Affift- tance and Direétion to better qua- lified Perfons who {hall come after eke jag It has been Objetted againft me by fome , that my Accounts and Defcriptions of Things ere dry and jejune, not filled with ‘variety of — pleafant Matter, to divert and gra- tify the Curious Reader. How far this is true, 1 muft leave to the World to judge. But if I have | been exaétly and ftrictly careful to give only True Relations and De- fcriptions of Things (as 1 am fure T have; ) and if. my Defcriptions be fuch as may be of ufe not only to my felf (which I have already — in good meafure experienced) but alfo to others in future Voyages ; and likewife to fuch Readers at home as are more defirous of a Plain and Juft- Account of the true Nature and State of the Things Pi oh tea a oak ac Re ee eT RE Se nie oy ne 2 é oe a i ~ ley a The Preface. defcribed , than of 2 Pelite and Rhetorical Narrative : I hope all the Defects in my Stile, will meet with an eafy and ready Pardon. Others have taxed me with bor- - rowing from other Men’s Journals ; and with Infufficiency, as if I was not my felf the Author of what I write , but publifhed Things di- gefted and drawn up by othets. — As to the firft Part of this Obje- &ion, I affure the Reader, I have taken nothing from any Man without mentioning his Name, ex- cept fome very few Relations and particular Obfervations received from credible Perfons who defired not tobe named ; and thefelhave _ always exprefly diftinguifhed in my Books , from what I relate as of my own obferving. _ And as to the latter; 1 think it fo far from being a Diminution to.one of my Education and Employment, to have what I write, Revifed and _ Corretted by Friends ; that on the con- | eee ett The Preface. - contrary, the beft and moft emi- nent Authors! are not afhamed to own the fame Thing, and look upon it as: an Advantage. Laftly, I know there are fome who are apt to flight my Accounts and Defcriptions of Things, as if _ it was an eafie Matter and of little — or no- Difficulty to do all thatl have done, to vifit little more than the Coafts of unknown Countries, ~ and make fhort and imperfect Ob- fervations of Things only near the Shore. But whoever is experien- ced in thefe Matters, or confiders Things impartially, will be of a, very different Opinion. And any one who is fenfible, how back- ward and refractory the Seamen _- are apt to be in long Voyages ° when they know not whither they are going, how ignorant they are of the Nature of the Winds and the fhifting Seafons of the Mon- foons, and how little even the Of- » ficers themfelves generally are 3 skilled The Preface. skilled’ in ‘the Variation of the Needle and the Ufe of the Azi- muth Compafs; befides the Ha- zard of all outward Accidents in ftrange and unknown Seas: Any © _ one, fay, who is fenfible of thefe Difficulties, will be much more pleafedvat the Difcoveries and Ob- fervations I have been able to make ; than difpleafed with me that I did not make more.. Thus much I thought neceflary to premife in my own Vindica-. tion, againft the Objettions that have been made to my former Per; formances. “But not, to trouble the - Reader any further with Matters of this Nature ; what:1 have more to Offer, fhall be only in relation ‘ to the following Voyage. ; For the better apprehending the Courfe of this Voyage, and the Situation of the Places mentioned init, Ihavehere, asin the former Volumes, caufed a Map to be In- graven, witha prick’d Line, re; | | | prefenting t OES ee tee pas 5 os i sat Bia oy ‘ BE es ial tia “ bier ale oe The Preface. prefenting to the Eye the whole Thread of the Voyage at one View ; befides Draughts and Fi- gures of particular Places, to make the Defcriptions I have given of | them more intelligible and ufe- ful: Moreover, which I had not the opportunity of doing in my for- - mer Voyages; having now had in the Ship with me a Perfon skill’d in Drawing, Ihave by this means been enabled, for the great- er Satisfaction of the Curious Rea~ der, to prefent him with exaé Cuts and Figures of feveral of the principal and moft remarkable of thofe Birds, Beafts, Fithes and Plants, which are defcribed in the following Narrative ; and alfo of feveral, which not being able to give any better or fo good an Ac- ° count of, as by caufing them to be exadly Ingraven, the Reader will not find any further Defcription of them, but only that they were found The Preface. found in fuch or fuch particular Countries. ThePlantsthemfelvesare ~ in the Hands of the Ingenious Dr. ~ Woodward. 1 could have caufed ma- ny others to be drawn in like man- ner, but that I refolved to confine my Self to fuch only, as had fome very remarkable difference in the fhape of their principal Parts from any that are found in Europe. [ have befides feveral Birds and Fifhes ready drawn, which I could not put into the prefent Vo- lume, becaufe they were found in Countries, to the Defcription whereof the following Narrative does not reach. For, being obli- ged to prepare for another Voy- age, fooner than I at firft expett- ed ; I have not been able to Con- tinue the enfuing Narrative any further than to my Departure from the Coaft of New Holland. — But, if it pleafe God that I return again _fafe, the Reader may expe a Continuation of this Voyage from my The Preface. , my departure from New Holland, till the foundring of my Ship near the Ifland of Afcenfion. In the mean time, to make the Narrative im fome meafure com- pleat, 1 {hall here add a Summary - AbftraG& of that latter part of the Voyage, whereof I have not had time to draw out of my Journals a full and particular Account at jJarge. Departing therefore from the Coaft of New Holland in the be- ginning of September, 1699. (for the Reafons mentioned Page 154.) we arrived at Tymor, Sept. 15. and Anchored off that land. Onthe ° 24th we obtain’d a {mall Supply of frefh Water from the Governor ofa Dutch Fort and FaCtory there; we found alfo therea Portuguefe _ Settlement, and ‘were kindly — treated by them. On the 3d of December we arrived on the Coaft of New Guinea; where we found good frefh Water, and had Com- merce with the Inhabitants of a certain LEOee Pe See ee Oo ER Re a ee Oe ae ee a ly + A ¥ oe £ it iia ea ats isa a ee Ee ee x a ae ai —_—, : The Preface. certain Ifland’ ‘call’d Pulo-Sabuti, — After which, paffing to the North-_ ward, we ranged ‘along the Coaft to the Eaftermoft «part of New Guinea : which 1 found does not join to the main Land of .New- Guinea, but isan Iflarid, as I have defcribed it in my Map, and call'd — it New Britain. It is probable this Ifland may afford many rich Commodities , and the Natives may be eafily brought to Commerce. But. the ‘many Difficulties 1 at this time met with, the want of convenience to clean my Ship; the fewnets of my Men, their defire to haften home, and the danger of continu: ing in thefe Circumftances in Seas where the Shoals and Coafts were utterly unknown, and muft be | fearched out with»much Caution and length of time ; hindred: me from profecuting any further at _ prefent my intended Search. What } have been able to do in this: Mat# | tek | | The Preface: : ter for the Publick Service, will 1 hope, be candidly recetv’d ; and no Difficulties fhall difcourage me from endeavouring to promote the _ fame End, whenever | have an op- portunity put into my Hands. May 18. in our return, we ar- rived again at Tymor. ‘Fune 21, we paft by part of the Ifand Fava. Fuly 4, we anchored in Batavia- Road ; and I wentafhore, vifited - the Dutch General, and defired the Privilege of buying Provifions that _ [wanted ; which was granted me. ote In this Road we lay till the 17th of Ottober following ; when, hav- ing fitted the Ship, recruited my Self with Provifions, filled all my Water, and the Seafon of the year for returning towards Europe being come ;_ I fet Sail from Batavia, and on the 19th of December mace the : Cape of Good Hope; whence de- parting Fan. 11, we made the Ifland Of Santa Hellena on the -31f ; atid February the 21ft. the Ifand : a of a i : i : fe Pa saa ee ee a ee ee _ The Preface. of Afcenfion; near to which my © Ship, having fprung a Leak which could not be ftopped, foundred at Sea ; With much difficulty we got afhore, where we liv’d on Gcats and Turtle; andon the 26th of | February found, toour great Com- | aki wile SEE ee RE COR ERR ee a eo eee f , & . us dae | fort, on the S. E. fide of a high | Mountain, about halfa mile from | its top, a Spring of frefh Water. | I returned to England in the Can- | terbury Eaft-India-Ship. For which wonderful Deliverance from fo many and great Dangers, I think my felf bound to return continual Thanks to Almighty God ; whofe - Divine Providence if tt fhall pleafe to bring me fafe again to my Na- tive Country from my prefent in- tended Voyage; Il hope to pub- lifha particular Account of all the material ThingsI obferved in the feveral Places which [have now | but barely mentioned. FHE THE CONTENTS: Te aASriet. _ The A.’s departure from the Downs. A Caution to thofe who Sail in the Channel. His Arrival at the Ca- ' nary-Iflands. Santa Cruz in Teneriffe ; the Road and Town, and Spanith Wreck. Laguna T, Lake and Country ; and Oratavia I. and Road. Of the Wines and other Commodities of Teneriffe, &c. and the Governors at Laguna and , Santa Cruz. Of the Winds in thefe. Seas. The Als Arrival at Mayo. Of the C. Verd Iflands ; its Salt-pond, compar’d with that of Salt Tortuga; its Trade for | ae era 9 Salt, The Contents. Salt, and Frape-boats. Its Vege- tables, Silk-Cotton, &c. Its Soil, and Towns ; its Guinea-Hen’s, and other Fowls, Beafts, and Fifh. Of the Sea-Turtles, &c. laying in the Wet Seafon. Of the Natives, their Frade ‘and Livelihood. The A.'s Arrival at F. St. Jago ; Pro- ga, and St. Jago Town. Of the Inhabitants, and their Commodities. Of the Cuftard-Apple. St. Jago- Road. -J. Fogo...” | Cobras R. 2 Lhe A.’s Deliberation on tbe Sequel of his Voyage, and Departure from St. Jago. His Courfe, and the Winds, &c. in crofing the Line. He flands away for the Bay of All — Saints in Brazil ; and why. His Arrival on that Coaft and in the Bay. Of the feveral Forts ,- the . Road, Situation, Town, and. Build. — ings i tere Be - The Contents. | ings of Bahia. Of its Governor, Ships and Merchants ; and Com- “ modities to and from Europe. Clay- | ing of Sugar. The Seafon for the European Ships, and Cotre Ca- bles : Of their Guinea-trade, and of the Goafting-trade, and Whale- killing. Of the Inbabitants of Ba- hia ; their carrying in Hammocks : their Artificers, Crane for Goods, and Negro- Slaves. Of the Country about Bahia , its Soil and Produ. Its Timber-trees ; the Sapiera, Vermiatico, Comeflerie, Guitteba, Serrie, and Mangroves, The Baftard-Coco, its Nuts and Cables ; and the Silk-Cotton-trees. The Brafilian Fruits, Oranges, &c. Of the Sour-fops, Cathew’s, and Jennipah’s. Of their peculiar Fruits, Arifah’s, Mericafah’s, Petango’s, Petumbo’s, Munga- roo’s, Muckifhaw’s, Ingwa’s, Otees, and Mufteran de Ova’s. Of the Palm-berries, Phyfick-nuts, Mendibee’s, ¢>c. and their Roots and —Galde : The Contents. : and Herbs, &c. Of their Wild — Fowl, Maccaw’s , Parrots, &c. The Yemma, Carrion-Crow and Chattering-crow, Bill-bird, Curre/o, Turtle-dove and Wild-pigeons ; the Jenetee, Clocking-ben, Crab-catcher, , and black Heron: The Ducks , Wigeon and Teal; and Oftriges to the Southward: and of the Dunghil-fowls. Of their Cat- tle, Horfes, &c. Leopards and Tiger's, Of their Serpents ; the Rattle-Snake , {mall Green-Snake, Amphisbena, {mall Black and small Grey-Snake ; the great Land, and the.great Water-Snake : and of the Water-dog. Of their Sea-filh and Turtle; and of St. Paul’s Lown, 7 ciple ris, - The Contents. CH Ay oP cAIb ‘The A?s Stay and Bufinefs at Bahia : | Of the Winds, and Seafons of the Year there, Hts departure for N. Holland. C. Salvadore. The Winds on the Brafilian Coaft ; and Abrohlo Shoal ; Fifh, and Bird. Tete The Shear-water Bird, and Cook- ing of Sharks. Exceffive number of Birds about a dead Whale ; of / the Pintado- Bird , and the Petrel, &e. Of a Bird that fhews the C. of G. Hope to be near: Of the Sea-reckonings , and Variationis : And a Table of ail the Variations obfere’d in this Voyage. Occurren- ces near the Cape; and the A.’s paf- fing byit. Of the Wefterly Winds beyond it: .A Storm, and its Pre- fages. The A.’s Courfe to N. Hol- Jand ; and Signs of approaching it. Another Abrohlo Shole and Storm, and the A,’s Arrival on Te part of N. Holland. That part be firft Anchors. Ea 7 Contents. defcrib’d ; and Shark’s Bay, where Of the Land | there, Vegetables, Birds, &c. A e particular fort of Guano: Fih, and beautiful Shells ; Turtle, large Shark, and Water-Serpents. The A.’s removing to another part of N. = Holland: Dolpains, Whales, and _. more Sea-Serpents : and of aPaf- fage or Streight fn/petted here: — Of the Vegetables, Birds , and Fifh. there, the great Tides, the Vegeta- bles and Animals, &c: He anchors on a third Part — _ of N. Holland, and digs Wells, but brackifh. Of the Inhabitants iy i ? j Dampier’ | AX hi i, ed SHE of I, Forteventura AN . I, Teneriffe pus. TMayo,at 2. WB if UL Mh TMM AMM \ Ssss3—ss s earings :Dhen 15 Fath : red, Coral, about: Ww. ") 1M feom y W.S.W, beati. : = MMI. . ~. . 777K an Les AW .. ST ee Tfle and Towne of Silag \ \) ) * f : wy ; a5 - ba | ; i +2 ; He 4 me; J sf tha ‘ : 4 wrintents - rate | LOOT A ai Care ee a a = Ean te BR EE I Re OK Om Fable 111. Brazil | P. 48. a1. NI. 7 Wwe The Land to ay Southward of yf Chapzel, , x Wy, | jpiegpaa Capes WEN: from C.Salvador ge TT TRO i foe about 1M from Fort egal yy, i at 7 ae daft. Mf d GE Ground within 4 Fathom Bahia de'todos los Santos Zown & Harbour. 3 D Dien Borris \ aBoint of f Land C. of €:Hape atic L.. dit from $ Fable Land, Minami Frais Shes the Cape Land (A)} A a f I! VA2Q_™0(SSNS SN NSS NS, (A) 20 Southward F Land, at about | EZ 2S ae ; . Pall N Holland, rape age Lat: 5 Sabir at the@ Bearings : a a dift: io-L, EE by N, Holland , ie za in Lat: age N Holland. we BD. so es 26- J, N, Halland fom Ear 26-10, 8L, a White Wills = = ie Part of New Horn AnD Water or very. Low Land Ea 7: This white Aril if oe. Tat: 42-4", Mt Mi WME S SSSS = Sq j eee HOES \) ) Mn Ml Ml ld Ml Ma Uh, Wo. This Head-land ts only an Tl: rene thus at thefe bearing L, 20-21. 4.6 : (alld tl Md wall TH. 7 M Ml Hl Mt ((E (AN 170. Lhus Sheweth 7 bg man PO Se ges: or as a S (FPGA an pan \ Planes Jou in Brafil ' ' Plants found in Mew EE bet aed | e f- fab, Plants found in New Holland & Timor. Q | 2 ‘e Pf 3 é my Plants Sound 4 Plate 1. od Fi/h taken on the Coaft of Mw ZHeoliand | A Flying Fafh taken: ing open Sta .. A Remora taken sticking to Sharks backs. Dee ia wanted aoa, Ne i Ra RE aes Ree ARS eaul® hy ‘ ¥ 4 eee : Bee sq § ait Ape. he Sass. MARY Revues ab. | Plate 2, - Rete : | The Dolphin of the Antients taken near ¥ Lane, called by our seamen aPorpus. CoCo wd Dolphin as it 15 ufually called by our Sscamen, taken in the open eee ee Bese 3. ’ > ———_— rrr | A Fifh of the Tunng Rindtahen ony Coaft of N. Holland A Fafh called by the seamen the Old wife ; il. ee.) eh 4 Xe: ae as “nF is gs ~ 4 SP “oe +: sine ~ : Se eee oe a r se % a + ~ i 3a ; O E; “ha 43 Bt Viaje to Terra Auttralis, ay A Aka a bY cyt ee BE .” Te Re eas ve a Me try; and Oratavia ‘T. and Road, - Of the Wines and other Commodities - - of Teneriffe, &e. and the Governors . at Laguna and Santa Cruz. Of the 2 Wad in peheft Seas, The A.’s Ar- te B rival * The Ae * departiire from the pas Aa - Caution. to thofe who Saila in the Cheat a La nel, His Arrival at’ the Canary Wei * 4s, - Iflands.’ Santa Cruz ia Teneriffe; f - the Road and Lown, and Spanifh Me, ae | Wreck. Laguna 7 Lee and Couns) Ee ee SENSE AO Beas oN RT 4 The A’.s Departure from England. An.1699. yjyal at Mayo, one of the C. Verd ~~ Sanandss a “ea compar'd with that of Salt-Tortuga ; its Trade for Salt, and Frape-boats. Its Vegeta- bles, Silk-Cotton, &c. Its Soil, and Towns; its Guinea-Hen’s, and other Fowls, Beafts, and Fifh. Of the Sea- Turtles (&c.) laying in the Wet Sea- fon. Of the Natives, their Trade and Livelihood. ‘The A.’s Arrival at F. St. Jago ; and St. Jago Town. Of the Inhabitants, and their Commo- dities. Of the Cuftard-Apple, and thePapah. St. Jago Road. J. Fogo. W Sail’d from the Dowas early on Saturdays Fan. 14. 169%. witha fair Wind, in his Majefty’s Ship the Roe-buck ; carrying but 12 Guns in this Voyage, and 50 Men and Boys, with 20 Month’s Provifion. We had feveral of the King’s Ships in Company, bound for Spit-head and Plimouth ; and by Noon we were of Dungene/s. We parted from them that Night, and ftood down the Channel, but found our Selves next Morning nearer the French Coaft than we expected ; C. de Hague bearing S. E. and by H. 6 L. There were many other Ships, fome nearer, fome further of the Fresch Coaft, who all | feem’d / OR IE a ee rag SAM RE, CNT a oS) tghgar Be RN, rr, ws 4 * on joe An Error noted. C. Finifterre. ~~ 2 feem’d to have gone nearer to it than they 4#1699° _ thought they fhould. My Mafter, who was a - fomewhat troubled at it at firit, was not dif- pleas’d however to find that he had Company in his Miftake: Which, as I have heard, isa - ‘very common one, and fatal to many Ships. The Occafion of it is the not allowing forthe _ Change of the Variation fince the making of the Charts; which Captain Haley has obferv’d to be very confiderable. I fhall refer the 4 4¢- Reader to his own Account of it which he ?”/* ‘caus'd to be Publifh’d in’ a‘fingle Sheet of 7 7 — gnore Publick. : ceffary to Paper, purpofely for a Caution to fuch as soir pafs to and fro the Exgli/b Channel: The Ti- in theNa- tle of it isinthe Margin. And my own Ex- %77™ d - perience thus confirming to me the Ufefulnefs f°", of fuch a Catttion, I was willing to take this channel of occafion of helping towards the making it the seg : ‘ : 0 b § : ; S. Smith Not to trouble the Reader with every 2, ao Days Run, nor withthe Winds or Weather Prince’s (but only in the remoter Parts, where it may 47” in - be more particularly ufeful) flanding away a St. Pauls — | . Church- from C. da Hague, we made the Start about bine | § that Afternoon ; which being the laft Land Price 2 d. we faw of England, wereckon’d our Depar- ture from thence: Tho’ we had rather have taken it from the Lizard, if the hazy Wea- ther would have fuffer’d us to have feen it. The firft Land we faw after we were out of the Channel was C. Finifterre, which we made on the 1gth; and on the 28th made B 2 Lan- hae ae rte iia Be te) Se a en eT ‘i 4 “An.1699> J.Lancerota. J. Allegrance. J.Tener, Laveerota, one of the Cazary Ilands ; of which, and of Alegrance , another of them ,’ I have. here given the Sights, as they bothappeared to us. at two feveral Bearings'and Diftances. f Fabled. NSen) ed] ahold 0 Pads tiM ge We were now flanding away for the Ifland Teneriffe, where Tintended to take in fome Wineand Brandy for my Voyage. On Saz- day, halfan hour paft:2 in the Afternoon, we made the Ifland, and crouded in with all our Sails tilh 5 ; whenthe N. E. Pointof ‘the Iile bore W.S. W. sdift. 7 Leagues : But being theh fo far off that I could not expect. to get . in before Night, Ilay by till next Morning, deliberating whether fhould put in at Santa Craz, or at Oratavia, the one onthe E. the other onthe W. fide’ of the Tland ; which lies moftly North and’ South ; and thefe are the principal Ports on each Side.’ I chofe © Santa Cruz as the better Harbour (efpecially at this time of the Year) and as beft furnifh’d _~ with that fort of Wine which’) had occafion ~ to take in for my: Voyage : So'there I come to an Anchor ‘fam. 30th, in 33\Fathom-wa- | ter, black flimy Ground’; about: half.a Mile from the Shore; from’ which diftance I took the Sight of the Town. [Tablel. N°. 3-] In this Road Ships mutt ride in 30, 40, or 50 Fathom-water, not above halfa mile from the Shore at fartheft: And if there are many Ships, they muft ride clofe one by another. The Shore is generally high Land, and in moft Places fteep to. This Road lies fo open to Santa Cruz Road} Lhand Wrecks, 5) to the Baft, that Winds from that fide make a 421699). 7 great Swell,:iand very*bad going afhore ia “~Y~ Boats >:ThéyShips that ride-here are then of- ten forced to put to Sea, and fometimes. to cut or flip their Anchors, ‘not being able to weighthem.. Thebeft.and fmootheft Land- ing is in afmall fandy Cove, about a mile to . the N, E..of the Road, where there is good Water ,»,with: which Ships that lade here are | fupply’d; and many times Ships that lade at. Oratavia, whichis the chief Port for Trade, fend their Boats hither for Water. That isa worfe Port for Wefterly than this is for Eaft- erly Winds; and then all Ships that are'there _. put to Sea. Between this »Watering-place and Santa Cras are two. little Forts; which _ with ome Batteries {catter’d along the Coaft commandthe Road... Sata Craz its felf is a- {mall unwalled. Town, fronting the Sea, guarded with two other Forts to fecure the Road. »There-are about 200 Houfes in the - Town, all, 2..Stories. high... frongly built with Stone,)'and. covered with Pantile... It hath two Gonvents and one Church, which, are the beft Buildings’ in the Town. The . Forts here could, not fecure the Spazi/b Galle- . ons from Admiral Blake, tho’ they hall’d in , -clofe under.the main Fort. Many of the In-, habitants that are now living remember that. Aion; in which the Ezxeli{b batter’d the Town, and did it much Damage; and the marks of the Shot {till remain in the Fort- Walls.. The Wrecks of the Galleons that. i «+ Beg were ears Way from Santa Cruz to Laguna. _ Anx699.were burnt here lie in 15 Fathom-water : | “V™ And "tis faid that moft of the Plate lies there, tho” fome of it was haftily carried afhore at Blake’s coming in fight. Soon after I had anchor’d I went afhore here to the Governor of the Town, who re- ceived me very kindly and invited me to Dine with him the next day. TI return’don board in the Evening, and went afhore again with two of my Officers the next Morning ; hoping to get up the Hill time enough to fee Laguna, the principal Town, and to be back again to Dine with the Governor of Sazta Cruz; for 1 was toldthat Lagana was but? _ Mile off. The Road isall the way up a pret- ty fteep Hill; yet not fo fteep but that Carts go up and down laden. ‘There are Publick Houfes fcattering by the way-fide, where we got fome Wine. The Land on each fide feemed to be but rocky and dry; yet in many Places we faw Spots of green flourifhing — Corn. At farther diftances there were fmall Vineyards by the Sides of the Mountains, in- termixt with abundance of wafte rocky Land, unfit for Cultivation, which afforded only Dildo-bufhes. It was about 7 or 8 in the Morning when we fet out from Santa Cruz; and it being fair clear Weather, the Sun fhone- very bright and warmed-us fufficiently be- fore we gotto the City Lagawa, which we reached. about 10 a Clock, all fweaty and tired, and were glad to refrefh our felves with a little ‘Wine in a forry were hos : 7 ee ae eee od Oe eS YE ee > eee ees StS nT. > degen MT og) Rte 7 eee Pele. ON | a Es 2 ain Laguna T. and Gardens. But we foon found out one of the Exglifb Ani1699. Merchants that refided here; who enter-' , tain’d us handfomly at Dinner, and inthe — Afternoon fhew’d us the Town. Laguna is a pretty large well-compacted Town, and makes a very agreeable Profpett. It ftands part of it againft a Hill, and part ina Level. The Houfes have moftly ftrong Walls built with Stone and covered with Pantile. They are not uniform, yet they appear pleafant enough. ‘There are many fair Buildings; among which are 2 Parifh-. Churches, 2 Nunneries, an Hofpital, 4 Con- vents, and fome Chapels ; befides many. Gentlemen’s Houfes. The Convents are thofe of St, Aujtin, St. Dominick, St. Francis, and St. Diego. ‘The two Churches have pret- ty high {quare Steeples, which top the reit of the Buildings. The Streets are not Regular, yet they are moftly fpacious and pretty hand- fome ; and near the middle of the Town is a large Parade, which has good Buildings about it. There is a ftrong Prifon on one fide of it; near whichis a large Conduit of good Water, that fupplies all the Town. They have many Gardens which are fet round with Oranges, Limes, and other Fruits: In the middle of which are Pot-herbs, Sallading, Flowers, ec. And, indeed, if the Inhabi- tants were-curious this way, they might have very pleafant Gardens: For as the © Town ftands high from the Sea, onthe Brow of a Plain that is all open to the Haft, and =~ | eee hath { ee eee > Ke? : \ ' 8 - An1699-hath confequently the Benefit of. the true. Laguna Plain, Lake, &c. Y™' Trade-wind, which blows here, and is moft commonly fair; fo there are feldom wanting, at this Town, brisk, cooling, and refrefhing Breezes allthe Day. - a: we a * ~On'the back of the Town there is a large Plain of 3 or 4 Leagues in length and 2 Miles wide, producing a thick kindly fort of Grafs, which look’d green and very pleafant, when I was there, like our Meadows in Exgland in the Spring. On the Eaft-fide of this Plain, very ‘near the, back of the Town,, there is a natural Lake or Pond of frefh Water. It is about half a, Mile in circumference; but be- ing flagnant, "tis only us’d for Cattle to drink of. Inthe Winter-time feveral forts.of wild Fow! refort hither, affording plenty.of Game to the Inhabitants of Laguna. This City is called Laguna from hence; for that Word in | Spanilb fignifies a Lake or Pond. Ihe Plain is bounded on the W. the N. W. and the S. W. with high fteep Hills ; as high above this Plain. as this is above the Sea; and ’tis . from the foot of one of thefe Mountains that . the Water of the Conduit which fupplies the Town, is conveyed over the Plain, in Troughs of Stone rais’d upon Pillars, And, indeed, confidering the Situation of the Town, its large Profpect tothe Haft (for from hence you fee the Grand Canary) its Gardens, cool Arbors, pleafant Plain, green Fields, the Pond and Aqueduct, and its refrefhing ~ _., Breezes, it is’a very delightful Dwelling; _ . , efpe- Soames Pike of Ten, Wines..Oratavia. 899), | efpecially for fuch as . have not, Bufinefs that 42. 1699- adjacent Mountains to us, that it looked in- _ confiderable in re{fpeCt to itsFame. 9 The true Malmefy Wine grows in this ' IMand; and this here is faid to be the beit of its kind in the World. Here is alfo Cavary- Wine, and Verdona, or Green-wine.. The ' Canary grows chiefly on the Weit-fide of the | Ifland ; and therefore is commonly {ent to Oratavia ; which being the chief Sea-port for Trade in the Hland, the principal,Ezedifh Merchants refide there, with their Conful ; -becaufe we have agreat Trade for this Wine. 1 was-told, That) that Town is bigger than Laguna, that it has but one Church, but ma- ny Convents: ‘That the Portis but ordinary at belt, and is very bad when the N. W. Winds blow. Thefe Norwefters give no- | | tice Cen ee ee OR ee ee Pe ee SS SM ea Pe ae ce OPT tee Nee REE oe NEE NS eT eee ee ~ Ces 10 Verdona-wine, Fruits, XC. tice of their coming, by a great Sea that tumbles in on the Shore for fome time before they come, and by a black Sky in the N.W. Uponthefe Signs Ships either get up their Anchors, or flip their Cables and put to Sea, and ply off and on till the Weather is over. Sometimes they are forced todo fo 2 or 3 times before they can take in their Lad- ing ; which’tis hard to do here in the faireft Weather: And for frefh Water, they fend, as I have faid, to Savta Cruz. Verdona is green, ftrong-bodied Wine, harfher and Sharper than Cazary. *Tis not fo much e- fteemed in Earope, but is exported to the We/f- Indies, and will keep beft in hot Countries ; for which Reafon f touch’d here to take in fome of it for my Voyage. This fort of Wine is made chiefly on the Haft-fide of the Ifland, and Shipt off at Santa Cruz. a oe _ Befides thefe Wines, which are yearly vended in great plenty from the Cazary Iflands (chiefly from Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma) here isftore of Grain, as Wheat, Bar- ly and Maiz, which they often tranfport to other places. They have alfo fome Beans and _ Peas, and Coches, a fort of Grain much like Maiz, fow’d moftly. to fatten Land. They have Papah’s, which I fhall {peak more of hereafter ; Apples, Pears, Plumbs, Cherries, and excellent Peaches, Apricocks, Guava’s, Pomegranates, Citrons, Oranges, Lemons , Limes, Pumpkins, Onions the beft in the World , Cabbages, ‘Turnips, Potato’s, oe. They Len es ee ex. A pe = FO EG EE Coe EE Ee ee PS PN me eo ee gt ek SO SE UPR Pee rn Tr eee ns mi oat Animals and Trade of the Canarie’s, tt They are alfo well ftocked with Horfes , 4n.1699 Cows, Afles, Mules, Sheep, Goats, Hogs,\“V© Conies, and plenty of Deer. The Lazcerot Horfes are faid to be the moft mettlefome, . fleet, and loyal Horfes that are. Laftly, here . are many Fowls, asCocksand Hens, Ducks, - |. Pidgeons, Patridges, Gc. with plenty of Fifh; as Mackril, ec. All the Canary Ilands have _ of thefe Commodities and Provifions more or Tefs: Butas Lancerota is moft fam’d for Hor~ fes, and Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma for Wines, Texeriffe efpecially for the beft Malmefy, (for which reafon thefe 3 Iflands have the chief Trade). fo is Forteventura for Dunghil-Fowls , and Gomera for Deer. Fowls and other Eatables are dear on the Trading Iflands; but very plentifuland cheap on the other ; and therefore ’tis beft for fuch Ships as are going out on long Voyages, and who defign to take in but little Wine, to touch rather at thefe laft; where alfo they may be fupply’d with Wine enough, and — good cheap: And for my own part, if I had known it before I came hither, I fhould have gone rather to. one of thofe Iflands than to Teneriffe: But enough of this. ’Tis reported they can faife 12000 armed Men on this Hland. The Governor or Gewe- ral (as he is call’d) of all the Cazary Iflands lives at Laguna: His Name is Don Pedro de Ponto. He is a Native of this Iland, and was not long fince Prefident of Pazama in the South Seas ; who bringing fome very rich : a | oe Pearls 12 ug #i i Governors Isaguna’and Santa Cruz. ee 1699: Pearls from thence, ‘which he prefented tothe Queen of Spaia, was therefore, as ’tisfaid,’ made General of the Canary: Iflands. . oThe> Grand Canary is:an land much fuperior ‘to! Tenerife both in Bulk and Value ;’ but this? Gentleman chufes:rather to:refide in this ‘hiss native Ifland.'; He hasthe Chara€ter ofa ve-) ry worthy Perfon; and governs with’'Mode«: ration and» Juttice , benig? said well ‘bes loved. ifs Ae “One of ‘his\: Deputies was ‘the: Ghree: of Sixt Craz,' with whom I) was to ‘have Din’d; but faying fo long at Lazuna, I came but time enough’to Sup with him. ©He:is:a’ civil, difcreet'Man. He-refides in the’ main. Fort clofe by the:Sea. There is a Centinel’ ftands at his Door; andihe hhasia few 'Ser- vants to wait-on hime I was ‘Treated inia> large dark Lower Room,) which has but. one {mall Window. | There wereiabout 200.Muf- kets: hung:up againft the Walls, and fome: Pikes; no Wainfcot, erie iormuch: Furniture. There was only afmall old Table;, afew old Chairs, and 2 or 2 pretty long Forms to fit on-.’ “Having Supp’d: with him; Linvited him oa Board, and went off in my. Boat. The inext Morning he came aboard with another Gentleman. im his Company; attended by’ 2 Servants: But hewas.prefent-: ly Sea-fick,;. and fo much out of order that: he could fearce’ Bat or Drink any Thing, — : went quickly y'afhore again. 7 Having ken dn what we “had occafion for, I SaiPd au ‘way from Santa Cruz on Feb. 4. inthe After: noon ;“haftening out all I could, -becaufe the Nv EsWinds growing ftormy made fo great Sea; that the Ship was {carce‘fafein the Road; and ul was glad to get out, tho’ weleft behind feveral Goods we had bought’ and’paid for: For‘a Boat could not go afhore and the ftrefs was'fo'great in weighing Anchor, ‘ that the Cable broke.’ I'defign’d next: for the I. of Mayo, one of the C, Verd lands; and ran ‘Having refrefl?d'my Men afhore, and tal 4n1699: away witha ftrong N. E. Wind, right afore — atyvall chat Nightand the next Day, at the rate of: 10 or 1% Miles an hours; when it flacken’d to a more moderate Gale. © The Ca- zary Mlands are,* for’ their Latitude; within the ufual Verge’ of: the True or. General Trade-W ind:;?' which I have obferv’d to be) on'this: fide the Equator, N. Hafterly: Bue then lying not- fat from: the African’ Shore; they ‘are moft fubject to a N: Wind, which is the Coafting! and conflant Trade, {weeping that Coaft down as low as'to C. Verd; which {preading in breadth, takes in moftly the cz- wary Mlands ; tho”it ‘be there interrupted fre- quently with the True Trade-Wind , N: _ Weft-Winds, or other Shifts of Wind that Iflands are Subje&t to ; efpecially where they . lie many together.."\The Pzke’ of Teneriffe, which had generally: been Clouded while we lay'at Santa Cruz, appear’d now all white with Snow , hovering over the other sa ut Tradé-Wind. Pike of Tén. 3 x ane oe rae 6 ie) ade ae ee eee a De = io ° ws Se re. Br ee PS Ae | on’ Mayo, one of the C. Verd’s. | ‘4n.1699-but their heighth made it feem the lefs confi-- | “v™~ derable; for it looks moft remarkable to Ships that are to the Weftward of it. We had brisk N. N. E. and N. E. Winds from Tene- rife, and faw Flying-fifh, and a great deal of Sea-thiftle Weed floating. Bythe gth of Feb. at Noon we were in the Lat. of 15d. 4m. fo we fleered away W.N. W. forthe I. of Mayo, being by Judgment, not far to the E. of it, and at 8 a Clock in the Evening ~ lay by till Day. The Wind was then at W. by S. and fo it continued all Night, fair Weather, and a fmall eafie Gale. All thefe were great Signs, that we were near fome Land, after having had fuch conftant brisk. Winds before. In the Morning after Sun- rife, we faw the Ifland at about 4 Leagues diftance: But it was fo hazy over it, that we could fee but a {mall part of it ; yet even by that part_I knew it to be the Ifle of Mazo. See how it appear’d to us at feveral Views, as we were compaffing theE. the S. E. andthe S. | of it, to get to the Road, on the S. W. ofit, _ [Table If. N°. 1, 2, 3.] and the Road it felf IN®. 4] are I got not in till the next Day, Feb. 11. when I come to an Anchor in the Road, which is the Lee-ward part of the Ifland ; for ’tis a general Rule never to Anchor to Wind-ward of an Ifland between the Tro- picks. We Anchored at 11 a Clock in 14 Fathom clean Sand, and very fmooth Wa- ter, about three quarters of a Mile from the Shore, OM SN ae Coafts of J. Mayo. [a rs oa | Shore, in the fame Place where I Anchor’d 40.1699: in my Voyage round the World; and found rid- | ing here the Newport of London, a Merchant _ Man, Captain Barefoot Commander , who welcomed me with 3 Guns, and I returned one for Thanks. He came from Fayal, one of the Weffern Iflands; and had ftore of Wine and Brandy aboard. He was taking in Salt to carry to ew-found-Land, and was very glad to fee one of the King’s Ships, being before our coming afraidof Pyrates ; which, of late _ Years, had much infeited this and the reft of the Cape Verd Iflands. > Ihave givenfome Account ofthe Ifland of Mayo, and of other of thefe Iflands, in my Voyage round the World, (Vol.1. p. 70.] but I fhall now add fome further Obfervations _ that occurr’d to mein this Voyage. Thel. of Mayo is about 7 Leagues in Circumference, of a roundifh Form, with many fmall rocky Points {hooting out into the Sea a Mile, or more. Its Lat. is 15 d. N. and as you Sail about the Ifle, when you come pretty nigh the Shore, you will fee the’ Water breaking off from thofe Points ; which you mutt give a Birth to, and avoid them. I Sail’dat this time two parts in three round the [fland, but _ faw nothing dangerous befides thefe Points ; and they all fhew’d themfelves by the Break- ‘Ing of the Water: Yet ’tis reported, That onthe N. and N. N. W. fide there are dan- gerous Sholes, that ly farther off at Sea ; but I was not on that Side. There are 2 Hills : On \ ~ “Sepia f ; Mayo. ee 1699°6 ‘on this: Iflind:.of-a confiderable heighth 3 one ev pretty bluff, the other peeked at top. The reit of the Hland i is pretty level, and ofa good heighth from: the Sea. ~The’ Shore. clear yound hath'fandy Bays, between the Rocky Points I fpake.of; and the whole ete isa very. dry fort of. Boil lias ¢2b: On ‘the: Weft-fide. of the Ifle pee the Road for Ships is there is alarge Sandy Bay, and a Sand-bank, of about 40 Paces wide’ within it, which runs along the Shorei2 or 3 Miles ;, within which there is a large Salzwa or Salt-pond, contained. between the Sand- bank and the Hills beyond it.» The whole Salina is about 2 Miles inlength, and half a Mile wide; but above one half of it is com- monly.dry, The Northendionly of the Pond never wants Water, producing Salt from No- vember till May, which is here the a Seafon of the Year... The. Water which yields this Salt works in from out of the Sea through a ‘hole: in the Sand-bank before mentioned, like a’ Sluce, and that only in Spring- tides ; when it fills the Pexd mtore or lefs, according to the heighth of the Tides. If there is any Sale’ in the Ponds when the Flufhiof Water comes’ in, it prefently diffolves: But then in twoor three Days. after it begins to Kern’; and‘fo contisiues Kerning till either all, or the ereat- elt part of the Salt-water is congeal’d or kern’d; or till a frefh Supply of it comes in again from the Sea.. ‘This Water is ‘known tocome in only at that one Paflageon the N.- part _ GSN SN OE ENE STN eee ge Salt-kerning, and Trade. ay part of the Pond; where alfo it is deepeft. 4n.1699- Tt was at a Spring of the New Moon when “* 1 was there; and I was told that it comes in at no other time but at the New Moon Spring-tides : but why that fhould be I can’t guefs, They who’come hither to | . - lade Salt rake.it up as it Kerns, and lay-it i in heaps onthe dry Land, before the Wa- | ter breaks in anew: And this is obfervable of this Salt-Pond, that the Salt kerns only in the Dry Seafon, contrary to the Salt- Ponds in the West-Indies, particularly thofe © of the Ifland Salt-Tortuga, which I have formerly mentioned [Vol. I. p. 56.] for they never Kern there till the Rains come _-in about April; and continue to do fo in May, Fane, Fuly, &c. while the Wet Sea- fon lafts ; and not without fome good Shower of Rain firft : But the Reafon al- fo of this Difference between the Salt- = Ponds of Mayo, and thofe of the Weé- Indies, why thefe fhould Kern in the Wet Seafon, and the former in the Dry Seafon, I fhall leave to Philofophers. ’ Be te _ Our Nation drive here a great Trade for Salt, and have commonly a Man of War here for the Guard of our Ships and Barks that come to take it in; of which I have ' been inform’d that in fome Years there have not been lefsthan 100 in a Year. It cofts nothing but Men’s Labour to rake it together, and wheel it out of the Pond, 3 ih except 18 — .Frape-boats defcribed. ‘An.1699. except the Carriage: And that alfo is very cheap; the Inhabitants having plenty of Affes, for which they have little to do be- fides carrying the Salt from the Ponds to | the Sea-tide at theSeafon when Ships are — here. The Inhabitants lade and drive. their Affes themfelves, being very glad to © be imploy’d; for they have fcarce any o- ther. Trade but this to get a Penny by. The Pond is not above half a Mile from — _ the Landing-place, fo that the Affes make _ » a greatmany Tripsinaday. They have | a fet numiber of Turns to and- fro — both Forenoon and Afternoon, which their Owners will not exceed. At the Landing-place there lies a Frape-boat, as. Our Seamen call it, totakeinthe Salt. °Tis _ made purpofely for this ufe, with a Deck reaching from the Stern a third part of the Boat; where there is a kind of ‘-Bulk-head that rifes, not from the Boats bottom, but from the Edge of the Deck, to about 2 foot in heighth; all calk’d very - tight. The Ufe of it isto keep the Waves | from dafhing into the Boat, when it lies with its Head tothe Shore, to take in Salt: © For here commonly runs a great Sea ; and when the Boat lies fo with its Head to the Shore , the Sea breaks in over the Stern, and would foon fill it, was it not for this Bulk-head, which ftops the Waves ‘that come flowing upon the Deck, . spe: and ee ee ne Frape-boats defcribed. 19 and makes them run off into the Sea on 42.1699: each fide. To keep the Boat thus with the ~V~ Head to the Shore, and the Stern to the Sea, there are two {trong Stantions fet up ) in the Boat;-the one at the Head, the o- | ther in the middle of it; againft the Bulk- — ) head, and a Foot higher than the Bulk- a head. There is a large Notch cut in the top of each of thefe Stantions big enough-for a {mall Hazer or Rope to lie in; ofie end of which is faften’d to a Poft afhore, and the other toa Grapling or An- chor lying a pretty way off at Sea: This _ Ropeferveth to haletheRoat in and out,and _ the Stantions ferve to keep her faft, fo that fhe cannot {wing to either fide when the Rope is hal’d tight: For the Sea would elfe fill her, or tofs her afhore and ftave . her. The better to prevent her flaving and to keep her the tighter together, there aretwofets of Ropes more: The firft go- ing athwart from Gunnal to Gunnal, which, when the Rowers Benches are laid, bind the Boats fides fo hard againft the Ends of the Benches that they cannot eafily fall afunder , while the Benches and Ropes mutually help each other ; the Ropes keeping the Boats fides from flying off, and the Benches from being crufh’d together inwards. Of thefe Ropes there are ufual- ly but two, dividing the Boats length, as they go acro{fs the Sides, into there equal Care a Cae Me PL Soe ee ee te ee ee) ree ‘ie Frape-boats bow manag’d. 4n.1699: parts. ‘Ehe other fet of Ropes are more | in number, and are fo plac’d asto keep the ~ Ribsand Planks of the Boat from ftarting off. For this purpofe there are holes made at certain diftances through the Edge of the Keel that runs along on. the infide of the Boat ; through which thefe Ropes paf- fing are laid along the Ribs, fo as to line them, or be themfelves as Ribs upon them, being made faft to them by Rattan’s brought thither,or {mall Cordstwifted clofe about both Ropes and’ Ribs, up to the . Gunnal: By which means tho’ feveral of the Nails or Pegs of the Boat fhould by any fhock fallout, yet the Ropes of thefe two fets might hold her together : Efpe- ~ cially with the help of a Rope going quite round about the Gunnal on the out-fide, as our. Long;boats have. And fuch is the Care taken to ftrengthen the Boats; from which girding them with Ropes, which our .Seamen call Fraping, they have the Name of Frape-boats. —Two-Men fuffice to hale her in and out, and take in the | Salt from Shore (which is brought in Bags) and put it out again. As foon as the Boat is brought nigh enough to the Shore, he who ftands by the Bulk-head ° takes inftantly.a turn with the Hazer about the Bulk-head-Stantion ; and that flopsher faft before the Sea can turn her afide: And when the two Men have got in their Lad- ing, eee ee as) eS ee ee) AMET ed I. Mayo. Silk-Cotton. ing, they hale off to Sea, till they comea 4n.1699- little without the fwell; where they re.“ “~~ move the Salt into another Boat that car- ries it on board the Ship. ‘Without fuch a Frape-boat hereis but bad Landing at any time; for tho” *tis commonly very fmooth in the Road, yet there falls a great $ea on the Shore, fo that every Ship that comes here fhouldhave fuch a Boat, and bring, _ ormake, or borrow one of other Ships that happen to be here; for the Inhabi- tants have none. I have been thus parti- cular in the Defcription of thefe Frape- boats, becaufe of the Ufe they may be of in any Places wherea great Sea falls in upon the Shore; as it doth efpecially in many - open Roads in the East and W’est-Indies ; -where they might therefore be very fer- viceable; but I never faw any of them there. ? ‘The Ifland Mayo is generally barren, be- -ing dry, asIfaid; andthebeft of itis but | a very indifferent Soil. The fandy Bank that pens in the Salt-pond hath a fort of Silk Cotton growing upon it, and a Plant that runs along upon the Ground, branch- - ing out like a Vine, but with thick broad Leaves. The Silk-Cotton. grows on ten- der Shrubs, 3 or 4 Foot high, in Cods as big as an Apple, but ofalong fhape; which when ripe open at one end, parting leifure- ly into 4 quarters; and at the firft open- | | C 3 ing eet er Digs pb SS Se Ph ee ee a ee ee es eee ONL ee ee ee eS errs Ss ee | | . 22 | Silk andsother Cotton. | 4n.1699.ing the Cotton breaks forth. It may be of “Vv™ ufe for {tuffing of Pillows, or the like ; | : but elfe is of no value, any more than that of the great Cotton-tree. I took of thefe | Cods before they were quite ripe, and laid them in my Cheft; and in two or three days they would open and throw out the : Cotton. Others I have bound faft with | ~ Strings, fo that the Cod could not open ; andin a few Daysafter, as foon as I flack- 2 ned the String never fo little, the Cod ) ~~ would burft, and the Cotton fly out forcee ably, ata very little hole, juft as the Pulp out of a roafting Apple, till all has been out of the Cod. I met with this fort of Cotton afterwards at Timor (where it was ripe in November ) and no where elfe in all my Travels; but I found two o- F ther forts of Silk-cotton at Brazal, which I i fhall there defcribe. The right Cotton- ; Shrub grows here alfo, but not on the : Sand-bank. Ifaw fome Bufhes of it near . | - the Shore; but the moft of it is planted in the middle of the Ifle, where the Inhabi- tants live, Cotton-cloth being their. chief Manufacture ; but neither is there any great ftore of thisCotton. There alfoare {ome Trees within the I{land, but none to '. be feen near the Sea-fide; nothing but a few Bufhes {cattering up and down againft ‘ the fides of the adjacent Hills; for, as I 4 faid before, the Land is pretty high ine : MeN Orn Gao ea Nae Sar the | og Rape cou i aie mas isa es te sl” ll fe Nias 0 ¥ Ne me # 5 Soil of I. Mayo, Towns, &c.' 93 the Sea. The Soil is for the moft part 4m1659. either a fort of Sand, or loofe crumbling “VY Stone, without any frefh Water Ponds or Streams, to moiften it ; but only Showers in the Wet-feafon, which run off as faft as they fall: except a {mall Spring in the middle of the Ifle, from which proceeds a — little Stream of Water that runs through - a Valley between the Hills. There the Inhabitants live in three {mall Towns, hav- ° ing a Church and Padre in each Town: And thefe Towns, as I was inform’d, are ~ 60r7 miles fromthe Road. Pino/e is faid to be the chief Town, and to havetwo _ Churches: St. Johus the next; and the third Lagos. The Houfesarevery mean ; {mall , low Things. They build with Fig-tree; here being, as 1 was told, no other Trees fit to build with. The Raf- ters are a fort of wild Cane. The Fruits of this Ifle are chiefly Figs, and Water- Melons. They have alfo Calavances (a fort of Pulfe like Frexch Beans) and Pump- kins, for ordinary Food. The Fowlsare Flamingo’s, Great Curlews, and Guwinea- He _ Hens; which the Natives of thofe Iflands call Galena Pintada, or the Painted Hen; . but in famaica, where I have {een alfo thofe- Birds in the dry Savannah’s and Woods, . (for they love to run about in fuch Places) they are call’d Guinea-Hens. They feem to be much of the Nature of Partridges, (on! cs he FMP. Oe CO et ed OR tS aes? ner CLT) Rey eth te Fem ee — pa a ct See es 2 94 Guinea-Hens defcribed. 4n.1699- They are bigger than our Hens, have | long Legs, and willrun apace. They can ’ h . fly too, but not far, having large heavy & . Bodies, and but-fhort Wings, and fhort . | Tails: As I have generally obferv’d that ) Birds have feldom long Tails unlefs fuch as i fly much ; in which their Tails are ufual- « ly ferviceable to their turning about, as a e ~ Rudder to a Ship or Boat. Thefe Birds I have thick and ftrong, yet fharp Bills, . pretty long Claws, and fhort Tails. They | feed on the Ground, either on Worms, | -which they find by tearing open the | * Earth ; or on Grafhoppers, which are ) plentiful here. ..The Feathers of thefe Birds are fpeckled with dark and light . Gray ; the Spots fo regular and uniform, that they look more beautiful than many Birds that are deck’d with gayer Feathers. Their Necks are fmall and long; their Heads alfo but little. The Cocks have a {mall rifing on their Crowns, like a fort of ' .aComb. Tis of the colour of a dry Wall Nut-fhell, and very hard. They have a {mall red Gill on each fide of their Heads, ~ like Ears, ftrutting out downwards; but the Hens have none. They are fo {trong » that one cannot hold them; and very ~ | hardy. They are’ very good Meat, ten- — a der, and {weet ; and in. fome the Flefh is o.. extraordinary .white; tho’ fome others | : have black Flefh: but both fortsare very | | | ; cood. ee pe a eee ee eee Se NE Cn Re oe a ee ee eee |. bag ee ae abe ieee — me: Fee ’ . s ay x Birds and Beafts of 1. Mayo. a5 good. The Natives take them with Dogs, 41699. running them down whenever they pleafe; “¥™ © for here are abundance of them. You fhall fee 2 or 300 in a company. I had - feveral brought aboard alive, where they ° throve very well; fome of them 160r 18 > Months; when they began to pine. When they are taken young they will become tame like our Hens. The Flamingo’s I have already defcrib’d at. large, [ Vol. I. p- 79.) They have alfo many other fore. of Fowls, viz. Pidgeons and Turtle-doves ; Miniota’s, a fort of Land-fowlsas big as Crows, ofa grey colour, and good Food ; Crufias, another fort of grey -colour’d Fow! almoft as big as a Crow, which are only feen in the Night (probably-a fort of Owls) and are faid to be good for con- fumptive People, but eaten by none elfe. Rabek’s, a fort of large grey eatable Fowls _ with long Necks and Legs, not unlike Herons ; and many kinds of fmall Bitds. , Of Land-Animals, here are Goats , as I faid formerly, and Affes good {ftore. When I was here before they were faid to have had a great many Bulls and Cows: But the Pirates, who have fince miferably infefted all thefe Iflands, have much leffen’d the number of thofe ; not having fpar’d the Inhabitants them- felves: for at my:being there this time the ' Gover- | 26 Fifh, and laying of Turtle. _ 4.1699: Governor of Mayo was but newly return’d “V™ from being a Prifoner among them, they having taken him away, and carried him _ about with them fora Year or two. The Sea is plentifully ftock’d with Fifth’ of divers forts, viz. Dolphins, Boneta’s, Mullets, Snappers, Silver-fifh, Garfifh, @c. and here is a good Bay to halea Sain or Net in. I hal’d mine feveral times, and to good purpofe ; dragging afhore at one time 6 dozen of great Fifh, moft of them large Mullets of. a foot and a half or two foot long. Here are alfo Porpofes, and a {mall fort of Whales, that common- ly vifit this Road every day. I have al- ready faid, [Vol. I. p. 75.] That the 2 Months of May, June, July and August, a _. (that is, the Wet Seafon) are the time, | when the Green Turtle come hither, and go afhore to lay their Eggs. I look upon it as a thing worth taking Notice of, that : the Turtle fhould- always, both in North H and South Latitude, lay their Eggs in the 2 , Wet Months. It might be thought, con- fidering what great Rains there are then- in {ome places where thefe Creatures lay, © that their Eggs fhould be {poiled by them. But the Rain, tho’ violent, is foon foaked up by the Sand,wherein the Eggs are buri- ed ; and perhaps finks not fo deep into it as the Eggs arelaid : And keeping down the ‘Heat may make the Sand hotter below | : than The Natives of 1. Mayo. Ls than it was before, like a Hot-bed. What-.n.16992 ever the Reafon may be why Providence“ww determines thefe-Creatures to this Seafon of laying their Eggs, rather than the Dry, in Fact it is fo, as 1 have conftantly ob-. ferv’d ; and that not only with the Sea- Turtle, but with all other forts of Amphi- -bious Animals that lay Eggs; as Crocos dils, Alligator’s, Guano’s, oc. The In- | - habitants of this Ifland, even their Gover= | ) _ nour and Padre’s, are all Negro’s, Wool- pated like their Africaz-Neighbours; from whom ’tis like they are defcended ; tho? | being SubjeCts to the Portugue/e they have 3 a their Religion and Language. They are | ftout, lufty, well-limb’d People, both Men and Women, fat and flefhy ; and they | and their Children as round and plump | as little Porpofes; tho’ the Ifland appears ) _ fo barren to a Stranger as fcarce to have | Food for its Inhabitants. I inquired how many People there might be on the Ifle ; And was told by one of the Padre’s, that here were 230 Souls inall. The Negro- Governor has his Patent from the Porta- guefe Governor of St. fago. He is a very civiland fenfible poor Man; and they are | generally a good fort of People. He ex- | pects a fmall Prefent from every Com- mander that lades Salt here; and is glad to be invited aboard their Ships. He fpends moft of his time with the Ezg/i/b in the , NE ae : Salting 7 \ a 5 8 Employments of the Natives. 4n.1699. Salting Seafon, which is his Harveft ; and ‘“V™ indeed, all the Iflanders are then fully em- ployed in getting fomewhat; for they have no Veflels of their own to Trade with, nor do any Portuzuefe-Veflels come . hither: fearce any but Exelifb, on whom they depend for Trade; and tho’ Subje€ts of Portugal, havea particular Value for us. We don’t pay them for their Salt, but for the Labour of themfelves and their Beafts “in lading it: for which we give them Vi- €tuals, fome Mony, and old Cloaths, viz. . Hats, Shirts, and other Cloaths: by which ‘Zz means many of them are indifferently well Po rige’d; but fome of them go almoft Naked. ae When the Turtle-feafon comes in they watch the Sandy-bays in the Night, to turn them; and having {mall Huts at pare | ticular Places on the Bays to keep them from the Rain, and to fleep in: And this isanother Harveft they have for Food; for by Report there come a great many Tur- tle to this and the reft of the Cape Verd Iflands, When the Turtle Seafon is over they’ have little to do but to hunt for’ Guinea-Hens, and manage their {mall Plan- tations. But by thefe means they have all : the Year fome Employment or. other ; whereby they ‘get a Subfiftence, tho’ but " - ' . little elfe. When any of them are defirous 4 to go over to St. Fago they get a Licence’ from the Governor, and defire paflagein BS any ~ a si Ga 0 ee Affes. V.St. Jago. Praya. 29 any Engljb Ship that is going thither : 4#.1699- _ And indeed all Ships that lade Salt here “VY will be obliged to touch at St. Fago for Water, for here at the Bay is none, not fo much as for Drinking. ’Tis true there isa{mall Well of brackifh Water not half amile from the Landing-place, which the Affes that carry Salt drink at ; but ’tis very bad Water. Afles themfelves are a Com- ‘modity in fome of thefe Iflands, feveral of ourShips coming hither purpofely to freight with them, and carry them to Barbadoes and our other Plantations. I ftay’d at Mayo 6 days, and got 7 or 8 Tun of Salt aboard for my Voyage: In which time there came alfo into this Road feveral Sail of Merchants Ships for Salt; all bound with it for Newfoundland. Ae The 19th day of February, at about One a Clock in the Morning I weighedfrom Mayo-Road, in order to Water at St.fago, | _which was about 5 or 6 Leagues to the | Weftward. We coafted along the Ifland | St. Fago, and paft by the Port on the Eaft of it, 1 mention’d formerly [Vol.I. p.76.] which they call Praya; where fome Eng- , lifh outward-bound East-India Men till | | _ touch, but not fo many of them as hereto- fore. We faw the Fort upon the Hill, the Houfes and Coco-nut Trees: But I would not go in to anchor here, becaufe I expe- ted better Water on the S. W..of the Ifland, - ig ee eee hae ee oe ey Tt ST ety s = = Re Py A ee ee. eee NE ah J . i a ARETE , ae Bi t go © The A. arréves at St. Jago T. “4n.7659-Uland, at St. ago Town, By 8 a Clock w~r~ in the Morning we faw the Ships in that _ Road, being within 3 Leagues of it: But were fore’dto keep Turning many hours to get in, the Flaws of Wind coming fo ‘uncertain; asthey do efpecially to the Lee- ward of Mflands that are High Land. At length two Portuguese boats came off to help tow us in; and about 3 a Clock in ‘the Afternoon we came to an Anchor ; and took the Profpe&t of the Town, [Table I]. N°. 5.) We found here, be- fides two Portuguefe-Ships. bound ‘for Brazil, whofe Boats had tow’d us in; an Englfb Pink that had taken > in Affes at one of the Cape Verd IMflands, and was bound to Barbadoes with them. Next Morning I. went Afhore with my | Officers to the Governor, who treated us - with Sweet-meats : I told him, the occa- fion of my coming was chiefly for Water ; and that Idefired alfo totake in fome Re- frefhments of Fowls, cc. He faid I was welcom, and that he would order the Townfmen to bring their Commodities to j acettain Houfe, where I might purchafe i} | what I had occafion for : I told him I had - not Mony, but would exchange fome of | ~ the Sale which I brought from Mayo for | their Commodities. He reply’d, that Sale | was indeed an acceptable Commodity with the poor People, but that if 1 defign’d to . buy my ie te 8 a. Soi a eae ena!

Dunghil Fowls: The Governor ordering a Cryer to goabout the Town and give ; noticetothe People,that they might repair == : to fuch a place with Fowls, and Maiz for == feeding them, where they might get Salt in exchange for them : So Ifent on board for Salt, and ordered fome of my Men totruck the fame for the Fowls and Maiz, while the reft of them were bufie in filling of Wa- ter. Thisisthe effect of their keeping no Boats of their own on the feveral Iflands, that they are glad to buy even their own - Salt of Foreigners, for want of being able to tranfport it themfelves from Ifland to Ifland. : St. Fago Town lies on the S. W. part of the Ifland, in Lat. about 15 Deg. N. and is the Seat of the General Governour, and of the Bifhop of all the Cape Verd = - Iflands. This Town ftands fcattering a- eainft the fides of two Mountains, be- tween which there isa deep Valley, which is about 200 Yards wide againft the Sea; but within a quarter of a mile it clofes up fo as not to be 40 Yards wide. Inthe Valley, by the Sea, there is a ftragling Street, Houfes on each fide, and a Run of Water in the bottom, which empties it felf into a fine: {mall Cove or fandy Bay, where the Sea is commonly vey floors Q 22 _ _ Natives of St. Jago. ‘4n.1699.f0 that here is good Wat’ring and good “V™~ Landing at any time; tho’ the Road be rocky and bad for Ships. Juft by the ~ Landing-place there is a {mall Fort, almoft level with the Sea, where is always a Court of Guard kept. Onthe top of the Hill, above the Town, there is another Fort; which, by the Wall that is to be feen from the Road, feems to be a large Place. They have Canon mounted there, but how many I know not: Neither what ufe that Fort can be of, except it be for Sa- lutes. ‘The Town may confit of 2 or 300 Houfes, all built of rough Stone; having alfo one Conyent, and one Church. ‘The People in general are black, or at leaft of a mixt colour, except only fome few. of thebetter fort, vzz. the Governor, the Bifhop, fome Gentlemen, and fome of _ the Padres; for fome of thefe alfo are black. The People about Prayaare Thievith; but thefe of Sz. “fago- Town, living’ under their Governour’s Eye , are more orderly ; tho’ . generally poor, having little Trade: Yet befides chance Ships of other Nations , there come hither a Portuguefe Ship or two | every Year, in their way to Brazil. Thefe | vend among them afew Earopean Com- modies, and take of their principal Manu- faétures, viz. {triped Cotton-cloth, which ~ they carry with them to Brazil. Here is alfo another Ship comes hither from Por- | tug al —— hl SSS Sugar. Wine. | Fruits.’ 23 tugal for Sugar, their other Manufa@ture, 4.16992 and returns with it’ dire€tly thither; For “~Y¥ ™ "tis reported that there are feveral {mall Sugar-works on this Ifland, from which _ they fend:'home near 100 Tun every year 3, and they have plenty of Cotton growing upinthe Country, wherewith they cloath themfelves; and fend alfo a great deal to Brazil. They have Vines, of which they make fome Wine: but the Earopeaz Ships furnifh them with better ; tho’ they drink but little of any. Their chief Fruits are, (befides Plantains in abundance) Oranges; Lemons, Citrons, Melons, (both Musk _ and Water-melons) Limes, Guava’s, Pom- _ - granates, Quinces, Cuftard-Apples, and Papah’s, ce. Pere ia The Cuftard-Apple (as wecall it) isa Fruit as big as a Pomegranate, and much of the fare colour. ‘The out-fide Husk, Shell or Rind, is for fubftance and thick- _nefs between the Shell. of a Pomegranate;' and the Peel of a Sev#/-Orange ; lofter than this, yet more brittle than that. The Coat or Covering is alfo remarkable in that it is befet round with {mall regular Knobs or Rifings; and the infide of the Fruit is full of a white foft Pulp, {weet and very pleafant, ; and moft refembling a Cuftard of any . thing , both in Colour and Taft: From “whence probably it is called a Cuftard- Apple by our Exglijh. 1t has inthe mid- es D die 24 Cuftard-Apple. Papah. ‘An.1699.dle a few {mall black Stones or Kernels ; UV™ but no Core, for ’tisall Pulp. The Tree that bears this Fruit is about the bignefs of _ a Quince-tree, with long, {mall, and thick- fet Branches fpread much abroad: At the Extremity of here and there one of which the Fruit grows upon a Stalk of its own about g of 10 Inches long, flender and tough, and hanging down with its own weight. A large Tree of this fort does not © bear ufually above 200r 30 Apples ; fel- dom more. This Fruit grows in moft _ Countries within the Tropicks. I have - feen of them (tho’ I omitted the Defcri- ‘ption of them before) all over the West. Indies, both Continent and Iflands ; as _al- foin Brazil, and inthe East-Indies. . The Papah too is found in all thefe | Countries, though I have not hitherto de- ferib’d it. It isa Fruit about the bignefs ofa Musk-Melon, hollow as that is, and much refembling it in Shape and Colour, both outfide and infide: Only in the mid- dle, inftead of flat Kernels, which the Me- lonsshave, thefe have a-handful of {mall blackifh Seeds, about the bignefs of Pep- per-corns; whofe Tafte isalfo hot on the Tongue fomewhat like Pepper. ‘The Fruit it felf is fweet, foft and lufeious, when ripe; but while green ’tis hard and un- favory : tho’ even then being boiled and eaten with Sale-pork or Beef, it ferves in- : : ftead | CS ee ee ee A en Se ee ee t . é Papah. Beats of St. Jago. 38 ftead of Turnips, and is as much efteemed. 4n.1699;, The Papah-Tree is about 10 or 12 Foct high. ‘The Body near the Ground may be a Foot and an half or 2 Foot Diameter ; _ and it grows up tapering to thetop. It has no Branches at all, but only large Leaves growing immediately upon. Stalks from the Body. The Leaves are of a roundifh Form and jag’d about the Edges, having their Stalks or Stumps longer or fhorter as they grow near or further from the top. They begin to {pring from out of the Body of the Tree at about 6 or7 Foot heighth from the Ground, the Trunk being bare below: but above that the Leaves grow thicker and larger ftill to- wards its Top, where they are clofe and broad. The Fruit grows only among the Leaves ; and thickeft among the thickeft of them ; infomuch that towards the top of the Tiree the Papsh’s {prings forth from _ its Body as thick as they can ftick one by another. But then lower down, where the Leaves ate thinner, the Fruit is larger, and of the fize I have defcrib’d: And at ~ the ‘Top, where they are thick, they are but fmall, and no bigger than ordinary Turnips ; yet tafted like the reft. _ Their chief Land-Animals are their ‘Bullocks ; which are faid to be many 3_ tho’ they askt us 20 Dollars apiece tor them: They have alfo Horfes, Affes, and D 2 Mules at se Nike cella eee te enna | 6p as De ER OE EO POL ONS NRE ERE NT ten ch NO RARE Pere Tne aN Ty Tee See ey ea ; $3 hs a 26 ~— Animals of St. Jago. Its Road. 4n.1699' Mules, Deer, Goats, Hogs, and black- “V™ fac’d long-tai?d Monkeys. Of Fowls they have Cocks and Hens, Ducks, Guinea- Hens, both tame and wild, Parakites, Parrots, Pidgeons, ‘Turtle-Doves, Herons, Hawks, Crab-catchers, Galdens, (a larger fort of Crab-catchers)Curlew’s, oc. Their Fifh isthe fame as at Mayo and the reft of thefe Iflands, and for the moft part thefe Iflands have the fame Beafts and Birds alfo: But fome of the Ifles have Pafturage and Employment for fome particular Beafts ‘more than other; and the Birds are in- | courag’d, by Woods for fhelter, and Maiz and Fruits for Food, to flock rather to fome of the Iflands (as to this of St. Fago) - than to others. | | St. ago Road is one of the worft that f have been in. There isnot clean Ground enough for above 3 Ships ; and thofe alfo _ muft lie very near eachother. Oneeven of | thefe muft lie clofe to the Shore, witha Land-faft there: And that is the beft for a fmall Ship. I fhould not have come in here if I had not been told that it was a - ) good fecure Place ; but I found it fo much a - etherways, that I was in pain to be gone. Captain Larefoot, whocame to an An- chor while I was here, in foul Ground, loft quickly 2 Anchors ; and I had oe a aed mall ; fe 1 ‘woe / ee fmall,one. The Ifland Fogo hews: its felfamiéog) {rom this Road very plain, at about zor8 “VY, | Leagues diftance ; and inthe Night we faw 7 eet, the Flames of Fire iffuing from its Top. © t D3 CHAP. SA ET SS ee te eee Seer ayer oe Bid) o> 9 te tte haty en ee : The Contents. : CHAP. Th The A.’s Deliberation on the Sequel of his Voyage, and Departure from St. Jago. His Courfe, and the — Winds, &c. in crofing the Line. - He ftands away for the Bay of All Saints in Brazil; and why. . His Arrival on that Coaft and in the Bay. Of the feveral Forts, the Road, Situation, Town, and Build- _ ings of Bahia. Of its Governor, — Ships and Merchants ; and Com- __ modities to and from Europe. Clay- ing of Sugar. The Seafon for the European Ships, and Coire Ca- bles: Of ther Guinea-trade, and of the Coafting-trade, and Whale- killing. Of the Inhabitants of Ba- hia ; their carrying in Hammocks : their Artificers , Crane for Goods, — and Negro - Slaves, — Of the Country about Bahia, its Soil and Product. Its Timber-trees ; the €. fe ee eg CAEN @ ee ae Se a : /Sapi-. iy ) ee et a Ce es ee Pe pe ee ee ae ee ee eee ee ae a re ve > - oS . x The Contents. 3) - Sapiera, Vermiatico, Comefserie, #71699 Guitteba, Serrie, aad Mangroves. ~ The Baftard-Coco , its Nuts and Cables; and the Silk-Cotton-trees. a . The Brafilian Fruits, Oranges, &c. Of the Sour-fops, Cafhew’s, and Jennipah’s. Of their peculiar Fruits, Arifah’s, Mericafah’s, — Petango’s, Petumbo’s, Munga- roo’s , Muckifhaw’s, Ingwa’s, Otee’s , and Mufteran de ova’s. Of the Palm-berries, Phyfick-nuts, Mendibee’s, ¢5°c. and their Roots and Herbs, &c. Of their Wild Fowl, Maccaw’s, Parrots, &c. The Yemma’, Carrion-Crow and Chattering-crow, Bill-bird, Currefo, Turtle-dove and Wild-pigeons ; the Jenetee, Clocking-hen, Crab-catcher, Galden , and black Heron: The Ducks, Wigeon and Teal ; and Offriges to the Southward : and of . the Dunghil-fowls. Of their Cat- tle, Horfes, &c. Leopards and Tiger's. Of their Serpents; the the Rattle-Snake, fmall Green-Snake, D 4 Am- 40 j The A. defigns for Brazil. e369, Amphisbena, fmall Black and fmall Grey-Snake; the great Land, and the great Water-Snake : and of _ the VWater-dog. Of their Sea-fi/h and Turtle; and of St. Paul’s- Lome), 1c WER | _.¥ Aving difpatch’d my fmall Affairs at the C. Verd-Iflands, I’ meditated on the procefs of: my Voyage. I thought it requifite to touch once more at a cultivated Place in thefe Seas, where my Men might be refrefh’d, and might have a’ Market wherein to furnifh themfelves with Ne- ceflaries:. For defigning that my next | Stretch fhould be quite to N. Holland, ‘and knowing that after fo long a Run nothing _ was to be expected there but frefh Water, if I could meet even with that there, I re- -folved upon putting in firftat fome Port of Brazil, andto provide my Self there with whatever I might have further Oc- — cafion for. Befide the refrefhing and fur- nifhing my Men, 1 aim/’d alfo at the inuring them gradually and by intervals to the Fa- tigues that were to be expected in the re- mainder of the Voyage, which was to be ina part of the World they were altogether Strangers to; none of them, except two young Men, having ever crofst the Lize. Laren * With ee Re ee ee ee See, eM ee int . ; The A, departs from St. Jago. — 4t _ With this Defign I fail’d from S+. Fago 4m.1699- | onthe 22d of February, withthe Windsar @“™ -E.N.E. and N.E. fair Weather, anda brisk Gale. We fteered away S. S. E. and S. S. E.. half Eaft, till in the ‘Lat. of 7 deg. 50 min. we met with many Rip- lings in the Sea like a Tide or ftrong Cur- rent, which fetting againft the Wind © caus’d fuch a Ripling. We continu’d to - meet thefe Currents from that Lat. till we - came into the Lat. of 3 deg. 22 N. when they ceafed. During this time we faw fome Boneta’s, and Sharks; catching one of thefe. We had the true General Trade- Wind blowing frefh at N. E, till in: the Lat. of 4 deg. 40 min. N. when the Wind _ varied, and we had {mall Gales, with fome oo Tornadoes. We werethen to the Haft of : (St. Jago 4 deg. 54 min. when we got : into Lat. 3 deg. 2 min. N. (where I faid the Ripling ceas’d) and Long. to the Eaft of St. Fago 5 deg. 2 min. we hadthe Wind whiffling between the S. by E. and E. by N. fmall Gales, frequent Calms, | a very black Clouds, with much Rain. In | the Lat. of 3 deg. 8 min. N. and Long. E. from Sr; J 5 deg. § min. we had the Wind from the S. S. E. totheN.N.E. . faint, and often interrupted with Calms. While we had Calms-we had the opportu- | nity of trying the Current we had met with hitherto, and found that ic fet N. ca | ————— a ; 4 ee ae ee ee) ee, ke) ane a ee er ee ee See ee eee The A. craffes the Line.- a _ 4n.1699.by E. halfa Knot, which is 12 mile in 24 hours: So that here it ran at the Rate of half a milean hour, and had been much ftronger before. ‘The Rains held us by intervals till the Lat. of : deg. o min. N. with {mall Gales of Wind between S.S. E. | and S.E. by E. and fometimes calm: Af- terwards we had the Wind between the S. & S.S, E. till we crofst the Line, fmall Winds, Calms, and pretty fair Weather. — We faw but few Fifth befide Porpofes; but of them a great many, and ftruck one of them. Tt was the 10th day of March, about the time of the Eguisox, when we crofst the Equator, having had all along from the © Lat. of 4deg. 40 min. N- wherethe True Trade-Wind left us, a great {well out of the S. E. and but fmall uncertain Gales, moftly Southerly , fo that we crept to the Southward but flowly. Ikept up againft thefe as well as I could to the Southward, and when we had now and thena flurry of Witd at E. I ftill went away due South, purpofely to get to the Southward as faft — asi could; for while near the Line I expe- éted to have but uncertain Winds, fre-. quent Calms, Rains, Tornadoes, ¢c. which would not only retard my Courfe, but endanger Sicknefs alfo among my Men: -efpecially thofe who were ill provided with — Cloaths, or were too ‘lazy to fhift them- qa felves ee ee ee ee ee Pee ee ee eae ee See Se Nee phew). sth ee Se Nong ul Obfervations for crofing the Line. 43 * {elves when they were drench’d with the 4n1699 Rains; The Heat of the Weather made) them carelefs of doing this; but taking a Dram of Brandy,which Igave themwhen __ | -wet, with a Charge to fhift themfelves, , they would however lie down’ in their a Hammocks with their Wet Cloaths; fo. that when they turn’d out they caus’d anill {mell where-ever they came,and theirHam- mocks would ftink fufficiently: that I- think the Remedying of this is worth the Care of Commanders that crofs the Lize; efpecially when they are, it may be, a Month or. more e’er they get out of the Rains, at fome times of the Year, asin Fune, fuly, or August. _ What I have here faid about the Cur- | rents, Winds, Calms, @c. in this Paffage is chiefly for rhe farther Illuftration of what I have heretofore obferv’d in general about | thefe Matters, and efpecially as to Croffing -. a the Line, in my Di/courfe of the Winds, &c. in the Torrid Zone: |See Vol. If. Part 3. p- 5,6.) Which Obfervations I have had very much confirm’d to me in the Courfe | of this Voyage ; and I fhall particularize POs in feveral of the chief of them as they come in my Way. And indeed I think I may fay this of the Main of the Obfervationsin that Treatife, that the clear’ Satisfaction I had about them, and how much I might rely upon them, was a great Rafe ce oy BE ee erie : in 44 The A. defigns for Pernambuc: 42.1699. Mind during this Vexatious Voyage ; “V™ wherein the Ignorance, and Obftinacy ee ett SE Dee ee 7 tae oe 4 —withal, of fome under me, occafion’d me a great deal of Tronble: tho’ they found» all along, and were often forc’d to acknow- ledge it, that I was feldom out in my Con- jeCtures, when I told them ufually before- hand what Winds, @c. we fhould meet with at fuch or fuch particular Places we fhould come at. ; ’ Pernambuc was the Port that I defigned for at my firft fetting out from St. Fago; it being a Place moft proper for my purpofe, by reafon of its Situation, lying near the Extremity of C. St. Augu/ftine, the Eaftern- ; moft Promontory of Brazil; by which _Means it not only enjoys the greater bene- fit of the Sea-breezes, and is confequently more healthy than other Places to the | Southward, but is withal lefs fubje&t to the Southerly Coafting-Trade- winds, that blow half the Year on this Shore; which were now drawing on, and might be troublefome to me: Sothat I might both hope to reach fooneft Perzambuc, as moft directly and neareft in my Run} and might’ thence alfo more eafily get away to the Southward than from Bahia de Todos los Santos, or Ria Faneira, But notwithftanding thefe Advantages T propos’d to my felf in going to Pernambuc, Iwas foon put by that Defign through the ré- UN - And why be quitted that Difign. ge refractorinefs of fome under me, “and 4% 1699. the Difcontents and Backwardnefs. of “V™ fome. of my: Men. For the Calms and Shiftings of Wind. which I met with, as 1 was to expe , in croffing the Line, made them, who were un-— - acquainted with thefe Matters, almoft heartlefs asto the perfuit of the Voyage, as thinking we fhould never be able to weather C. St. Augufline: And though I told them that by that time ‘we fhould: get to abour three Degrees South of the Line, we fhould again have a True brisk General Trade-Wind from the North Haft, thae would carry us to. what part of Brazil we. pleas’d, yet they would not> believe it till they found it fo. This, with fome other un- ° forefeen Accidents, not neceflary to be -mention’d in this place, meeting with the Averfion of my Men to a long unknown Voyage, made me juftly ap- prehenfive. of their Revolting, and “was a great Trouble and Hindrance to me. So that I was obliged partly to -alreer my Meafures, and met with ma- ny Difficulties, the Particulars of which ‘I fhalfl not trouble the Reader. with : But I mention thus much of it in ge- neral for my own neceflary Vindica- , - 8i0n, t 7 z “ a ee, See ee ee to oe ae ea —< = te pee |e ate eek ae had a ea RN a) RS Rte i ha aa SN MAT ah Ble oP: 46 He refolves for the B. of AllSaints. | ; (41699-tion, in my taking fuch Meafurés.fome- — : times for profecuting the Voyage as the ftate of my Ships Crew, rather than my own Judgment and Experience, de- termin’d me to. The Diforders of my. , Ship made me think at prefent that Pernambuc would not be fo fit a Place » for me ; being told that Ships ride there ‘ - two or three Leagues from the Town, a under the Command of no Forts; fo i | that whenever I fhould have been a- .. -fhore it might have been cafy for my ; difeontented Crew to have cut or flipt | 3 their Cables, and have gone away from i ~ me: Many of them difcovering already : an Intention to return to England, and fome of them ‘declaring openly that — they would go ‘no further onwards than Brazil. J alter’d my Courfe therefore, and ftood away for Bahio de todos los Santos, or the Bay of All Saints, where I hop’d to have the Governor’s help, if — need fhould require, for fecuring my Ship from any fuch Mutinous Attempt; be- — ft ing fore’d to keep my {elf all the way — ee. upon my Guard, and to lie with my OF x ficers, fuch as I could truaft, and with i fmall Arms, upon the’ Quarter-deek ; it fcarce being fafe for me to lié in my - Gabbin, by Reafon of the Difconténts among my Men.. Per : : \ r f : On ES Arrival at Brazil. On the 23d of March we faw the Land 41.1699. of Brazil; “having had thither, fromthe “VY time when we came into the True Trade- _ Wind again after croffing the Line, very fair Weather and brisk Gales, moftly at BE. - NLE. The Land we faw was about 20 Leagues tothe North of Bahia; {fo I coaft- - ed along Shore to the Southward. This _ Coaft is rather low than high, with Sandy- _~ Bays all along by the Sea. © A little within Land are many very _ white Spots of Sand, appearing like Snow; and the Coaft looks very pleafant, being _ checker’d with Woods and Savanahs. The _ Trees in general are not tall; but they are green and flourifhing. There are ma- y ny {mall Houfes by the Sea-fide, whofe In- _ habitants are chiefly Fifhermen. They come off to Sea on Barklogs, made of feve- _ ral Logs faften’d. fide to fide, that have one or two Mafts with Sails to them. - There are two Men in each Barklog, one _ at either end, having {mall low Benches, | fraifeda little above the Logs, to fit and _ fifth on, and two Baskets hanging up at _ the Maft or Mafts ; ‘one to put their Pro- | vifionsin, the other for their Fifh. Many _ of thefe were a Fifhing now, andtwoof _ them came aboard , of whom I bought fome Fifth. Inthe Afternoon we failed by One very remarkable piece of Land, where, | Ona fmall pleafant Hill, there was a / Church es Se ee Oe eae Vy. ie Ne ee ee Ne ee ee ee a a ee ee ee i 48. The A. anchor’d at Bahia de T.S. Ht An.1699. Church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. See — V™ a Sight of fome parts of thisCoaft [Table — Ill. N°. 1, 2,35 45 5.] and of the Hill the Church flandson [Table III. N°-1.9 I coafted along till the Evening, and then brought to, and lay by till the next | Morning. About 2 hours after we were i brought to, there came a Sail outof the Offin (from Seaward) and lay by about a ( Mile to Windward of us, and fo lay all . i Night. In the Morning, upon fpeaking — } with her, fhe proved to be a Puwrtuguefe Ship bound to Bahia; therefore I fent my : , Boat aboard and defired to have one of his i: Mates to Pilot mein: He anfwer’d, That he had not a Mate capable of it, but that . he would fail in before me, and fhew me ' the way; and that if he went into the Harbour in the Night, he would hang out i a Light for me. He faid we had not far "1 ! in and might reach it before Night witha tolerable Gale; but that with fo {mall an one as now we had wecould not doit: So we jog’d on till Night, and then he ac- cordingly hung out his Light, which we fteered after, founding as we went in. I kept all my Men on, Deck, and had an Anchor ready to let go on occafion. We had the Tide of Ebb againft us, fo that We went in but flowly ; and it was about — the middle of the Night when we anchor’d. Immediately the Portuguefe Mafter came , aboard Se, A Le eR SR Ree ke * Fe anchotane Bahia aboard to fee’'me, to whom I returned 4 aA OY ees 49 16993 Thanks for his Civilities; and indeed I ~V™ found much Refpe&t, not only from this Gentleman, but from all of that. Nation both here and in other. Places, who.were ready to ferve me on all Occafions. The Place that we anchored in was about two Miles from the Harbour where the Ships generally ride; but the Fear I had left my People fhould rin away with the Ship _ made me haften to get a Licence from the _ Governor, to run up into the Harbour, and tide among their Ships, clofe by one of their Forts. So on the 25th of March _ about 10a Clock in the Morning the Tide {erving J went thither, being Piloted by the Super-intendant there, whofe Bufinefs it is to carry up all the King of Portagal’s _ Ships that come hither, and to fee them well moored. He brought us to an An- - chor right again{ft the Town, at the outer part of the Harbour, which was then full of Ships, within 150 yards of a {malt Fort that ftandson a Rock half a mile from _ theShore. Seea Profpett of the Harbour and the Town, as it appear’d to us while — we lay at Anchor, [Table III. N®. 5.] . Bahia de todos los Santos lies in Lat: i. _ deg. S. It is the moft confiderable Town in Brazil, whether inrefpect of the Beauty of its Buildings, its Bulk, or its Trade and evenue.' Jt has the convenience of a Sood re) ae 5°: - Bahia Harbour and Forts. 4n.1699. s00d Harbour that is capable of receiving Ships of the greateft Burthen: The En- trance of which is guatded witha {trong Fort ftanding without the Harbour, call’d St. Antonio: A Sight of which I have gi- ven [Table II. N°. 4.] as it appear’d to us the Afternoon before we came in; and its Lights (which they hang out purpofe- ly for Ships) ‘we faw ‘the fame Night. There are other fmaller Fortis that com- mand the Harbour, one of which ftands on a Rock in the Sea, about half'a mile from the Shore. Clofe by this Fort all Ships muft pafs that anchor here, and muftride | ‘dlfo within half a mile of it at fartheft _ between thisand another Fort (that ftands on a Point at the inner part of the Har-- bour and is called the Datch Port) but muft ridé neareft to the former, allalong againft the Town: where there is good holding ‘Ground, and lefs expofed to the Southerly Winds that blow very hard here. They commonly fet in about April, but blow hardeft in May, Sfane, Fulyand August: but'the Place where the Ships ride is ex- pofed to 'thefe’°Winds not above 3° Points of the Compafs- . Befide thefe there is another Fort front- — ing the Harbour, and ftanding on the Hill upon which’ the Town ftands. The Town it {elf confitts of about 2000 Houfes ; the major part of which cannot be feen bes from Bahia Town deferibid, from the Harbour : but fo many as appear 4n.1699: in fight, with a great mixture of Trees be- + tween them, and ali placed on a rifing Hill, make a very pleafant Profped; as ‘nay be jude’d bythe Draught, [Table III. — N®. 5] There are in the Town 13 Churches, Chapels, Hofpitals, Convents, befide one Nuonery ; wz. the Ecclefia Major or Ca- __thedral, the Jefuits College, which are the chief, and both in fight from the Har- - bour: St. Antonio, Sta. Barbara, both Pa- rifh-Churches; the Francifcans Church, _ and the Dominicans ; and two Convents of Carmelites ; a Chapel for Seamen clofe by the Sea-fide, where Boats commonly land, andthe Seamen go immediately to Prayers; another Chapel for poor People, at the farther end of the fame Street, __ which runs along by the Shore ; anda _ third Chapel for Soldiers , at the edge of _ the Town, remote from the Sea; and an _ Hofpital in the middle of the Town. The —- Nunnery ftands at the outer-edge of the Town next the Fields, wherein by Report, there are 70 Nuns. Here lives an Arch- bifhop who has a fine Palace in the - Town; andthe Governor’s Palace is a fair * Stone-building, and looks handfome to the _ Sea, tho’ but indifferently furnifh’d withs in: both Spaviards and Portuguefe in their Plantations abroad; as I have generally E 2 bs 3 bie cic ciel 4 52 The Governor and Soldiers. An.1699: obferv’d, affecting to have large Houfes ; : but are little. curious about Furniture, ex- - i} cept Pictures fome of them. ‘The Houfes of the Town are 2 or 3 Stories high, the Walls thick and ftrong, being built with | 7 Storie, with a Covering of Pantile; and i@ many of them have Balconies. The prin- oe cipal Streets are large, and al! of them a pav’d or pitch’d with fmall Stones. There are alfo Parades in the mott eminent Places ofthe Town, and many Gardens, as well within the Town as in the Out- parts of it, wherein are Fruit-trees, Herbs, Salladings and Flowers in great variety, butorder’d — with no great Care nor Art. | The Governor who refides here is call’d | Don “fohn de Lancaftario, being defcended, | as they fay, from our Englifb Lancafter Fa- mily ; and he has a refpeCt for our Nation on that account, calling them his Country- men. I waited on him feveral times and always found him very courteous and civil. Here are about 400 Soldiers in Garifon, They commonly draw up and exercife in: a large Parade before the Governor’s Houfe; and many of them attend him when he goes abroad. The Soldiers are decently. clad in brown Linen, which in thefe hot Countries is far betterthan Woollen; but T never faw. any clad in Linen but only thefe. Befide the Soldiers in Pay, he can foon have fome thoufands of Men up in | | Arms sad ee ee ROE Cet ee Pee erate ree, FT The Merchants of Bahia. : 53 Arms on occafion. The Magazine is on 4n.1699- the Skirts of the Town, on a fmall rifing between the Nunnery and the Soldiers | Church. ’?Tis big enough to hold 2 or 3000 Barrels of Powder ; but I was told it feldom has more than 100, fometimes but 80.. There are always a Band of Soldiers to guard it, and Centinels looking out both Day and Night. A great many Merchants always refide at Bahia; for tis.a Place of great Trade : I found here above 30 great Ships from Europe, with two of the King of Portugal’s Ships of War for their Convoy ;_befide two Ships that Traded to Africa only, either to Axgola, Gamba, or other Places on the Coaft of Gainea; and abundance of fall Craft, that only run to and fro oa this Coaft, carrying Commodities from one part of Brazil to another. suis The Merchants that live here are faid to be Rich, and to have many Negra Slaves.in their Houfes, both of Men and Women. Themfelves are chiefly Porta- _ guefe, FPoreigners having but little Com- merce with them; yet here was one Mr. Cock an Englifb Merchant, a very civil Gentleman and of good Repute. He had _ aPatent to be our Exglifb Conful, bus did _ hot care to take upon him any Publick Character, becaufe Ezglifb Ships feldom _ come hither, here having been none in 11 FB 3 Or A \"Vn! 54 Commodities from and to Kurope. 47.1699-or 12 years before this time. Here was “V™ aioa Dane, anda French Merchant or two; | but all have their Effects tranfported to ~ and from Ezrope in Portuguefe Ships, none of any other Nation being admitted to Trade hither. There is a Cuftom-houfe by the Sea-fide, where all Goods imported or exported are entred. And to prevent Abufes there are 5 or 6 Boats that take . their turns to row about the Harbour, fearching any Boats they fufpect to be run- ning of Goods. a ‘The chief Commodities that the Ea- vopean Ships bring hither, are Linnen- cloaths, both courfe and fine ; fome Wool-. lens alfo, as Bays, Searges, Perpetuana’s, . ec. Hats, Stockings, both of Silk and Thread, Bisket-bread , Wheat-flower , Wine (chiefly Port ) Ouil-Olive, Butter, Cheefe, exc. and Salt-beef and Pork would there alfo be good Commodities. . They bring hither alfo Iron, andall fortsofIron- — Tools; Pewter- Veflels of all forts, as Difhes, Plates, Spoons, ec. Looking- glaffes, Beads, and other Toys and the Ships that touch at Sz. ‘fago bring thence, -as I faid, Cotton cloath, which is after- -. ‘wards fent to Azgola. : The European Ships carry from hence Sugar, Tobacco, either in Koll or Snuff, never in Leaf, that | know of: Thefe are the Staple Commodities. Befides which, He ween ters eerses pe NE PE eens cals ets Fay DOF Me NE TYME A OC SY ROPER ay oe ne | Claying of Sagar. ns? Brazil, &c. ‘They alfo carry home raw Hides, Tallow, Train-Oil of Whales, &c. Here arealfo kept tame Monkeys, Parrots, _ Parakites, @&c. which the Seamen’ carry home. : ~ The Sugar of this Country is much bet- ter than that which we bring home from our Plantations: for all the Sugar that is - made here is clay’d, which makes it whiter E _-and finer than our. Mafcovada, as we call our unrefin’d Sugar. Our Planters feldom refine any with Clay , unlefs fometimes a little to fend home as Prefents for their _ Friends in Exgland. Their way of doing it is by taking tome of the whiteft Clay and mixing it with Water, 7cilltis like Cream. - With this they fill up the Pans of Sugar, thatare funk 2 or 3 Inches below the Brim ’ by thedraining of the Molofles out of it: Firft f{craping off the thin hard Cruft of the Sugar that lies at the top, and would hinder the Water of the Clay from foak- ing through the Sugarof the Pan. The refining is made by this Percolation. For ro or 12 days time that the Clayifh Li- - quor lies foaking downthe Pan, the white _ Water whitens the Sugar as it paffes thro’ it; and the grofs Body of the Clay it felf . grows hard on the top, and may be taken off at pleafure ; when fcraping off with a E 4 Knife Be ts Min ig eal KS cs 55 here are Dye-woods, as'Fuftick, oc. with 42.1699: Woods for other ufes, as fpeckled Wood, rww™ 35 ie ai pa 56 ~ Seafon for European Ships. : 4n.1699. Knife the very upper part of the Sugar, VY™ which will bea little fullied, that. which isunderneath will be White almoft to the bottom: and fuchas is called Brazil Sugar is thus Whitened. WhenI was here this Sugar was fold for 50s. per 100 tb.and the — Bottoms of the Pots, which is very courfe Sugar, for about 20 5. per'100 jp. both forts . being then fcarce ; for here was not enough to lade the Ships , and therefore fome of them were to lic here till the next Sea- on. | The Ezropean Ships commonly arrive here in Febraary or March, and they have generally quick Paflages; finding at that - time of che Year brisk Gales to bring them - tathe Line, little Trouble, then, in crof- fing it, and brisk E. N. B., Winds after- wards to bring them hither. They com- monly returs from hence about the latter end of May, or in fume. ?T was faid when I was here that the Ships would fail hence © the 20th day of May; and therefore they were all very bufy, fome in taking in their Goods, others in Careening and making themfelves ready. The Ships that come hither ufually Careen at their firftcoming ; here being a Hulk belonging to the King for that purpofe. This Hulk is unger the charge of the Superintendent I {poke of, who has acertain Sum of Mony forevery — Ship that Careens by her. He alfo nae Stare eo Soc hares oe ° vides Guinea-Irade. Coafting-Trade. 57 ae ee ee Oe ee Oe ee ee RS Sel ee ee er ee ee eee err geihee hs A a ss iy . “ ae pti. vides Firing and other Neceflaries tor that 41.1699. -purpofe: and the Ships do ,commonly * hire of the Merchants here each 2 Cables to moor by all the time they lie here, and fo fave their own Hempen Cables ; ..for thefe-are made of a fort of Hair,. that grows on a certain kindof Trees, hanging down from the Top of their Bodies, and - is very like the black Coyre in the East-In- dies, if not,the fame. . Thefe Cables -are {trong and lafting: And fo much for the Ewropean Ships. | The Ships that ufe. the Gwizea-Trade ___ are {mall Veflels in comparifon of the for- mer. They carry out from.hence Rum, Sugar, the Cotton-cloaths of St,.‘fago, Beads, @c. and bring in return, Gold, Ivory, and Slaves; making very good re- _ turns. : _. The fmall Craft that belong to this Town are chiefly imployed in carrying Exropeaw Goods from Bahia, the Center of the Brafilian Trade, to the other Places.on this Coaft; bringing back hither Sugar, Tobacco, Gc. They are failed chiefly __with Negro-Slaves; and about Chriftmas _thefe are moftly imployed in Whale-kill- ing: for about that time of the Year a fort Whales, as they call them, are very thick —onthisCoaft. ‘They come in alfo into the Harbours and inland Lakes , where the _ Seamen go out and killthem.. The ah of EOF them PE EN RS en Oe Ce eee MY sO a ee Le ee en ee } eS tee ee ee ey eee 58 © Whale-Oyl. Shipping. 4n.1699. them is boyled to Oyl; the Lean is €aten - “V™ by the Slaves and poor People: And I was | told by one that had frequently eaten of ic that the Plefh was very fweet and whole- fome. Thefe are faid to be but fmall . . Whales: yet here are fo many, and fo eafily kill?'d, that they get a great deal of _ Mony by it. ‘Thofe that ftrike them buy their Licence for it of the King: AndI was informed that he receives 30000 Dol- lars per Annum for this Fifhery. All the {mall Veffels that ufe this Coafting Traf- fick are built here; and fo are fome Men of War alfo for the King’sService. There was -onea Building when I washere, a Ship of 400r 50 Guas: And the Timber of this Country is very good and proper for this purpofe. I was told it was very ftrong, and more durable than any we have in Europe: and they have enough of it. As for their Ships that ufe the Ezropean Trade, fome of them that I faw there were Eng- _ lifh built, taken from us by the Frezch dur- ing the late War, and fold by them to the Portugefes** * - Befides Merchants and others that Trade by Sea from this Port, here are other pret- ty Wealthy Men, and feveral Artificers and Trades-men of moft forts, who by Labour and Induftry maintain themfelves. very well; efpecially fuch as can arrive’ at the purchafe of a Negro-Slave or amie : An a“ Carriage in Hammocks. ‘Ye And indeed, excepting People:of the low- An.1699: eft degree of all, here are fearce any bur “WN. _ what keep Slaves in their Houfes. The _ Richer Sort, befides the Slaves of both | Sexes whom they keep for fervile Ufes in their Houfes, have Men-flaves who wait - on them abroad, for State ; either run. ning by their Horfes-fides when they ridé out, or to carry them to and fro on _ their Shoulders in the Town when they _ make fhort Vifitsnear home. Every Gent _ tleman or Merchant is provided with _ Things neceflary for this fort of Carriage. _ The main Thing is a pretty large Cotton _ Hammock of the We.t-India Fathion, but ‘moftly dyed Blue, with large Fringes of _ the fame, hanging down onmeach fide. This ' iscarry’d on the Negro’s Shoulders by the help of a Bambo about 12 or 14 Foot long, _ to which the Hammock is hung; anda Covering comes over the Pole, hanging _. down on each fide like a Curtain : So that the Perfon fo carry’d cannot be feen unlefs he pleafes; but may either ly down, hav- ing Pillows for his Head ; or may fit up _ by being a little fupported with thefe Pil-- lows, and by letting both his Legs hang out over one fide of the Hammock. When he hath a mind to be feen he puts by his Curtain, and falutes every one of his Ac- _ quaintance whom he meets in the Streets : - for they take a piece of Pride in greeting . : ; One = ass? re NS an en ee Sac ae a oe Soa =: .9er here than in. the Weff-Indies, and of “V™ it they make good Plank. The White ~ | Mangrove is larger and tougher than in | the Wefl-Indies ; of thefe they make Mafts wand. Yards for Barks. es _ There grow here Wild or Baftard Co- co. Nut ‘Trees, neither fo large nor fo tall as the common ones in the Ea/t or We/f- Indies. . They bear Nuts asthe others, but’ not a quarter. fo big as the right Coco- © Nuts. The fhell is full of Kernel, with- out any hollow Place or Water in it; and the Kernel is {weet and wholefome, but very hard both for the. Teeth and for Di- | gator: Thefe Nuts are in much efteem or making Beads for Pater-nofter’s, Boles of. Tobacco-pipes, and other Toys: and. every {mall Shop here hasa great many of | them to fell. At the top of thefe Baftard Coco-trees, among the Branches, there grows a fort of. long black Thread like Horfe-hair, but much longer, which by the. Portaguefe is called Trefabo. OF this they make Cables which are very fervice- able, {trong and lafting ; for they will not rot as Cablesmade of Hemp, tho’ they ly expofed both to Wet and Heat. Thefe are. the Cables which I faid they keep in their Harbours here, to let to hire to European Ships, and refemble the Coyre-Cables. Here are three forts of Cotton Trees that, bear Silk-coston. One fort is fuch = i Rae, nave Cotton-Tree of Brazil. have formerly defcribed, [Vol. I. p. 16 5,} 41.1699. by the Name of the Cotton-tree. The“V™ other two forts I never faw any where but here. The Trees of? thefe latter forts are but {mall in comparifon of the former, ee which are reckon’d the biggeft in all the _, Weit-India Woods ; yet are however of a good bignefs and heighth. One of thefe laft forts is not fo full of Branches as the other of them; neither do they produce their Fruic the fame time of the Year: for one fort hadits Fruit juft ripe, and was fhedding its Leaves while the other fort was yet green, and its Fruic fmall and growing, having but newly done bloffom- _ ing; the Tree being as full of young Fruit as an Apple-Tree ordinarily in England. Thefe laft yield very large Pods, about 6. Inches long, and as big as a Man’s Arm. {it is ripe in September and Ofober; then the Pod opens, and the Cotton burfts out | in a great Lump as big as a Man’s Head. They gather thefe Pods before they open : _otherways it would fly all away. Ie _ opens as well after "tis gathered ; and then _ they take out:the Cotton, and preferve it to fill Pillows'and Bolfters, for which ufe ’cis very much efteemed : but’tis fit for no- thing elfe, being fo fhort that it cannot befpun. ’Tis of a tawney Colour; and the Seeds are black, very round, andas . bigasa white Pea. The other fort is ripe ee ER, in 66 Silk-Cotton: Cotton. Fruits. An.1699.in March or | April. ‘The Fruit or Pod is likea large Apple; and veryround. The out:fide Shell is asthickas the top of ones Finger. Within this there is a very thin ~~ whitifh Bag or Skin which inclofeth the — : Cotton. Whenthe Cotton-Apple is ripe : the outer thick green Shell fplits it felf into , | 5 equal parts from Stemb to Tail,and drops off, leaving the Cotton hanging upon the Stemb, ‘only pent up in its fine Bag. A day or two afterwards the Cotton {wells by the heat of the Sun , breaks the Bag and burfts out, as big asa Man’s Head: And then as the: Wind blows ’tis by degrees driven away, a little ata time, out of the Bag that ftill hangs upon the Stemb, and is {catter’'d about the Fields; the Bag foon following the Cotton, and the Stemb the Bag. Here is alfo a little of the right Weft-India Cotton Shrub ; but none of the Cotton is exported, nor do they make much Cloth of it. : This Country produces great variety of fine Fruits, as very good Oranges of 3 or 4 forts ; (efpecially one fort of China Oran- _ ges;) Limes in abundance, Pomgranets, Pomecitrons, Plantains, Bonano’s, right Coco-nuts, Guava’s, Coco-plumbs, (call’d here Munfberos’s) Wild-Grapes, fuchas I have defcrib’d [Vol. If. Part 2. p. 46 .] befide fuch Grapes as grow in Europe. Here are alfo Hog-plumbs, Cultard-Ap- > | ples, | _— Mi 5 5 ‘ : Brafilian Fruits : The Sour-fop. 67 » ples, Sour.fops., Cafbews , Papah’s (called 4.1699, 2 per Paces Fennipah’s ( called here “V™ _ Feani-papal?s) Manchineel- Apples and Man- j go’s. . Mango’s are yet but rare here: J _ faw none of them but in the Fe/uit’s Gar- den, which has.a great many, fine Fruits,. . and fome Cinamon-trees... Thefe, both of _ them, were firft brought from the Eaits | | Indies, and they, thrive here very well? | - 80 do Pumplemuffes, brought alfo from thence; and both China and Sevil Oranges __ are here very plentiful as well as good, _ .. The Sour-fop (as we call it) is a large Fruit as big asa Man’s Head, - of a long or _ oval Shape, and of a green Colour ; but one fide is Yellowifh when ripe. The out- _ fide Rind or Coat is pretty thick, and very _ rough, with {mall fharp Knobs; the ine — fide is full of {pungy Pulp, ‘within which _ alfo are many black Seeds or Kernels, in thape and bignefs like a Pumkin+feed, _ The Pulp is very juicy, ofa pleafant Tafte, _ and wholefome. You fuck the Juicd out _ of the Pulp, and fo fpit it out. The Tree __ or Shrub that bears this Fruit grows about jo or 12 Foot high, with a fmall fhort | Body ; the Branches growing pretty ftrait up; for I did never fee any of them fpread abroad. The Twigs are flender and tough; and fo is the-Stemb of the Fruit. This Fruit grows alfo both in the | East and VV est-Indies. *. Fe The A L te" = 68 The Cafhew-Fruit, and Jenipah. An.1699- ‘The Cafbew isa Fruit as big as a Pippin, AV™ pretty long, and bigger near the Stemb ; than at the other end, growing tapering. | The Rind is fmooth and thin, of ared and yellow Colour.The Seed of thisFruit grows at the end of it; ’tis of an Olive Colour fhaped like a Bean, and about the fame | bignefs, but not altogether fo flat. The Tree is as big as an Appletree, with Branches not thick,yet {preading off. The . - Boughs are grofs, the Leaves broad and round, and in fubftance pretty thick. This Fruit is foft and fpongy when ripe, and fo full of Juice that in biting it the Juice will run out‘on both fides of ones Mouths. It is very pleafant, and gratefully rough on the Tongue; and.is accounted a very wholefome Fruit.. ‘This grows both in the East and West Indies, where I have {een and eaten of it. The Fenipah or Fenipapab is a fort of ‘ Fruit of the Calabafh or Gourd-kind. It | ! ES is about the bignefs of a Duck-Egg, and | - fomewhat of an Oval Shape ; and is of a grey Colour. The Shellis not altogether — fo thick nor hard as a Calabafh : ’Tis full pe of whitifh Pulp mixt with {mall fiat Seeds ; and both Pulpand Seeds muft be taken in- to the Mouth, where fucking out the Pulp you fpit out Seeds. It is of a fharp and -pleafing Tafte, and is very innocent. . The ‘Tree that bears it is much like an Afh, {trait = ftrait-hodied , and of a good heighth ; clean from Limbs till near the top, where there branches forth a fmall Head. The Rind is of a pale grey, and fo is the Fruit. . Weus’d of this Tree to make Helvesor Handles for Axes (for which it is very pro- per) in the Bay of Campeachy; wherel have feen of them, and no where elfe but here. Befide thefe,here are many forts of Fruits which I have not met with any where but here; as Arifah’s, Mericafah’s, Petango’s, exc. Arifah’s ave an excellent Fruit, not much bigger than alarge Cherry; fhaped like a Catherine-Pear, being {mall at the Stemb, and {welling bigger towards, the have fmall Seeds as big as Muftard-Seeds. They are fomewhat tart,yet pleafant,and ve- j _ ry wholfom,and maybe eaten by fick People. Mericafah’s, are an excellent Fruit, of which there aretwo forts; one growing ona {mall Tree or Shrub, which ts count- ed the beft; the other growing ona kind of Shrub like a Vine, which they plant about Arbours to make a fhade, having many broad Leaves. The Fruit is as big The Arifah- Fruit, and Mericafah. 69 4n.1699- _end. They are ofa greenifh colour, and | as a {mall Orange, round and green. When — they are ripe they are foft and fit to eat; full of white pulp mixt thick with Jitrle black Seeds, and there is no feparating one from the other, till they are in your ‘f RK 3 Mouth ; be Sa aS 1 NS i aah chs ta - 4 " bg Rh ak oe aD 2 athe 8 5 is eae hae iady S AE Ee ee eoRe es 1 eT iAperee SET ee eT RES TT 4 * , 7° Petango. Petumbo. Mungaroo, yc. 4x.1699- Mouth ; when you fuck in the white Pulp and {pit out the Stones. They are tart, — pleafant, and very wholfome. Petango’s are a {mall ved Fruit, that | grow alfo on {mall Trees, and are as big as Cherries, but not fo Globular, having “one flat fide, andalfo 5 or 6 {mall protule- rant Ridges. Tis a. very pleafant tart Fruit, and hasa pretty large flattifh Stone in the middle. | _ Petumbo’s, are a yellow Fruit ( grow- — ing on a fhrub like a Vine) bigger than Cherries, with a pretty large Stone: Thele are {weet, but rough inthe Mouth. _Mungaroo’s, are a Fruit as big as Cher- ries, red on one fide and white on the o- ther fide: They are faid to be full of fmall Seeds, which are commonly fwallowed ih - eating them. a f, Muckifbaw’s, are {aid to be a Fruit as big as Crab-Apples, growing on large Trees. They have alfo {mall Seeds in the mid- die, and are well tafted. _ « Ingwa’s, are a Fruit like the Locuft- ‘Fruit, 4 Inches long, and one broad. They grow on high Trees. ive thaebiia Otee, is a Fruit as big-as a large Coco- Nut. It-hath a Husk on the outfide, and a large Stone within, and is a-accounted a ‘very fine Fruit. fon tins dad ai Mafteran- Tee ee ee ee eee ee ee Se ee Fee eee ee wee, pe ee SONA ORS gO ke. PP ot, oe ee re 20 7e Oo \ ; { Mufteran-de-ova. Palm-berry, &c. 71 Mauafteran-de-ova’s, are a round Fruit as 42.1699. _ big as large Hazel-Nuts, cover’d with thin ‘ brittle fhells of a blackifh colour: They havea fmall Stone in the middle, inclofed within a black pulpy fubftance, which is _ of a pleafant tafte. The outfide fhell is chewed with the Fruit, and fpit out with the Stone, when the pulp is fuck’d from / them. The Tree that bears this Fruit is . tall, large, and very hard Wood. Ihave nat feen any of thefe five laft named Fruits, but had them thus defcribed to me by an Irifo Inhabitant of Bahia 5 tho’ as to this laft, I am apt to believe, I may have both feen and eaten of them in Achéa in Su- _ matra. | | ~ Palm-Berries (called here Dendees) grow plentifully about Bahia; the largeft are as big as Wall-nuts; they grow in bunches on the top of the Body of the Tree, a- mong the Roots of the Branches or Leaves, _as all Fruits of the Palm kind do. ~'Thefe are the fame kind of Berries or Nuts as thofe they make the Palm-Oyl with on the ' Coaft of Gainea, where they abound : And . I was told that they make Oyl withthem . . - here alfo. They Poislersiries roaft and eat them ; but when] had one roafted to prove it, I did not like it. Phyfick-Nuts, as our Seamen call them, ; are called here Piveon ; and Agnus Cajftus ' is calledhere Carrepat: Thefe both grow hie hed here: Sy. a= Se eee i SONS aS wig TT Se he aie ear ig ae oe sai 5 ees ae ee ee A ee Pe Be en = Se Sa eS ee a 7 oA te bn ee RT ee a ee ee ee ee, ee ee ee 72 — Brafilian Fruits, Roots, and Herbs. - 4n.1699. here: fo do Mendibees, a Fruit like Phyfick- _YN™ Nuts. They {corch them in a Pan over the : fire before they eat them. i Here are alfo great plenty of Cabbage- Trees, and other Fruits, which I did not get information about, and which I had ‘not the opportunity of feeing; becaufe this was not the Seafon,it being our Spring, and confequently their Autumn, when their beft Fruits were gone, tho’ fome were left. However I faw abundance of wild Berries in the Woods and Field, but I could not learn their Names or Nature. They have withal good plenty of ground Fruit, as Callavances, Pine-Apples, Pum- kins, Water-Melons, Musk-Melons, Cu- cumbers; and Roots, as Yams, Potato’s Caflava’s, cc. Garden Herbs alfo good ftore; as Cabbages, Turnips, Onions, Leeks, and abundance of other Salading, and for the Pot. Drugs of feveral forts, viz. Saflafras, Snake-Root, @c. Befide the Woods I mentioned for Dying, and other Ufes, as Fuftick, Speckled-wood, ce. I brought home with me from hence a sood number of Plants, dried between the’ leaves of Books ; of fome of the choiceft of which, that are not {poil’d, I may givea — Specimen at the Exd of the Book. Here are faid to be great plenty and va- riety of Wild:Fow],uzz. Yemma’s,Maccaw’s Cwhich are called here fackoo’s, and are alarger fort of Parrots, and fcarcer) Par- Ra hes Ho POEs, A Pr Birds. The Yemma, and | Crows. #8 tt 5 gata ee 73 rets, Parakites, Flamingo’s, Carrion-Crows, 47.1699- Chattering-Crows, Cockrecoes, Bill-Birds finely painted, Correfoes, .Doves, Pigeons, Fenetees, Clocking-Hens, Crabcatchers, Galdens ,‘ Currecoo’s, Mofcovy Ducks, common Ducks, Widgeons, ‘Teal, Cur- lews, Men of War Birds, Booby’s, Nod- dy’s, Pelicans, Cc. : The Yemma is bigger than a Swan, grey- _ feathered, with a long thick fharp-point- ed Bill. ) The Carrion-Crow and Chattering- Crows, are called here Mackeraw’s, and are like thofe I defcribed in the We/-Indies, [ Vol. Vl. Pare Ul. p.67.] The Bill of the Chattering-Crow 1s black, and the Upper- Bill is round, bending downwards like a Hawks-Bill, rifing up in a ridge almoft femicircular, and very fharp, both at the Ridge or Convexity, and at the ha or Extremity: The Lower-Bill is flat and fhuts even with it. Iwas told by a Por- tegueze here, that their Negro-Wenches -make Love- Potions with thefe Birds. And the Portuguefe care not to let them have any of thefe Birds, to keep them from that Superftition: As I found one Afternoon when I was in the Fields with a Padre and another, who fhot two of them, and hid them, as they faid, for that reafon. They are not good Food, but their Bills are reckoned a good Antidote againft Poi- in a atl The PNW Te OMe a i < F i 4. Bill-bird. Currefo. Turtle-Dove, &c. \ A7.1699. The Bill-Birds are fo called by the Ex- — ; ~~ glifb, from their monftrous Bills, which | are as bigas their Bodies. I faw none of thefe Birds here, but faw feveral of the 7 Breafts flea’d offarid dried, for the beau- | ty of them; the Feathers were curioufly colour’d with red, yellow, and Orange- I colour. — _ The Carrefo’s ( called here Mackeraw’s) e are fuch as are in the Bay of Campeachy ~ a, [Vol. 2. Part 2. p. 67.) a a , Turtle-Doves are in great plenty here ; | and two forts of Wild Pigeons ; the one | | fort blackifh, the otHer a light grey: The blackifh or dark grey are the bigger, be- ing as large as our Wood-Quefts, or Wood- Pigeons in Exgland, Both forts are very good Meat ; and are in fuch plenty from May till September, that a Man may fhoot 8 or 10 Dozen in feveral Shots at one ftanding, ina clofe mifty Morning, when they come to feed on Berries that grow in the Woods. ; The Fenetce is a Bird as big as a Lark, with blackifh Feathers, and yellow Legs and Feet. "Tis accounted very wholfom Food. ; a se Clocking-Hens, are. much like the Crab- catchers, which Ihave defcribed [Vol, TT. Part 2. p. 70.) but the Legs are not alto- gether fo long. They keep always in {wampy wet places, tho’ their il ike ~ Birds of the Heron-kind, &c. 75 like Land-Fowl’s Claws. They make a 4n.1699: Noife or Clack like our Brood-Hens, or “VN - Dunghil-Hens, when they have Chickens, and for that: reafon they arecalled by the Exglifb Clocking Hens. ‘There arémany of them in the Bay of Campeachy (tho I omitted to {peak of them there) and elfe-. where in the Weft-Indies. Thereareboth . - . here and there four forts of thefe long- a8 leg’d Fowls, near a-kin to each other, as fo many Swb-Species of the fame Kind ; _ wiz. Crab catchers, Clocking-Hens, Gal- _ dens ( which three are in fhape and co- . lour like Herons in Evxgland, but lefs; thé Galden, the-biggeft of the three, the Crab- _ catcher the fmalleft ;}) and a fourth fort _ which are black, but fhaped like the other, _ having long Legs and fhort Tails; thefe are about the bignefs of Crab-catchers, and _ feed as they do. Piles _ Carrecoos, are Water Fowls, as big as _ pretty large Chickens, of a bluifh colour, _ _ with fhort Legs and Tail; they feed al- _ fo in {wampy Ground, and are very good ' Meat. I have not feen of them elfe- | where. — ! ' The Wild-Ducks here are faid to be » of two forts, the Mafcovy, and the com- ' mon-Ducks. Inthe wet Seafon here are _ abundance of them, but in the dry time _ but few. Wigeon and Teal alfo are faid _ to bein great plenty here in the wet Sea-_ 76 Oftridges. Dunghil-Fowl, Beafts,&c. 47.1699. Tethe Southward of Bahia there are al- “V™ fo Oftridges in great plenty, tho’, ’tisfaid, — they are not fo large as thofe of Africa: — They are found chiefly in the Southern | Parts of Brafil, efpecially among the large Savanahs near the River of Plate; and ‘from thence further South towards the Streights of Magellan. As for Tamé Fow] at Bahia, the chief | befide their Ducks, are Dunghil-Fowls, — | of which they have two forts; one fort much of the fize of our Cocks and Hens; the other very large: and the Feathers of thefe laft are a long time coming forth; fo that you fee them very naked when half grown; -but when they are full grown and well feathered, they appear very large Fowls,. as indeed they are ; neither do they want for price; for they are fold at Bahia for half a Crown or three Shillings apiece, juft as they are brought firft to Market out of the Countrey, when they are fo lean as to be fcarce fit to Eat. | The Land Animals here are Horfes, © black Cattle, Sheep,, Goats, Rabbits, Hogs, Leopards,‘ Tigers, Foxes, Mon- keys, Pecary (a fort of wild Hogs, called here Pica) Armadillo, Alligaters, Guano’s (called Qustiee) Lizards, Serpents, Toads, Frogs, and a fort of Amphibious Crea- tures called by the Fortaguefe Cachora’s de — agua, in Englifh Water-Dogs. , The 2 Buel eete Saleh ie NN CaN, SOs, ee ee rm Se ee a ee ee eee 2 : are hy _. Wild-Beafts. Serpents. Amphisbena. 77 The Leopards and Tigers of this Coun- 42.1699. try are faid to be large and very fierce: | _ But here on the Coaft they are, either de- | _ ftroyed, or driven back towards the heart of the Country ; and therefore are feldom | _ found but in the Borders and Out-planta- tions, where they oftentimes do Mifchief. Here are three or four forts of Monkeys, of different Sizes and.Colours. One fort is very large; and another fort is very _ fmall: Thefe laft are ugly in Shape and _ Feature, and have a ftrong Scent of Musk. | 7 _ _Hereare feveral forts of Serpents, many of them vaftly great, and moft of them ' very venomous: As the Rattle-fnake for one: and for Venome, a fmall Green _ Snake is bad enough , no bigger than the ' Stemb of a Tobacco-pipe, and about 18 » Inches long, very common here. _.. They have here alfo the Amphisbena, or _ Two-headed Snake ,\ of a grey Colour, mixt with blackifh Stripes, whofe Bite is -reckon’d to be incurable. ’Tis faid to be blind, tho’ it has two fmall Specks in each | Head like Eyes: but whether it fees or not - I cannot tell. They fay it lives like a ~ Mole, moftly under Ground; and that - when it is found above Ground it iseafily _ kill’d, becaufe it moves but flowly: Nei- _ ther is its Sight (if it hath any) fo good as _ to difcern any one that comes near to Kill , peo i “eget | = ie. ae Or ae ra Neen ty ti 4 . : ce me 78. , Land.and Water-Serpents.' - 4n.1699.as few of thefe Creatures fly ata Man, or / ““v'~hurt him but when he comes in their Way. Tis about 14 Inches long, and about the bignefs of the inner joint of a, Man’s mid- dle Finger ;* being of one and the fame bignefs from one end to the other, with a Head at each end, (as they faid ; forI cannot vouch it, for one I had was cut fhort at one end) and both alike in fhape _and bignefs; and tis faid to move with _ either Head formoft, indifferently ; whence "tis called by the Portugueze, Cobra de dos Cabefas, the Snake with two Heads. The {mall black Snake is a very veno- mous Creature. : There is alfoa grey Snake, with red and brown Spots all over its Back. .*Tis as big as a Man’s Arm, and about 3 Foot long, and is faid tobe venomous. I faw one of thefe. Herearetwo forts of very large Snakes or Serpents: One of ’em a Land-{nake, the other a Water--{nake. The Land- {nake is of a grey colour, andabout 18 or 20 Foot long: Not very Venomous, but Ravenous. I was promifed the fight of one of their Skins, but wanted opportu- nity. The Water-fnake is faid to be near 30 Foot long. Thefe live wholly in the Wa- ter, either in large Rivers, or great Lakes, and prey upon any Creature that comes : within ei OT SS j Great Water-Snake of Brazil. _ within their reach, be it Man or Beaft.4n.1699. _ They draw their Prey to them with their Tails: for when they fee any thing on the _ Banks of the River or Lake where they lurk, .they. fwing about their Tails 10 or 12 Foot over. the Bank ; and. whatever ttands within their Sweep is {natcht with great Violence into the River, and drown- _ edby them. Nay ’tis reported very cre- _ dibly that if they fee only a fhade of any - Animal at all on the Water, they will : flourifh their Tails to bring in the Man or _. Beaft whofe fhade they fee, : and are often- times too fuccefsful in it. Wherefore Men _ that have Bufinefs near any place where _ -thefe Water-Monfters are fufpected to lurk, - ate always provided with a Gun, which _ they often fire, and that {cares them.away, or keeps them quiet. They are faid to - have great Heads, and ftrong Teeth a- _ bout 6Incheslong. Iwas told by an Irifh Man who lived here, that his Wives Fa- RSI ea AE RE _ ther was very near being taken by one of _ them about the time of my firft Arrival . here, when his Father was with him up in _ the Country: for the Beaft flourifht his _ Tail for him, but came not nigh enough _ bya yard or two ;. however it {cared him . fufficiently. . ; ; _« The Amphibious Creatures here which. - I faid are called by the Portaguefe Cachora’s de Agua, or Water-dogs, are faid to beas big 79 Ba: 80 Cuchora de Agua. Fi/h, Shell-Fi/h. — 4#.1699. big as {mall Maftives, and are all hairy and — : ‘fhagey from Head to Tail. They have - 4 fhort Legs, a pretty long Head and Short Tail; and are of ablackifh colour. They live in frefh Water-ponds, and of- tentimescome afhoreand Sun themfelves ; but retire to the Water if affaulted. They ~ areeaten, and faid to be good Food. Se- veral of thefe Creatures which I have now fpoken of I have not feen, but inform’d my felf'about them while I was here at Bahia, from fober and fenfible Perions a- mong the Inhabitants, among whom I met with fome that could fpeak Exglijh. ~ In the Sea upon this Coaft there is great ftore and diverfity of Fifh,vé=. Jew-fifh, for ‘which there isa great Market at Bahia in Lent : Tarpom’s, Maullets, Groopers, Snooks, Gar-fifh (called here Goolion’s), Goraffes, Barrama’s, Coquinda’s, Caval- lie’s, Cuchora’s ( or Dog-fifh) Conger- Reles, Herrings (as I was told) the Ser- rew, the Olio de Boy, (1 write and fpell them juft as they were named to me) Whales, cc. | Here is alfo Shell-fifh (tho’ in lefs plenty - about Bahia than on other parts of the Coaft) viz. Lobfters, Craw-fith, Shrimps, Crabs, Oyfters of the common fort, Conchs, Wilks, Cockles, Mufcles, Perri- winkles, cre. Hereare three forts of Sea- Turtle, vzz. Hawksbill, Loggerhead, and 3 Green ; © Green-Turtle. Hawks-bill Turtle. S81 9 — Green: but none of them ‘are in any 4#.1699: efteem , neither Spaniards nor Portuguese ; loving them: Nay they have a great An- tipathy againft them, and would much ra- | ther eat a Porpofe, tho’ our Exg/ifb count _ the Green Turtle very extraordinary Food. _ The Reafon that iscommonly given in the. _ West-Indies for the Spaniards not caring to _ eatof them, is the fear they have left-be- | ingufually foul-bodied, and many of them ' pox’d (lying, as they do, fo promifcuouf- ' ly with their Negrines and other She- flaves) they fhould break out loathfomely like Lepers; which this fort of Food, ’tis - _ faid, does muchincline Men todo, fearch- _ ing the Body, and driving out any fuch ' grofs Humors: for which caufe many of ' our Enxglib Valetudinarians ‘have gone | from, Jamaica (tho? there they have alfo ' Turtle) to the I. Caimanes, at the Laying- ' time, to live wholly upon Turtle that ' thenabound there; purpofely to havetheir Bodies fcour’d by this Food, and their Di- | ftempers driven out: and have been faid ' to have found many of them good Succefs © ' init. Butthisbythe way. The Hawkf- _ bill-Turtle on this Coaft of Brazi/ is moft ers ? fought after of any, for its Shell,.which * » by Report of thofeI have convers’d with ) at Bahkia,; is the cleareft and beft-clouded ~~ | Tortoife-fhell inthe World. I hadfome ~~ | of it hewn me, which-was indeed as good | i G as oe) TT Es, SRE US ee ny mene 2 Dying = aa St Paul's. yo'c..'4 n Brazil. An.1699.a5 TE ‘ever faw. They get a pretty dealof ~ it in fome Parts on this Coaft; but ’tis ve- . ry dear. es Befides this Port of Bahia de todos los San- tos, there are two more principal Ports on Brazil, where European Ships Trade, viz. Pernambuc and Ria Faneira; andl was. told that there go as many Ships to each of thefe Places as to-Bahia, and. two Men of War toeach Place for their Convoys. Of the other Ports in this Country noné is — of greater Note than that of St..Pawl’s, where they gather much Gold; butthe ~ ‘Inhabitants are faid to be a fort of Banditti, © or loofe People that live under no Govern- ment: but their Gold brings them all forts — of Commodities that they need, as’Cloths, Arms, Ammunition, Gc. The Town is faid- to be large and ftrong. a Ge The Contents. | | 83 1 "°C HAPS Tie The As Stay and Bufinefi at Bahia : | Of the Winds, and Seafons of the Year there. His departure for N. Holland. CC. Salvadore." The Winds on the Brafilian Coaft ; and 42.1699; Vv 4 Abrohlo Shoal ; Fifh, and Birds : ‘The Shear-water Bird, and Cook- = ing of Sharks. Exceffive number of Birds about a dead Whale ; of the Pintado-Bird, and the Petrel, 7 &¢e. Of a Bird that shews the C. . of G. Hope to be near : of the Sea- _ “ reckoniigs, and Variations: and a > Table of all the Variations obfere’d | in this Voyage. Occurrences near thé Cape ; and the A.’s paffing by it. Of the Wefterly Winds beyond it :. | A Storm, and its Prefages. The A’s Courfe to N. Holland ; and Signs of approaching it. Another Abrohlo Shole and Storm, and the A.’s Arrival on part of N: Holz _ . Jarid. That part defcrib’d ; and ~ Shark’s Bay, where he firft Anz 2 G3 chor; i ~ a See ; a co ae Ee De 4 - E . z 4b 3 a Be ee Als ftay at Bahia’ : chors. Of the Land there, Vege- tables, Birds; &c. A particular fort of Guano: Fifh, and beauti- ful Shells ; Turtle , large Shark, and Water-Serpents. The A’s removing to another part of N. Holland : ‘Dolphins, Whales, and more Sea-Serpents: and of a Paf- fase or Streight fufpected bere: — Of the Vegetables, Birds , and Fifh. He anchors on a third Part of N. Holland, and digs Wells, but brackifh. . Of the Inhabitants u Cee a4, best et Se ‘2 Le ee ee ES STO, oe. See Cee there, the great Tides, the Vegeta- bles and Animals, &c. « W AY ftay here at Bahia was about a _ ‘Vai. Month: during which time the Vice Roy of Gea came hither from thence ina great Ship, faid to berichlyladen with all forts of Izdia Goods ; but fhe did not break Bulk here, being bound home for _ : Lisbon: only the Vice-Roy intended to re. frefh his Men’ (of whom he kad loft many, and moft of the reft were very fickly, having been 4 Months in their Voyage hi- ther) and foto take in Water, and depart for Exrope, in Company with the other © UP or- 6 ey ig Dt 2 A i a a Seca iat rah hk Lio Kashi IS a ea a ry ei tk on RUE cate og 6 a ee Saks ; e ey a. , 4 a : and Preparation to go away. 85 | Portuguefe Ships thither Bound ; who %.1699. | had Orders to. be ready to Sail by the “YY twentieth of Ma. He defir’d me to car- . ' ry a Letter for him, directed to his Suc- ceflor, the new Vice-Roy of Goa: Which I did; fending it thither afterwards by | (Captain Hammond, whom 1 found near | the Cape of Good Hope. The, Refrefh- ' ing my Men, and taking in Water, was _ the main alfo of my Bufinefs here ; be- « _ fide the having the better opportuni- ty, to compofe the Diforders among my Crew : Which, as I have before relat- _ ed,-were grown to fo great a Heighth, ' ‘that they could not without great Dif- | ficulty be appeafed : However, finding Opportunity, during my flay inthis Place, ' to allay in fome meafure the Ferment that had been raifed among my Men, _ Inow fet my felf to provide for the car- rying on of my Voyage with more Heart than before, and put all Hands to work, in order to it, as faft as the backwardnefs. ofmy Men would per- mit-; who fhew’d continually their un- | willingnefs to. proceed farther. Befides, | their Heads were generally filld wih | ftrange Notions of Southerly Winds | that were now fetting in (and there had been already fome Flurries of them) — DC eeigs 3 which, ei eh STS NES Ty tee ee Oe Ct a a ee 86 Of the Winds and Seafons at- Bahia, ~ An. 1699. which, as they furmiz’d, would hindér “Y™ any farther’ Attempts of going on to” the Southward, fo long as they fhould Jaft. _ The Winds begin to fhift here in i 7 ia ) i 4 | April and September, and the Seafons of the Year (the Dry and the Wet) alter | with them. In Apri the Southerly Winds make their entrance on this . Coaft, bringing in the Wet Seafon, with violent ‘Tornado’s, ‘Thunder and Lighe- ning, and much Rain. In September the other Coafting Trade,. at Eaft North. Raft comes in, and clears the Sky, bring- of Wind, is what I have obferv’d Vol. II. Part 3. p. 19. but as to the change of Weather accompanying it fo exactly here at Babia, this is a particulat Excep- other Places of South Latitudes that ¥ have been in between the Tropicks , or thofe I have heard of ; for there the Dry Seafons fets in, in April; and. the Wet about Odtober or November , fooner or ing fair Weather. This, as tothechange — ,tion to what I have Experienc’d in all | later (as I have faid that they are, inSouth _ Latitudes, the Reverfe of the Seafons, or Weather, inthe fame Months in N.La- titudes Vol. If. Part 3.p.77.) whereas on — this Coaft of Brazil, the Wet Seafon : comes ii Seafon for cutting Sugar-canes, 87 comes in in April, at the fame time chat dm1699-° it doth in N. Latitudes, and the Dry @s‘“V¥™ ' Ihave faid here) in September, the Rains | here not lafting fo far in the year as in o- f . ther Places: for in September the Weather 4 «- | | is ufually fo fair, that in the latter partof = that Month they begin to cut their Su- ‘gar-Canes here, as I was told ; for I en- quired particularly about the Seafons : Though this, as to. the Seafon of cut- ting of Canes, which I was now af- fur’d to be in September, agrees not very |. well, with what I was formerly told [Vol. If. Part 3. p.82.] that in Brazil they cut the Canes in ‘faly. And fo, as to what is faid a little lower in the fame Page, that in managing their Canes they are not confin’d to the Seafons, this oughr ) to have been exprefs’d only. of Planting” a » them; for they never cut them but in the 4 4 _ Dry Seafon. ae il #) ' But to return to the Southerly Winds, © he which came in (as I expected they would) while I was here : Thefe daunted my | Ship’s Company very much, tho’ I had. q told them they. were to look for them: ® But they being ignorant asto what Itold * them farther, that thefe were only Coaft-- 3 | ing-Winds, fweeping the Shore to abour = Ie 40.0r 50 Leagues in breadth from it; and | - imagining that they had blown fo all the | Im Sea over, between. America and Africa, | G4 and. 2% 4 ee eee ee Pe Mii ES aoe Sd aa On ay ie “ 88 _ Watering-place at Bahia ; | 4n.1699.and being confirm’d in this their Opinion | “WV™ by the Portuguefe Pilots of the European q _ Ships, with whom feveral. of my Officers | converfed much, and who were them- | | felves as ignorant that thefe were only m Coafting Trade-Winds (themfelves going i _ away before them, in their return home- wards, till they crofs the Line, and fo ha- ving no experience of the Breadth of them) | being thus poffefs’d with a Conceit that }- we could not Sail from hence till September; | this made them ftill the more remifs in | _ their Duties, and very liftlefs to the gete a. ting Things in a readinefs for our Depar- } . ture. However I was the more. diligent ih my Self to have the Ship fcrub’d, and to fend my Water-Casks afhore to get them trim’d, my Beer being now out. I went. : alfo to the Governor to get my Water ~filPd; for here being but one Watering- a place (and the Water running low, now =” : at the end of the Dry Seafon) it was al- a ways fo crouded with the Earopean Ships ro Boats, who were preparing to be gone, a thar my Men could feldom come nigh it, till the Governor very kindly fent an Of 3 ficer to clear the Water-place for my Men, and to ftay there till my Wates-Casks were all full, whom 1 fatished for his Pains. — 4 Herel alfo got Aboard g or 10 Tun of ,~ a - Ballaft, and made’my Boatfwain fit the ~ ; deh : Rig- and pleafant Fields about it. 89 Rigging that was amifs: and ¥ enquired 4.3699 alfo of my particular Officers whofe Bu- ~ finefs it was, whether ‘they wanted any Stores, efpecially Pitch and Tar; for that here I wou’d fupply. my felf before I pro- ceeded any farther : but they fay they had enough, tho’ it did not afterwards prove fo. I commonly went afhore every day, either upon Bufinefs, or to recreate my felf in the Fields, which were very plea- fant, and the more for a fhower of Rain now andthen, that ufhers in the Wet Sea- fon. Several forts of good Fruits were al- fo ftill remaining, efpecially Oranges , which were in fuch plenty, that I and all my Company ftock’d our felves for our ~ \ Voyage with them, and they did us a _ great kindnefs; and we took in alfoa good quantity of Rum and Sugar: But for Fowls, they being here lean and dear, I was glad I had ftockt my felf at St. Fago. But by the little care my Officers took for freth Provifions, one might conclude, they did not think of going much farther. Be- fides, 1 had like to have been imbroiled with the Clergy here (of the lxquifition, as I fuppofe) and fo my Voyage might have been hindred. What was faid to ‘them of me, by fome of my Company that went afhore, I know not; but was affurd by a Merchant there, that if they got me into their Clutches (and it Be eR hts a re fet i e950 The ‘A.’s departure from Bahia. _ Ax, x695- it feenis, when I was laft afhore they had _ “Y™ narrowly watch’d me) the Governor him-' felf could not releafe me. Befides I might either be murther’d in the Streets, as he fent me ,word, or Poyfoned, if I came a- Bic. Thore any more;. and therefore he advifed | _ meto ftay aboard. Indéed I had now no i further Bufinefs afhore but to take leave of | the Governor, and therefore took his Ad- > Vices) 48h | } « .. Our Stay here was till the 23d of April. a J would have gone before ifI couldfooner have fitted my felf; but was now earneft | tobegone, becanfe this Harbour liesopen © t tothe S. and S. $. W. which are raging Winds here, and now was the Seafon for ~ them. We had had two orthree Touches of them ; and one pretty fevere: and the | | ‘Ships ride there fo mear each other, that : ifa Cable fhould fail, or an Anchor ftart, | you are inftantly aboard of one Ship or other: and I was more afraid of being dif abled herein Harbour by thefe blultring Winds, than difcouraged by them, as my People were, from profecuting the Voy- age; for at prefent Leven wifh’d fora _ brisk Southerly Wind as foon as f fhould be once well out ofthe Harbour, to fer me: oo the fooner into the True General Trade- ! Wind. : xs he Tide of Flood being fpent, and } having a fine Land-Breez on the 22d. in , ! x the if i w a ‘ { j : ‘ ‘| oe lay by till Day-light that we might fee the had a Pilot belonging to Mr. Cock who went out with me, to whom I gave three - Dollars; but I found I could as well have - gone out my Self, by the Soundings I made » at coming in. The Wind was E. by N, © and fair Weather. By 10 a Clock I was / got paft all danger, and then fent away my © Pilot, At 12 Cape Salvadore bore N..di- ' flant 6 Leagues, and we had the Winds | between the E. by N. and 8. E. a confi- ' derable time, fo that we kept along near the Shore, commonly in fight of it. The eee Blafts had now left us again ; and fhift to other Points (for 10 or 12 days fometimes) before they are quite fet in: And we had uncertain Winds,between Sea and Land-Breezes, and the Coafting- | Trade, which was its felf unfetled. The Eafterly-Winds at prefent made me doubt I fhould not weather a great Shoal which lies in Lat. between 18 deg. and ea, directly from the Land, Eafterly. deed the Weather was fair (and conti- nued foa good while) fothat. I might the better avoid any Danger from ir: and if ‘the Wind came to the Southward I iiew _ better how to go out of the Harbour. 1 - or they, come at firft in fhort Flurries, — 19 deg. S. and runs a great way into the C. Salvador: Winds and Breezes, 91. the Morning, I went away from the An- 4n.1699. _ choring-place before ’ewas light; and then “VW 92 Longitude taken from C. Salvador. 1 4n.1699.1 could ftretch off to Sea; fo that I joge’d “V™ on couragioufly. The 27th'of Aprilwe — _faw a {mall Brigantine under the Shore . _ plying to the Southward. We alfo faw many Men of War-birds and Boobies, and abundance of Albicore-Fifh. Having ftill .. fair Weather, {mall Gales, and fome Calms, I had the opportunity of trying the Current, which f found to fet fome- times Northerly and fometimes Southerly : and therefore knew I was {till within the Verge of the Tides. Being now in the Lat. of the Abroblo Shoals, which Texpe€ted ~ to meet with, I founded, and had Water © leflening from 40 to 33. and foto 25 Fa- © thom: but then it rofe again to 33, 35, -37-c7¢. all Coral Rocks. Whilft we were on this Shoal (which we crofst towards ‘the further part of it from Land, where it lay deep, and fo was not dangerous) we — caught a great many Fifh with Hook and Line; and by evening Amplitude we had 6deg. 38 min. Eaft Variation. ‘This was the 27th of April; we were then in Lat.. — 18 deg. 13 min. S. and Eaft Longitude from Cape Sa/vadore 31 min. On the \ ggth, being then in Lat. 18 deg. 39 min. S. we had {mall Gales from the W. N. W. tothe W.S.W. often fhifcing. The 3oth we had the Winds from W. to S. S. E. Squals and Rain: and we faw fome Dol- phins and other Fifh about us. We-were’ .. | now a q x = 7 Mi ' ' : i we a Ce! eee oo ie a er a ‘ i Fe ee RO eee BOS Ree) | Ten Le NS CARR ee RM er A) ee Ree oa : . t ‘ ; hE Shear-water’s. Shark’s cook’t. ey 4G now out of fight of Land, and had been 41.1699. 7 fo 4 or 5 Days: but the Wind’s now hang- “V~ ing in the South was an apparent Sign that we were ftill too nigh the Shore to - receive the True General Eaft-Trade; as the Hafterly Winds we had before fhew’d _ that we were too far off the Land to have _ the Benefit of the Coafting South-Trade : ‘ and the faintnefs of both thefe Winds, and _ their often fhifting from the S. S. W. to the ! S. E. with Squalls, Rain and fmall Gales, _ were a Confirmation of our being between _ the Verge of the S. Coafting-Trade, and that of the True Trade; which is here, ~ regularly, S. E. | : _. Thethird of Mzy being in Lat. 20 deg. - oo min. and Merid. dittance Weft from _ Cape Salvadore 234 Miles, the Variation ~ ' was 7 deg. co min. We faw no Fowl - but Shear-waters,as our Sea-men call them, being a {mall black Fowl that {weep the _ Water as they fly, and are much in the Seas that lie without either of the Tvopicks : _ they are not eaten. We caught 3 {mall ' Sharks, each 6 Foot 4 Inches long; and _ they were very good Food for us. The next day we caught 3 more Sharks of the fame fize, and we eat them alfo, efteem- ing them as good Fifh boil’d and prefst, and then ftew’d with Vinegar and Pep-' per. ) We POO hah lite Da: gett 62 | bird is as big asa Duck; but appears, as ‘it flies, about the bignefs of a tame Pigeon, having a fhort Tail, but the Wings very fuch as thefe that fly far from the shore, and feldom come nighit: for their Reft- ing is fitting afloat upon the Water ; but three forts of thefe Birds, all of the fame 5 The Tae o | Pintado-birds,Shear-waters,Petrels,&c. 95 _ ting on the Water, waiting to take their dn1699. Turns. We firft difcovered the Whale by mal, White. Some were Shear-waters; fome _ from about 200 Leagues diftant from the © ~ long, as moft Sea-Fowls have ; efpecially _ they lay, Ifuppofe, afhore. There are make and bignefs., and are only different. ” -inColour. The firft is black all over: wee? ke Oe ae 96 ‘An. 1699s dhe, Pins re ene a ree ~~ fn i Oe ee bi ia i a eis et Y Sth ® oe a nes : p * Bits x ae eas The Pintado-bird defcrib'd. ; The fecond fort are grey, with white | Bellies and Breafts. "Thethirdfort, which ~ isthetrue Piztado, or Painted- bird, is CU- | rioufly {potted white and black. Their Heads, and the tips of their Wings and . Tails, are black for about an Inch; and ' their Wings are alfo edg’d quite round — with fucha {mall black Lift ; only within the black on the tip of their Wings there is a white Spot feeming asthey fly (for | then their Spots are beft feen) as big as a | Half-crown. All this ison the outfide of | the Tails and Wings; and as there isa © white Spot in the black Tip of the Wings, © fo there is in the middle of the Wings | ‘which is white, a black Spot; but, this, | towardsthe Back of the Bird, turns gradu-’ | ally to a dark grey.. The Back its felfp | from the Head tothe Tip of the Tail, and © the Edge of the Wings next tothe Back,. — are all over-fpotted with fine fmall, round, white and black Spots, as big as a Silver Two-pence, and asclofeas they can ftick | one by another: The Belly, Thighs, Sides, — and inner part of the Wings are of alight | Grey. Thefe Birds, of all thefe forts, fly — many together, never high, but almolt | fweeping the Water. Wefhot oneawhile — after. on the Water ina Calm, anda Wa- | ter-Spaniel we had: with us brought it in: © have givena Picture of it [See Birds. Fig: | 1.] but it was fo damaged, that the PiGure | doth | hes very much refembles NY Guarauna , defercbed ; + 3 $ P.ge. The Pintado Bre ay ths , 2 a o7 5 ” . i h rm ¢ % 7 5 < “ze % > s + CRS ae * y ‘i : c% o 7 se + “ a4 « The-Petrel. Variation, 97 doth not fhew it to advantage; and its 47.1699. — Spots are beft feen when the Feathers are {pread as it flies. — | ‘ The Petrel is a Bird not much unlike a Swallow, but {maller, and with a fhorter Tail, °Tis all over black, except a white Spot on.the Rump. They fly {weeping like Swallows, and very near the Water. They. are not fo often feen in fair Weather ; _ being Foul-weather Birds, as our Seamen — _ call them,and prefaging a Storm when they ' come about a Ship; who for that Reafon 7 don’t love to fee them. In a Storm they will hover clofe under the Ship’s Stern, in __ the Wake of the Ship (as’tis call’d) or the _ {moothnefs which the Ship’s paffing has ! made on the Sea: and there as-they fly ~ (gently then) they. pat the Water alter- _ nately with their Feet, as if they walke _ upon it; tho’ ftillupon the Wing. And _ from hence the Seamen give them the name _ of Petre/s, in allufion to St. Peter’s walking - upon the Lake of Gennefareth. ; We alfo faw many. Bunches of Sea- weeds in the Lat. of 39. 32. and by Judg- ment, near the Meridian of the Ifland Trz- ftiand Aconha : and then we had about 2 d. 20 min. Eaft Variation; which wasnow “ _ again decreafing as we ran to the Ealtward, till near the Meridian of Afcention; where . we found little or no Variation: But from thence, as weran farther to the Eaft, our Variation increafed Wefterly. artis Ps | Two glean Ss > 0 aU Rad a Sage ek ee, to pee A eat) eect i. sb gine ‘eae fi saa 98 Fowls fhowing theC. of G: Hope near. 4n.1699. Two days before I made the Cape of } “V~ G. Hope, my Variation was 7 deg. 58 min. Weft.. 1 was then in 43 deg. 27 min. Raft Longit. from C. Salvador, being in | Lat. 35 deg. 30 min. this was the firft of | “ye. The fecond of fare 1 faw alarge | black Fowl, with a whitifh flat Bill, fly | by us ; and took great notice Of it, becaufe in the East-India Waggoner, or Pilot-book, . | there is mention made of large Fowls, as | big as Ravens, with white flat Bills and | black Feathers, that fly not above 30 — Leagues from the Cape, and are looktonas | a Sign of ones being nearit. My Reck- | oning made me then think my felf above | go Leagues from the Cape, according to the Longitude which the Cape hath inthe com- | mon Sea-Charts: fo that I was in fome | doubt, whether thefe were the right | Fowls fpoken of in the Waggoner ; or | whether thofe Fowls might nor fly farther © of Shore than is there mentioned; or whe- | ther, as it prov’d, I might not be nearer 1 the Capethan I reckoned my felf to be: for | T found, foon after, that 1 was not then | above 25 or 30 Leagues at moft from the | Cape. Whether the fault were in the 4 Charts laying down the Cape too much to. the Eaft from Brazil, or were rather in our Reckoning, I could ‘nor tell : but our 4 Reckonings are liable to fuch Uncertain- | ries from Steerage, Log, Currents, Half | ; Minute- 3 Re. Pe ieee Ne de eet OURS. . is ‘4 y oe 7 ; 8 , Sa é i B Errors in Ships Reckonings. = 99 Minute.Glaffes , and fometimes want of 47.1699: Care, asin folong a Run caufe often a dif- ference of many Leagues in the whole Ac- count. sie | -Moft of my Men that kept Journals im- puted it to the Half-Minute-glaffes ; and indeed we had nota good Glafs in the Ship _ befide the Half-watch or Two Hour-Glaf- - fes. As for our Half-Minute-Glafles we - tried them all at feveral times, and we found thofe that we had us’d from Brazil as much too fhort, as others we had us’d _ before were too long: which might well . — ‘make. great Errors in thofe feveral Reck- ° onings. A Ship ought therefore to have its Glaffes very exact: and befides, an ex- traordinary Care ought to be ufed in heav- ‘ing the Log, for fear of giving too much Stray-Line in a moderate Gale ; and.alfo to : ftop quickly in a brisk Gale; for when a ~ Shipruns 8, 9, or 10 Knots, half a Knot ora Knot isfoonrun out, and not heeded: But to prevent danger, whena Man thinks. » himfelf near Land, the beft way is to look ' out betimes, and lie by in the Night: for aCommander may err eafily himfelf; be- - fide the Errors of thofe under him, tho’ im never fo carefully eyed,. ; Another thing that ftumbled me-here was the Variation, which, at this time, by the laft Amplitude I had I found to be but 7 deg. 58 min. W. whereasthe Variation | ‘a 2 - at v 100 Difficulties in taking the Variation. An-1659-at the Cape (from which I found my felf Y™ not 30 Leagues diftant) wasthencom- © Nh puted, and truly, about 11 Deg. or more: And yet a while after this, when I was got 10 Leagues to the Eaitward of the Cape, I found the Variation but 10 Deg. 40 Min. | W.whereas it fhouldhavebeenrathermore | than at the Cape. Thefe Things, Icon- — fefs, did puzzle me: neither was I fully fatisfied as to the Exa€inefs of the taking the Variation at Sea: For in a great Sea, which we often meet with, the Compafs willtraverfe with the motion of the Ship ; befides theShip may and will deviate fome- what in Steering, even by the beft Helmf- men: Andthen when you come to take an Azimuth, there is often {ome difference ‘be- tween him that looks at the Compafs, and. the Man that takes the Altitude heighth | of the Sun; anda fmall Error in each, if © the Error of both fhould be one way, will 4 make it wide of any great Exatnefs. Bur | what was moft fhocking to me, I found that the Variation did not alwavsincreafe | or decreafe in proportion tothe Degrees of | Longitude Ealt or Weft; asT hada No- | tion they might do to a certain Number of | Degrees of Variation Eaft or Weft, at — fuch or fuch particular Meridians. But | finding in this Voyage that the Difference — of Variation did not bear a regular pro- © portion to the difference of Longitude, I | | was | Capt. Halley’s Scheme of the Variat. 101 was much pleas’d to fee it thus Obferv’d in 42.1699. a Scheme fhewn me after my Return home, ~V~ | __.? wherein are reprefented the feveral Vari- - ations in the Atlantick Sea, on both fides. the Equator ; and there, théLine of no Variation in that Sea is not a Meridian Line, but goes very oblique, as do thofe alfo which fhew the Increafe of Variation on each fide of it. In that Draught there is.fo large an Advance made as well to- wards the Accounting for thofe feemingly Irregular Increafes and Decreafes of Vari- ‘ation towards the S. E. Coaft of America, as towards the fixing a general Scheme or _ Syftem of the Variation every where, -_ which would be of fuch great Ufe in Na- vigation, that I cannot but hope that the Ingenious Author, Capt. Halley, who to his profound Skill in all Theories of thefe kinds, hath added and is adding continu- ally Perfonal Experiments, will eer long oblige the World with a fuller Difcovery of the Courfe of the Variation, which hath hitherto been a Secret. For my part I pro- ' fefs my felf unqualified for offering at any _, thing of a General Scheme ; but fince - Matter of Fa, and whatever increafes _ the Hiftory of the Variation, may be of ufe cowards the fetling or confirming the > Theory of it, I fhall here once for all in- © fert a Table of all the Variations 1 oblery’d beyond the Equator in this Voyage, both S "3 if 102 . Variation’s abled 3 in this Caen. s pa ‘in going out, and returning back; and | what Errors there may be init, I fhalf leave q to be Corrected by the Obfervations of | - Others. A Table of V een 1D.MjD. MD. M. _1699. |S. Lat.) Longit. | Variat. Mar. iia ig; 1 47 4} 3 27 E Hr2 45/12 9 2° oF Apr. osit4 4g!00 106] fe) ~" "128118 13.00 31 38 ta abn GO). 2" 20 30 May \ 219 22) 2 51 15 : “320 1| 3 40 ° | 522 47 3 48. | 9 40 624 23 3 53 36 7:25.44 3.53 aa 826 47) 4 35 14 gre 8 5S. Lg 45 FO29 5) 7 41 1129 23) 7 3 4] 17134 5818 43 40 18134 5419 06 ae 19135. 48,19 45 . 23139 42,27 1 55 25139 1131 35. June) 1)35 30143 27). 8W a We from St. Fago. : b E. from C, Salonen in Prete WER NUN Qed HON AION COA ¢ E. from C, G, Hope. , : ie apse | id ‘ 1O4 A Table of Variations. 1 | 42.1699. (DEMID. Y MID. oM...° @ on 1699. |S. Lat| Longit. Variat. | Jey | {27126 43186 16 ow 29/27 38/87 2 20 4123126 54/88 Aug.| 5/25 30/86 : |n5i24 41/186 2d 17/23 2\00 22 20119 37) 3 00 241g 52 iw) Sept.| 617 16 Dec. 29] 5 3] 6 34 € 1700.Fan} 3] 1 32) 6 53 8 Feb. |t3] 0 9] 2 48 f ° 82 Oh © Bopop ga 26 j2u] o relt5 22 45 {23} © 43]i8 00 45 27) 2 43|19 41 Mar.|10] 5 10]00 55 & nr ~ SE O00 HO COCODP PR HE RF HYD BD AH AVY] AW oom) : 2 3 9 Apr! 8 3 32) 8 25 d E. from Sharks Se in N. Holland. e E. from Babao-Bay in J. Timor. f E. from C. Maba in N. Guinea. g E. from C. S¢. George on i, N. Britannia. h WwW, from ditto. April eS ee ee aE ee Ce eae eS es A Table of Variations. D. M. D. M.D. ; M. . Lat.' Longit. | Variat. 37 W. A Zz k LW. m W. 27/14 33 3 from C. Mabza. t Anchor off I. Ceram. from Babao-Bay. 25 30 1) 3 ki 2 Lio S 16 SO NOAND Aan = oo W from Princes Ifle by Fieve Head. Ty, Vee Re? Soe ee qizy Dee. 706 A Table of Variations. © Anxboo. © sa D. M!D. ~ M.D. ~ M. | 1700. s Lat | Longit. | Variat .. ~ Det. | 632 1566 00 23 30W “eal ai age ' 27 2868 36 |24 48 833 4964 38 21 53 _ 952 49,70 09 * |24 eo “11832 5071 45 (21 15) ~ 18331 55.72 32. 20 16 eat? 3) 73°99 “|e 0° Bae 15°32 21\75 22 |20 00 11733, «5:79 39 (|18 42 1833 080 39 {17 15 21:34 3982 46 |16 41 2234 3683 19 |14 36 23'34 2183 42 {14 00 25134 3884 21 {14 00 1701. faH.15 31 25) 2 32% 10 20 - |r6)30 5) 4 42} 9 36 > }r9128 46 6 8: 25 CAN 8le7 26,7 32 17 40 31926 111 9° 9 <4 7 30 os 20125 acl 49 9 9 8 ve 7 7 “\21/23 42ir2 34 | 6 | \@2l22 53/14 10 | 5 ee ezlar 48it'5 17 45 lgajat 24in5 51 (1 4 36119 5716 48 | 4 “2919 Tol17 22 3 2818 13/18 23° | 4 logit7 22119 29- 2.09" - | @ W. from the Table-Land at C, G. Hope. : a Feb. 4 ee ee Nr Re tag ae Part ee nee «Soa ehe oT TS eva ole A Table of Variations, = 107 ‘ID MJD. MAD. oo M. 4.1699. ~ 1761. |S. Lat) Longit. | Variat. yw™ Feb. \16\12 52) 3 80] t 5oW EEE Ge A 42 2 -Te < 18|ft VHF Fore F620" > tglto' 22] 6 32 | tI to © 21 We made the 1. Afcention. ; < Fy : * : ae i ; Z o _W. from Santa Helena. But 4 er i Sa a Ro ai a rs 108 Meeting the Antelope of London. 47.x695. But to return from this Digreffion; | Having fair Weather, and the Winds hang- _ ing Southerly, I jog’d on to the Eaftward, | to make the Cape. Onthe third of Fuze | we faw.a Sail to Leeward of us, fhewing | Englifb. Colours... I, bore away to {peak | . with her, and found her to be the Avtelope of London, commanded by Captain Hamm. mond, and bound for the Bay of Bezgel in the Service of the New-Eaj/t-India Compa- | ny. There were many Paffengers aboard, © going to fettle there under Sir Edward Lit- tleton, who was going Chief thither: I | went aboard, and was known by Sir Ed- | ward, and Mr. Heages, and kindly received © and treated by them and the Commander ; § who had been afraid of us before, tho’ I had fent one of my Officers aboard. They | had been‘ in at the Cape, “and camé from © thencethe Day before, having ftockt them- © {elves with Refrefhments. They told me | - ‘ that they were by Reckoning, 60 Miles to | I the Weftof the Cape. While I was aboard © them, a fine {mall Welterly Wind fprang | up;therefore I fhortned my ftay withthem, | becaufeI did not defign to go in to theCape, »When I took leave I was preferited with | half a Mutton, 12 Cabbages, 12 Pum- | kins, 6 Pound of Butter, 6 Couple of | Stockfifh, and a quantity of Par{nips ; | fending them fome Oatmeal, which they | wanted, » %- aa a From | we ft, ee ee ee eee A ee ee ee eT. ee Sor i eee SS Sa. a ee The A, paffes the G. of G. Hope. 109 From my firft fetting out from England, 4n.1699- ‘I did not defign to touch at the Cape ; and that was one Reafon why I touch’d at Bra. _ xil, that there I might refrefh my Men, _ and prepare them for along Run to New Holland. We had not yet feen the Land ; but about 2 in the Afternoon we faw the Cape-Land bearing Eaft, at above 16 | ‘Leagues diftance. And Captain Hammond. - _ being alfo bound to double the Cape, we jog’d on together this Afternoon and the next Day, and had feveral fair Sights of it ; which may be feen [Tab/e III. No. 6. 8.9 = f To proceed, having ftill a Wefterly Wind, I jog’d on in company with the Antelope, till Sunday Fane the 4th at 4 in _ the Afternoon, when we parted; they {teering away for the Ea/f-Indies, and 1 keeping an E. S. E. Courfe, the better to _ make my way for New Holland: For tho’ | New Holland lies North-Eafterly from the Cape, -yet all Ships bound towards that Coaft, or the Streights of Swady, ought to keep for a while in the fame Parallel, or in a Lat. between 35 and 4o. at leaft a little to _ the S. of the Eaft, that they may continue in a variable Winds way; and not venture , too foon to ftand fo far to the North, as to : be within the verge of the Trade-Wind, which will put them by their, Eafterly | Courfe. The Wind increafed upon us; but we \ 110 © Colour'd Clouds boding a Storm, ‘ 4n.i699. we had yet fight of the Aztelope, and of the » “v™ Land too, till Tuefday the 6th of Fuze: — not above 2 deg. high, it entered into a dark | with the Horizon, from whence prefently thick one by another; and fuch of them | and very bright; above them they were of a | darker Colour ftill, to about 60 or 70 deg. | rally obferved fuch colour’d Clouds to ap. | And then we faw alfo by usan inumerable, Company of Fowls of divers forts; fo | that we lookt about to fee if. there were not — another dead Whale, but {aw none. q _ The Night before, the Sun fet ina black | Cloud, which appeared juft like Land ; and © the Cloudsabove it were gilded of a dark | red Colour. And onthe Tvefday, as the Sun © drew near the Horizon, the Clouds were | gilded very prettily to the Eye, tho’ at the © fame time my Mind dreaded the Confe- | quences of it. When the Sun was now | {moaky-coloured Cloud that lay parallel | feem’d to iffue many dusky blackifh Beams. | The Sky was at this time covered with | {mall hard'Clouds (as we call fuch as lie” {cattering about, not likely to.Rain) very © as lay next to the Bank of Clouds at the | Horizon, were of a pure Gold colour to 3 or 4 deg. high abovethe Bank: From thefe | to about 10 deg. high they were redder, © high ; where the Clouds began to be of their | common Colour. Itook the more particu- | Jar. Notice of all this, becaufe 1 have gene- | aR aR A sk es i I Se Sg rt CR i AR a r . » set ° - oy Se aaah A Storm.» , et pear before an approaching Storm: And 4n.1699.° _ this being Winter here, and the time for “V™ __ bad Weather, I expetted and provided for . a violent Blaft of Wind,by riffing our Top- fails, and giving aftrict charge to my Of ficers to hand them or take them in, if the Wind fhould grow ftronger. - The ~ Wind was now at W. N. W. a very brisk Gale. About 12a Clock at Night we had a pale whitifh Glare in the N. W. which was another Sign, and intimated the Storm to be near at hand ;and theW ind increafing upon it, we prefently handed our Topfails, furled the Mainfail, and went away only with our Forefail. Before 2 in the Morn- ing it came on very fierce, and we kept right before Wind and Sea, the Wind ftill increafing: But the Ship was very govern- able, and Steer’d incomparably well. At _ 8 inthe Morning we fettled our Fore-Yard, lowering it 4 or 5 Foot, and we ran very - {wiftly; efpecially when the Squalsof Rain or Hail, trom a black Cloud, came over head, for then it blew exceffive hard. ‘Thefe, tho” they did ‘not lait long, yet came very thick and faft one after another. The _ Sea alfo ran very high: But we running fo violently before Wind and Sea, we Shipt little or no Water; tho alittlewafht into ) our upper Deck-Ports; and with it a Scuttle 7 or Curtle-Fifh was caft upon the Carriage of a Gun, bias The Ee ce Ee a er Oe SEE NE aT ON CSO Se EES re Re UE a PEN Re ee NE 3 - Bis Sa ois is ay . aie | FO eee teeter pr ae an te % hes eee, mea 112 - Seafon of Wefterly Winds bere. : | 4n.1699. The Wind blew extraordinary hard all UV™ Wednefday, the 7th of Fume, but abated of © its fiercenefs before Night: Yet it continu- ~ ed a brisk Gale till about the 16th,and fill ‘a moderate one till the 19th Day ; by which time we had run about 600 Leagues: For © the moft part of which time the Wind was — in fome point of the Weft, vzz. from the | W.N. W. totheS. by W. . It blew hard- | eft when at W. or between the W.andS. | W. but after it veered more Southerly the © foul Weather broke up: This I obferved © at other times alfoin thefe Seas, that when — the Storms at Weft veered to the South- | _ ward they grew lefs; and that when the | \ Wind came.to the E. of the S. we had 7 ftill fmaller Gales, Calms, and fair Wea- | ther. As forthe Wefterly Winds on that | fide the Cape, we like themnever the worfe | for being violent, for they drive us the ~ fafter to the Eaftward; and are therefore | the only Winds coveted by thofe who fail © ‘towards fuch parts of the Eafl-Indies, as © lie South of the Equator ; as L'amor, ‘Java, | and Sumatra; and by the Ships bound for 7 China, or any other that are to pafsthrough | the Streights of Swzdy. Thofe Ships having | once paft the Cape, keep commonly pretty © far Southerly, on purpofe to meet withthefe 7 Weft Winds, whichin the Winter Seafon 7 of thefe Climates they foon meet with ; for | then the Winds are generally Wefterly ac | : the | = ae | inds and Courfe towards New H. 113 ~ the Cape, and efpecially to the Southward 47.1699: of it: But-in their Summer Months they “ getto the Southward of 40 deg. ufually e’er they meet with the Wefterly Winds. I was not at this timeina higher Lat. than 36 deg. 40 min. and oftentimes was more Northerly, altering my Latitude often as Winds and Weather requir’d; for in fuch long Runs ’tis belt to fhape ones Courfe ac- - ~cording to the Winds. And if in Steering to the Haft, we fhould be obliged to bear alittle to.the N. or S. of it,. °tis no great matter; for tis but Sailing 2 or 3 Points from the Wind, when’tis either Norther- ly or Southerly ; and this not only eafeth the Ship from {training , but fhortens the way more than if a Ship was kept clofe on a Wind, as fome Menare fond of doing. The 19th of Jue we were in Lat. 34 eg. 17-min. S.and Long. from the Cape 39 deg. 24 min. E. and had {mall Gales and Calms. The Winds wereat N. E. by E. and continued in fome part of the E. till the 27th Day. When it having been fome time at N..N. E. it came about at N. and then tothe W. of the N. and continu- _ edin the Weft-board (between the N.N. _ W.and S.S. W.) till the 4th of Faly; in which time we ran 782 Miles; then the Winds came about again to the Haft, we. reckoning our felvesto be in a Meridian 1100 L. Eaft of that of the Cape; and having fair Weather founded, but had no dey } i € Re A Te eee ge eee ee eee tt mers Te ‘An.1699- Signs of being near Land. © We met with little of Remark in this Voyage, befides being accompanied with Fowles all the way, efpecially Pintado- Birds, and feeing now and then'a Whale: But as we drew nigher the Coaft of New- Holland, we faw frequently 3 or-4 Whales together. When we were about go Leagues from the Land we began to fee Sea-weeds, all of one fort ; and as we drew nigher the Shore we faw them more fre- quently. At about 30 Leagues diftance we began to fee fome Scutle-bones floating on the Water ;- and drawing ftill nigher the Land we faw greater quantities of them. “July the 25th being in Lat. 26 deg. 14 | min. S.and Longitude E. from the C.of G. | Hope 85 deg. 52 min. we fawalarge Gar- | fifth leap 4 times by us, which feemed to be as big asa Porpofe. It was now very fair Weather, and the Sea was full of a fort of very {mall Grafs or Mofs, which as it floated in the Water feemed to have been | fome Spawn of Fifh; andtherewasamong 4 it fomefmall Fry. Thenext Day the Sea © was full of {mall round things like Pearl, — fome as big as white Peas; they werevery | Clear and Tranfparent, and upon crufhing | any of thema drop of Water would come | forth: The Skin that contained the Water 7 was fo thin that it was but juft defeernable. 7 Some Weeds fwam by us, fothat we did © not doubt but we fhould quickly fee Land. j Pores On ie eee be: Whales. Skipjacks: Fowls, &c, 115 . On the 27th alfo, fome Weeds {wam by 4z.1699: - ~ us, and the Birds that had flown along with ¥ us all the way almoft from Brazil, now left us, except only 2 or 3 Shear- waters. On the 28th we faw many Weeds fwim _ by us, and fome Whales, blowing. On the 29th we had dark cloudy Weather , with much Thunder, Lightning, and vio- lent Rainsin the Morning: But in the E- vening it grew fair. Wefawthis Day a _ Scutle-bone {wim by us, and fome of our _~ young Men a Seal, as it fhould feem by their Defcription of its Head. I faw alfo fome Boneta’s, and fome Skipjacks, a Fifh about 8 Inches long, broad and fizable, not much unlike a Roach; which our Sea- men call fo from their leaping about. The 30th of Fal, being itill nearer the Land, we faw abundance of Scutle-bones and Sea-weed, more Tokens that we were not far from it; and faw alfo a fort of Fowls the like of which we had not feenin the whole Voyage, all the other Fowls ha- ving now leftus. Thefe were as big as Lapwings ; of agrey Colour, black abourc their Eyes, with red fharp Bills, long _ Wings, their Tails long and forked like _ Swallows; and they flew flapping their Wings like Lapwings. Inthe Afternoon > we met witha Ripling like a Tide or Cur- "rent, or the Water of fome Shole or Over- ' fal; but were paft it before we could found. L 2 The ae Sa ie : i 4¢ Abrohlo-Shoal near N. Hottand. ‘An. 1699° The Ste laft mention’d and this were further Signs of Land. In the Evening we had fair Weather, and a {mall Gale at Weft. At 8 a Clock we founded again 5 but had no Ground. We kept on ftill to the Eaftward, with an eafy Sail, looking out fharp: "for by the many Signs we had, I did expeé that we were near the Land. Aty 2a Clock in the Night I founded, and had 45 Fa- thom, courfe Sandand {mall white Shells. I prefently clapt on a Wind and ftood to the South, with the Wind at W- becaufe I thought we were to the South of a Shoal call’?d the Abrobles (an Appellative Name | for Shoals, as it feems tome) which ina | Draught I had of that Coatt is lay’d down in 27 deg. 28 min. Lat. ftretching about | 7 Leagues into the Sea. I was the Day | before in 27 deg. 38 min. by Reckoning. And afterwards fteering E. by S. purpofely — to avoid it, I thought I muft have beento | the South of it: but founding again, at — ~ Onea Clock inthe Morning, Azz. the firft, we had but 25 Fathom, Coral-Rocks ; and fo found the Shoal was to the South of us. We prefently tackt again, andftood tothe # North ,. and then foon deepned our. 7 Water ; for attwoin the Morning wehad 26 Fathom Coral ftill: At three we had 28 Coral-ground: At 4 we had 30 Fa- | thom, courfe Sand, with fome Coral: At 5we @ The A. arrives at NeHolland. 117 © 5 we had 45 Fathom, courfe Sand and 4n,.1699- Shells; being now off the Shole, as ap- pear’d by the Sand and Shells, and by hav- ing left the Coral. By all this knew wehad _ fal?n in to the North of the Shole, and ‘that it was laid down wrong in my Sea- Chart: for I found it lie in about 27 deg. Lat. and by our Run in the next day, I found that the Outward-edge of it, which I founded on, lies 16 Leagues off Shore. When it was day we fteered in E. NE. with a fine brisk Gale ; but did not fee the Land till 9 in the Morning, when we faw it from our Topmaft-head, and were diftant from it about 10 Leagues; having then 40 Fathom-water, and clean Sand. About 3 Hours after we faw it on our Quarter-Deck , being by Judgment about 6 Leagues. off: and we had then 40 Fa _ thom, clean Sand. As we ran in, this day and the next, we took feveral Sights of it, at different Bearings and Diltances; from which it appear’d as you fee in [Ta- ble IVINS 15-25-3545 5), And here t “would Note once for all, That the Lati- tudes mark’d in the Draughts, or Sights here given, are not the Latitude of the Land, but of the Ship when the Sight was taken. ‘This Morning, ftrefs of the Storm being over. We found- | 4 veed ee wine nit REL 120 \ Arrival at Sharks-Bay in N. H. An.1699. ed feveral times, but had no Ground till. wY™ 8 a Clock Ag. the ath. in the Evening ; and then had 60 Fathom-water, Coral- sround. At Ten we had 56 Fathom fine Sand. .At Twelve we had 5 Fathom, fine Sand, of a pale, bluifh Colour. It Was now pretty moderate Weather ; yet I made no Sail till Morning: but then, the Wind veering about to the S. W. I made Sail and ftood to the North: And at 11 a Clock the next day, Axg.' 5. we faw Land again, at about 10 Leagues di- ftance. This Noon we were in Lat. 25 deg. 30 min. and in the Afternoon our Cook died, an Old Man, who had been fick a great while, being infirm before we came Out of Exgland. ee The 6th of Aagas in the Morning w {aw an Opening in the Land, and we ran in to it and anchored in feven and a half Fathom-water, 2 miles from the Shore, clean Sand. It was fomewhat difficult getting in here, by reafon of many Shoals we met with: But I fent my Boat found- ing before me. The Mouth of this Sound, which I call’d Shark’s Bay, lies in about 25 deg. S..Lat. and our Reckoning made its Longitude from the €. of Good Hope to be about 87 Degrees; which is lefs. by 195 Leagues than is ufually laid down in ourcommon Draughts, if our Reckoning was right, and our Glafles. did not deceive | 7 us, = IV. N°. 6.) Ifent my Boat afhore to feek for frefh Water: But in the Evening my Men returned, having found none. The next morning I went afhore my felf, carrying Pick-axes and Shovels. with me, _ to dig for Water; and Axes to cut.Wood.. We tried in feveral places for Water, but finding none after feveral Trials, norin - feveral miles compafs, we left any farther fearch for it, and {pending the reft of the day in cutting Wood, we went aboard at — ' Night.n¢ ; . The Land is of an indifferent heighth, — fo that it may. be feen 9 or 10 Leagues off. It appears at a diftance very even; but as - you come nigher you find there are many gentle Rifings, tho’ none fteep nor high... ’Tis alla fteep Shore againft the open Sea : but in this Bay or Sound we were now in, the Land is low by the Sea-fide, ri- fing gradually in within the Land. The _ Mould is Sand by the Sea-fide, producing a large fort of Sampier , which bears a white Flower. Farther in, the Mould is reddifh, a fort of Sand producing fome Grafs, Plants, and Shrubs. The Grafs grows in great Tufts, as big as a Bufhel, here and there a Tuft: being intermix’d _ ‘with much Heath, much of the kind we ah oe have growing on our Commons in Ezxg- land. Soil of Sharks-B. in.N. Holland. 121 us. As foonas I came to anchor in this 42.1699. Bay (of which I have givena Plan, Table “¥™ A See ee ee ee ee ee eee 122 Vegetables and Birds of Sharks-B. An.1699. land. Of Trees or Shrubs here are divers forts; but none above ten Foot high: Their Bodies about 3 Foot about, and s or 6 Foot high before you come to the Branches, which are bufhy and compos’d | of {mall Twigs there fpreading abroad, tho’ thick fet, and full of Leaves; which were moftly long and narrow. ‘The Co- lour of the Leaves was on one fide Whi- tifh , and onthe other Green: and the Bark of the Trees was generally of the fame Colour with the Leaves, of a pale | Green. Some of thefe Trees were {weet- {cented, and reddifb within the Bark, like . | Saffafras, but redder. Mott of the Trees — and Shrubs had at this time either Blof — fomsor Berrieson them. ‘The Blofloms of the different fort of Trees were of feveral Colours, as Red, White, Yellow, cc, but moftly Blue: and thefe generally {mele very {weet and fragrant, as did fome alfo ee eT Ee ST a RAE eT of the reft. “There were alfo befide fome _ Plants, Herbs, and tall Flowers, fome ve- ’ yy fimall Flowers, growing on the Ground, | that were {weet and beautiful, and for the moft part unlike any J had feen elfe- where. There were but few Land-Fowls: we faw none but Eagles, of the larger forts of Birds; but 5 or 6 forts of fmall Birds. “The biggelt fort of thefe were not bigger than Larks ; fome no bigger than pe all . . fing- Bi Place this Pm Pr A Noddy. of N. Halland. Pry of ¢ neck of this bird 1s red, & therein differs the Avofetta of Traly . ‘ i MSS Pi ai MMR i oe Pe eNO bias fee De ie. A particular fort of Guano. 123 finging with great variety of fine fhrill 42.1699. Notes; and we faw fome of their Nefts “WY with young Ones in them. “The Water- - Fowls are Ducks, (which had young Ones now, this being the beginning oftheSpriog . > _ inthefe Parts; ) Curlews, Galdens, Crab-.* . catchers, Cormorants, Gulls, Pelicans; ~~” and fome Water-Fowl, fuch as I have not ~ _ feen any where befides. I have given the _ Pitures of 4 feveral Birds on this Coaft. B [See Birds : Fipee,'3, 4, 5.7 : ss _ The Land-Animals that we faw here _. wereonly a fort of Raccoons, different | from thofe of the West-Indies, chiefly as | } totheir Legs; for thefe have very fhort _ fore Legs; but go Jumping upon them q as the others do, and like them are very ' good Meat:) and a fort of Guano’s, of the » fame fhape and fize with other Guano’s, _ defcrib’d [ Vol. 1. p. 57.] but differing _ from them in three remarkable Particu- ’ jars: For thefe had a larger and uglier Head; and had no Tail: And at the Rump, inftead of the Tail there, they had a ftump of a Tail, which appear’d like © _. another Head; but not really fuch, being’ | without Mouth or Eyes: Yet' this Crea- _ Aare feem’d by this means to havea Head ~ ateach end; and, which may be reckon’d a fourth difference, the Legs alfo feem’d afl four of them to be Fore-legs, being all a- | like in fhape and length, and feeming by peng” aa : the oFyh of Sharks-Bay. 4n.1699.the Joints and’ Bending to be made asif 2 ‘they were to go indifferently either Head or Tail foremoft. They were fpeckled black and yellow like Toads, and had Scales or Knobs on their Backs like thofe of Crocodiles, plated on to the Skin, or ftuck © into it, as partof the Skin. They areve- ry flow in motion; and when a Man | comes nigh them they will fland {till and hifs, mot endeavouring to get away. — Their Livers are alfo {potted black and yellow : and the Body when opened hath _ a very unfavory Smell. I did never fee — fuch ugly. Creatures any. where but here. The Guano’s I have obfcrv’d to be very . good Meat: and I have often eaten of © them with pleafure: But tho’ I have eaten of Snakes, Crocodiles and Allegators, and many Creatures that look frighttully e- nough, and there are but few I fhould | have been afraid to eat of if preft by Huns — ger, yet I think my Stomach would fearce — have ferv’d to venture upon thefe V.Hol- — ~ fand Guano’s, both. the Looks and the © Smell of them being fo offenfive. The Sea-fifh thac we faw here (for here ( was no River, Land or Pond of Frefh Wa- ~ ter to be feen) are chiefly Sharks. . There -are,abundance of them in. this particular © Sound, that I therefore gave it the Name — of Shark’s; Bay. Here are alfo Skates, — Thornbacks, and other Fifh, of the Ray- kind; — nifA Si a Sioa EE ‘age ar aI BS bik DEA ee | a ee Shells, Turtle, large Shark, = 146 kind; (one fort efpecially like the Sea- 4.1699, Devil) and Garfifh, Boneta’s, ce. Of Shell-fifh we got here Mufcles, Periwink- les; Limpits, Oyfters,. both of the Fearl- kind and alfo Eating-Oyfters, as wellthe | common fort ‘as long Oyfters'; ‘befide Cockles, ¢c. The Shore was lined thick with many other forts of very ftrange and beautiful Shells, for variety of Colour and Shape, moft finely fpotted with Red, Black, or Yellow, cc. fuch as ‘I have not » feen any where but at this place. I brought away a great many of them ; but loft all, except a very few, and thofe not of the bette: 3 | en ‘There arealfo fome green Turtle weigh- ‘ing about 200 tb. Of thefe we caught 2 _ which the Water Ebbing had left behind a Ledge of Rock, which they could‘not _ ereep over. Thefe ferved all my Company 2 Days; and they were indifferent fweet Meat. Of the Sharks we caught a great _. many, which our Men eat very favourily. Among them we caught one which was 11 Foot long. ‘The fpace between its 2 Eyes was 2a Inches, and18 Inches from one Corner of his Mouth to the other, Its Maw was likea Leather Sack, very thick, and fo tough that a fharp Knife could fcarce cut it: In which we found the Head and Boans of a Hippopotomus ; the hairy Lips ’ of which were {till found and not alld f | an a eis ee Teepe) ee ee ee hb ee Se oo ee et ee ~ 126 The A's flay in Sharks-Bay. 4n.1699.and the Jaw. was alfo firm, out of which | “Wwe pluckt a great many Teeth, 2 of them 8 Inches long, and as big asa Mans Thumb, | {mall at one end, and a littlecrooked ; the | reft not above half fo long. The Maw — was full of Jelly which ftank extreamly : — However I faved fora while the Teeth and — the Sharks Jaw: The Flefh of it was divi- ded among my Men; and they took care — that no wafte fhould be made of it. : >? Twas the 7th of Azgujt when we came © into Shark’s-Bay; in which we Anchor’d at three feveral Places, and ftay’d at the — firftof them (on the W. fide of the Bay) till the 11th. During whichtime we fearch- _ ed about, as I faid,. for frefh Water, digging Wells, but to.no purpofe. How- _ ever, wecut good ftore of Fire-wood at this firft Anchoring-place; and my Com- ~ pany wereall here very wellrefrefhed with ~ Raccoons, Turtle, Shark and other Fifh, — and fome Fowles; fo that we were now _ all much brisker than when we came in hi- © ther. Yer till I was for-fianding farther — into the Bay, partly becaufe I hada Mind ~ to increafe my {tock of frefh Water, which © was began to be low ; and partly for the © fake of Difcovering this part of the Coaft. ( I was invited to go further, by feeing from this Anchoring-place all open before me; _ which therefore I defigned to fearch before — I left the Bay. Soon the 11th about Noon, ~ : | \ fteer’d or: a Sailing. about Sharks-Bay. 499 | I fteer’d farther in, with aneafie Sail, be- 42.1699. caufe we had but fhallow. Water : We kept “Y¥™ therefore good looking out for fear of Sholes; fometimes fhortning, fometimes deepning the Water. | About 2. in the Afternoon we faw the Land a Head that makes the S. of the Bay, and before Night we had again Sholdings from that Shore: And therefore fhortned: Sail. and ftood off and’on all Night, under 2 Topfails, conti- nually founding, having never more thea 10 Fathom, and feldom lefs than.7.. The Water deepned and fholdned. fo very gent- _ ly, that in heaving the Lead 5 or 6 times we fhould fearce have a Foot difference. When we came into 7 Fathom,either way, _ we prefently went about. From this S. part of the Bay, we could not feethe Land from whence we came in the Afternoon: And this Land we found to bean Iflandof 3 or 4 _ Leagues long, asis feen,in the Plain, [Ta- ble [V. No. 6.}] but it appearing barren, I did not ftriveto go nearer it; and the ra- ther becaufe the. Winds would not permit us to doit without much Trouble, and at - the Openings the ‘Water ‘was generally . Shole. Itherefore made no farther attempts in thisS. W. and S, part of the Bay, but fteered away to the Haftward, to fee if there was any Land that way, for as yet we had feen none there. .On the 12th m the Morning we pafs’d by the N. koma’ that ) 198 ~~ Going-out of Sharks-Bay. | 4n.i6g9that Land, and were confirm’d in the Per- — u-v~ fuafion of its being an:Hland, by feeing an Opening to the Eaft of ir, as we had doneonthe.W.: Having fair Weather, a {mall Gale and. {mooth Water, we ftood — further on inthe Bay , to fee what Land — was on the H.-of it. Our Soundings at firft were 7 Fathom, which held foa great — while, but at length it: decreas’d to 6. Then we faw the Landrighta-head, that — 4n the Plan makes the E.of the Bay. We — could not'come near it with the Ship, hav- — ing but Shole-water: and it being dange- — rous lying there, andthe Land extraordi- narily low, very unlikely to have frefh “Water (though it had a few Trees on it, feemingly Mangroves) and much of it pro- _ bably covered at High-water, Iftoodout again that Afternoon, deepning the Water, — and before Night anchored in 8 Fathom, _ clean white Sand, about the middle ofthe _ Bay: The next day we got up our An- — chor; and that Afternoon cameto an An- chor once more near two Iflands, and a — ‘Shole of Corral Rocks that face the Bay. — Here I fcrubb’d my Ship: and finding it very improbable I fhould get any thing — further here, Imadethe beft of my way ~ out to Sea again, founding all the way: but finding by the fhallownefs of the Wa- ter that there was no going out to Seato — the Haft of the two Iflands that face the ~ Ray, ic See eat Pio var. Tee ee Pa | Fi tn glia ate, barat é Tote ees. > ead ee The A. departs from Sharks-Bay. 129 Bay, nor between them, Treturn’d to -the 42.1699: Weit Entrance , soing® out by the fame “V™ Way I cameinat, only on the Haft inftead of the Weft-fide of the fmall Shole to be feen in the Plan : in which Channel we had ) | 10, 12, and 13 Fathom-water, ftill deep: ning upon us till we were out at Sea: The . day before we came out I fent a Boat a- a fhore to the mott Northerly of the Two | Iflands, which is the leaft of them, catch-. ing rnany {mall Fifh in the mean while with Hook and Line. . The Boat’s Crew returning, told me, That the Ifle produces nothing but a fort of green, fhort, hard, prickly Grafs, affording neither Wood nor frefh Water ; and thata Sea broak between the two Iflands, a Sign that the Water was fhallow. They faw a-large Turtle; and many Skates and Thornbacks, but caught none. } far ’ It. was Aagust the 14th when I fail’d out of this Bay or Sound, the Mouth of which lies, as I faid, in 25 deg. 5 min. defigning to coaft along tothe N. E. till I might — commodioufly put in at fome other part of NV. Holland. (n paffing out wefaw three Water - Serpents fwimming about in the ~ Sea, of a yellow Colour, fpotted with dark, brown Spots. They were each a- bout four Foot long ,;. and about the big- nefs of a Man’s Wrilt, and werethe frit _ I faw onthis Coaft, which abounds with : K feverat ~ i -"Pable IVs: N®g4 Anr699: _and then we jogg’d on again tothe North- 7 ward, and faw many {mail Dolphins and. ~ Coafting along N. Holland. feveral forts of them. We had the Winds at our firft coming Out at N. andthe Land lying North-Eafterly. We plied offand on, setting forward but little till the next day : When the Wind coming at $. S. W. and S. we began to Coaft it along the Shore to the Northward, keeping at 6 or 7 Leagues off Shore ; and founding often, we had between 40 and 46 Fathom-water, brown Sand, with fome white Shells. This 15th of August we were in Lat. 24 deg. 41 min. On the 16th Day at Noon we were in 23 deg. 22min. The Windcom- ing at E. by N. we could not keep the - Shore aboard, but were forced to go far- ther off, and loft. fight of the Land. Then ~ founding we had no Ground with 80 Fa- thom-line; however the Wind fhortly af ter came about again to the Southward, _ Whales, and abundance. of Scuttle-fhells fwimming on the Sea; and fome Water- fnakes every day. The 17th wefaw the Land again, and took a Sight of it. [See - The 18thin the Afternoon, being 2 or P) ’ 4 Leagues off Shore, I faw a Shole-point, 7 ftretching from the Land into the Sea, a League or more. The Sea broke high on it; by which I faw plainly there was a Shole there. I ftood farther off, and.coaft- ed @ Sholes, and noify Whales. = 13 ed along Shore, to about 7 or 8 Leagues 4.1699: | diftance: And at 12 a Clock at Night we founded, and had but 20 Fathom, hard Sand. By this I found I was upon ano- ther Shole; and fo prefently fteered off W. half an-hour, and hadethen 40 Fathom. At One inthe Morning of the 18th day we. had 85 Fathom: : By Fwovwe could find no Ground; and then'I ventur’d to fteer _ along Shore-again, due.Nv which istwo -_ Points wide of the Coaft» (that lies here N. N.-E)> for fear of. another Shole:-» I would not: be too far off fromthe Land, being defirous to fearch into it where-ever I fhould find an Opening of any Conveni- ence of fearching about, for Water, oc. When we were of the Sholespoint { men- -tion’d where we had but 20 Fathom-wa- ter, we had in the Night abundance of Whales about the Ship, fome a head, o- ‘thers a-ftern, and fome on each fide blow- ing and making a very difmal Noife ; but when we came out again into deeper Wa- ter they left us. Indeed the Noife that: they made by blowing and dafhing of the Sea with their Tails, making it all of a Breach.and Fome; was very dreadful to us, like the breach of the Waves in very Shole-water ,. or among Rocks. The Shole thefe Whales were upon had depth _. of Water fufficient, no lefs than twenty y Fathom, as I faid; and it lies in Lat. 22 Ke : - deg. = ee 7 PN a a ee Sao ee ae OE ee weir n eS sored a a ae ae ee eee ee ee a ee / ‘ re ‘; \ ee a ee) ee ee ee ee eee ee ee 122 4n.1699. deg. 22 min. “The Shore was’ generally V™ bold all along ::we had met with no Shole ‘firft fell on the NV. Holland Coatt in the Lat. ‘to have beens11 Leagues off Shore, we — were but 4-fo that either our Draughts — cwere. faulty; which yet hithertoand after- awards wefound true enough:as to the ly- — - .Coatt hitherto. - As to our Winds in the — _Coafting thus far, wehad been within the © Onthis 18th of Auga/t we coafted witha brisk Gale of the True Trade-wind at — haling off in the Evening to Sea, were next ~ Coafting along N. Holland. — at Sea fince the~Abroblo-fhole, when we Ses fie se eI of 28. till yefterday in the Afternoon, and this Night. ‘This Morning alfo when we — expected by :the Draught we had with:us — ingeof the Coaft, or elfe here was a Tide unkfown tous that deceived us; tho’ we — had-found very little of any Tide on this — Verge of the General Trade (tho” intei- | rupted by theStorm I mention’d) from the — Latvof 28, when we firft fell in withthe ~ Coaft: and by that time we were in the — Lat: of 25. we had. ufually the regular — Trade-wind @whichishere $.S0E.) when | we were at any diftancefrom Shore: but — we had often Seaand Land-Breezes, efpe- cially when near Shore, and when in- Sharks:bay ;-and had a particular N. Weft | Wind, or Storm, that fet usin thither. — S, S.E. very fairand clear'V Veasher; but 7 ? Land @ (s Morning, out of fight of Land: and the ~ OE a Ta a ee a ae Ra SS at 3 Saal bt at ce ati ate FT NA CRT Ne SRN RS Ben Tare so oy EE aE ee) 5 ee Breezes on the Coaft of N. Holland.’ 132 Lard now trending away’ N. Hafterly | 4n.1699- and we being:to the Norward of it, and the Wind alfo fhrinking from the S$. 8. . to the E. S. E. (that is, from the True a | _ Trade-Windto the Sea-Breeze,as the Land | now lay) we could not get in with the Land again yet a-while, fo as to fee it; tho’ we trim’d fharp and kept clofe on a Wind. We were this roth day in Lat. at deg. 42 min. The2oth we were in Lat. 19 deg. 37 min. and kept clofe on a Wind to get fight of the Land again, bur could not yet fee if. We had very fair Weather ; and tho’ we were fo far from the Land as to be out of fight of it, yet we had the Sea and Land-Breezes. In the Night we had the Land-breeze at S. S. E. a {mall gentle Gale; which in the Morn- — ing about Sun-rifing would fhift about sradually (and withal increafing in Strength) till about Noon we fhould have it at E.S. E. which is the true Sea-breeze here. ‘Then it would blow a brisk Gale, fo that we could {carce carry our Top-fails double rift : and it would continue thus till 3 in the Afternoon, when, it would ‘decreafe again. ‘The Weather was fair all the while, not a Cloud to be feen ; bur very hazy, efpecially nigh the Horizon. We founded feveral times this goth day, and at firftt had no Ground : but had after- wards from 52 to 45 Fathom, courfe : K 3 »' - DroMva: ee ee e we é fi 134 Sea-Serpents. N. Holland. | 1699-brown Sand, mixt with f{niall, brown and * white Stones, with Dints befides. in the Mallow. js ch : ~~ "The aift day alfo we hdd forall Landa 4 sera inthe Night , and Sea-breezes in © % - the day: and as we faw fome Sea-{nakes every day, fothis day we faw a great ma- ny, of two different forts or fhapes. One fort: was yellow, and about the bignefSof — a Man’s Wrift, about 4 Foot long, hav- ~ ing a flat Tail about 4 Fingers broad. ~ The other fort was much fmaller and -fhorter, round and fpotted blaci. and Yel | low. This day we founded feveral times, and had 45 Fathom, Sand. We did not _ make the Land ‘till: Noon, and then fawit firft from our Topmatt- head. ItboreS.E. . by E. about 9 Leagues diftance; and it a appeared like a Cape or Head of Land. ‘ 4 The Sea-breeze this day was not fo {trong | _asthe day before, and it veered out more 3 fo that we had a fair Wind to run in with’ to the Shore, and at Sun-fet anchoredin 20 Fathom, -clean Sand, about 5 Leagues — from the bluff Point; which was not a Cape (as it appear’d ata great diftance) but the Eaftermoft end of anIfland, about 5 or 6 Leagues in length, and oné in breadth. There were 3 or 4 Rocky Iflands. about a League from us between us and — the bluff Points and we faw many other ifandsboth ro the aft and V Velt of it, Me eT Ne RR RS. WEE PON FS RL SR Ue Se ee EL, (Ne ee Mae TP Me Pe eae rr Lee ee Se oN Iflants by N. Holland. = =—s* 35 far as we could fee either way from our 47.1699. ‘Topmaft-head: And all within them to “V™ the S. there was nothing but Iflandsof a ” pretty heighth, that may be feen 8 or 9 Leagues off. By what we faw of them they muft have beena Range of Iflands of about 20 Leagues in length, ftretching from E. N. E. to VY.S.. VV. and for - ought I know, as far as to thofe of Sharks- Bay ; and to a confiderable breadth alfo, (for we could fee 9 or 10, Leagues in -a- mong them) towards the Continent or main Land of NV. Holland, if there be any fuch thing hereabouts: and by the great Tides I met with awhile afterwards, more - tothe N. Haft, I had a ftrong fufpicion - — that here might be a kind of Archipelago — of Iflands, and a Paflage poffibly to the S. of NV. Hollandand N. Guinea into the great » S, Sea Baftward; whichI had Thoughts alfo of attempting in my Return fromlV. Guinea (had Circumftances permitted) and told my Officers fo: but I would not at- tempt itat this time, becanfe we wanted | VVater, and could not depend upon find- be ing it there. This Place is in the Lat.of — 20 deg, 21 min. but in the Draughe that’ { had of this Coaft, which was 7 4/man’s, it was laid down in 19 deg. 50 min. and the Shore is laid down as all along joining in one Body: or Continent, with fome Openings appearing like Rivers ; and not A K-42 like 4 RO ee gts ek ee ewe ee nS ee ; " : yi 1 136 Tafman’s Draught reétified. An.1699. like Iflands, as really they are. See feveral “V™ Sights of it, TablelV. N®.8,9, 10. This Place therefore lies more Northerly by 4o min. than is laid down in Mr. Ta/man’s Draught : . And befide its being made a firm, continued Land, only with fome Openings like the Mouths of Rivers, I found. the Soundings alfo different from what the prickt Line of his Courfe fhews them, and generally fhallower than he makes them : which inclines me to think that he came not fo near the Shore as his _ Line fhews, and fo had deeper Soundings, and could not fo well diftinguith the Iflands. -His Meridian or Difference of Longitude from Sharks-Bay agrees well enough with my Account, which is 232 Leagues tho’ we . differ in Lat... And to confirm my Conje- €ture that the Line of his Courfe is made too near the Shore, at leaft not farto the ‘ Eaft of this place, the V Vater is there fo | {hallow that he could not come there fo nigh. ° | | | But to proceed; in the Night we hada {mall Land-breeze, and inthe Morning I weighed Anchor, defigning to run in a- a mong the Iflands, for they had large Chan- ae nels between them, of a League wide at leaft, and fome 2 or 3 Leagues wide. I fent in my Boat before to found, and if | they found Shole-water to return again ; but if they found Water enough, to go a- a ee eS ee ee ee ee ee re Sen reer genre Ranging along N. Holland. Jfands. 127 fhore on one of the Iflands, and flay till 4n.2609° the Ship came in; where they might in “Wo the mean time fearch for Water. So we followed after with the Ship, founding as . we went in, and had 20 Fathom, till with- in 2 Leagues of the Bluf-head, and then | we had fhole Water, and very uncertain Soundings: Yet we ran in ftill, with an ea- fie Sail, founding and looking out well, for this wasdangerous Work. When we came abreaft of the Bluff-head; and about 2 Mile from it, we had but 7/ Fathom : Then we Edged away from it, but had no more Water; and running ina little farther, we had but 4 Fathoms: So we Anchored immediately ; and yet when we » had veered out a third of a Cable we had 7 Fathom Water again ; fo uncertain was the Water. My Boat came immediately aboard, and told me that the Ifland was ve- ty Rocky and Dry, and they had little: hopes of finding Water there. I fent them tofound, and bad them, if they founda _ Channel of 8 or 10 Fathom, Water, to keep on, and we would follow with the Ship. _ Wewere now about 4 Leagues within the - outer fmall Rocky Ulands, but ftill could: fee nothing but, Iflands within us; fome 5 or 6 Leagues long, others not above a Mile. round. The large Iflands were pretty high; but all appeared Dry, and moftly Rocky and Barren. The Rocks look’d of RK | Ne Teer oY ESOS NTE ee Te ae ee eee = 7 138 “Rofemary-I. its Vegetables, &c. ) An.1699.a rufty yellow Colour, and therefore, I | “v™ difpair’d of getting Water on any of them; © but was in fome hopes of finding a Channel to run in beyond all thefe Iflands, could I have {pent time here, andeither get tothe Main of New Holland, or find out fome o- ther Iflands that might afford us Water and other Refrefhments: Befides, that among fo many Iflands, we might have found © fome fort of Rich Mineral, or Ambergreefe, ‘ it being a good Latitude for both thefe. oe But we had not Sailed above a League far- | ther before our Water grew fholer again,- and then we Anchored in 6 Fathom hard sand.) when | = Pt . We were now on the inner fide of the ~ | : Ifland, on whofe outfide is the Bluff-point. ' . _ We rodea League from the Ifland, and I 7 - prefently went afhore, and carried Shovels © | to dig for Water, but found none. There © a - grow here 2 or 3 fortsof Shrubs, one juft © | like Rofemary ; and therefore I call’d this | ae Rofemary land. It grew in great plenty 7 | here, but had no fmell. Some of the o- | ther Shrubs had blu¢ and yellow Flowers ; @ and we found 2 forts of Grain like Beans: 7% | _. Theone grew on Bufhes; the other ona fort of a creeping Vine that runs along on the Ground, having very thick broad Leaves, and the Bloffom like a Bean Blof. 7 fom, but much larger, and of a deep red 7% | ~.. Colour, looking very Beautifal: Wefaw 3% . here @ ee nS ey te eee ee TR Og Re ee ep eh ee a ee N= Sl BN t Be Departure from Rofemary-I.° 139 here fome Cormorants, Gulls, Crabcatch- 42.1699: ers, ce. afew fmall Land: Birds, andavvw _ fort of white Parrots, which flew a great - many together. We found fome Shell- fifh, viz. Limpits, Perriwinkles, and a- bundance of {mall Oyfters growing on the © Rocks, .which were very fweet. In the ° Sea we faw fome green Turtle, a pretty. - many Sharks, and abundance of Water- ‘Snakes of. feveral forts and fizes. The Stones were allof rufty Colour, and Pon- derous. We faw.a Smoak on an Ifland 3 or 4 Leagues off; and here alfo the Bufhes had been burned, but we found no other fign. of Inhabitants ?Twas probable that on’ the [land where the Smoke was there were Inhabitants, and frefh Water for them. In the Evening I went aboard, and confult- ed with my Officers whether it was beft to fend thither, or to fearch among any o- ther of thefe Iflands with my Boat; or elfe go from hence, ‘and Coaft along Shore with the Ship, till we could find fome bet- ter Place than this was to ride in, where we had fhole Water, and lay expos’d to Windsand Tides, They all agreed to go from hence; fo I gave Orders to weigh in the Morning as foon asit fhould be light, and to get out with the Land-breeze. Accordingly, Augu/t the 23d. at § in . the Morning we ran out, having a pretty frefh 140 ~~. Strong Sea- Breezes, Fifh.. 4n.1699-frefh Land-breezeat $. S.E. By 8 a Clock “V™ we were got out: and very feafonably ; for before 9 the Sea-breeze came on us very’ ftrong, and increafing, we took-in our — Topfails and ftood off under 2 Courfes and a Mizan, this being as much Sailas we could carry. The Sky wasclear,there being — -not one Cloud to be feen; but the Horizon appeared very hazy, and the Sun at fetting the Night before, and this Morning’atri- fing, appeared very Red. The Wind con- tinued very {trong till Twelve, then it be- ganto abate: Ihave feldom met with a ~ ftronger Breeze. Thefe ftrong Sea-breezes | lafted thus in their ‘Turns 3 or 4 Days: ‘They fprung. up with the Sun rife: Byg a Clock they were very ftrong, and focon- tinued till Noon, when they began toa- 7 bate: And by Sun-ferthere was little Wind, 7 or aCalm tilltheLand-breezescame; which — we fhould certainly have inthe Morning about 1 or 2 a’Clock. ‘The Land-breezes 7 were between the S. S: W.and -S.S. E. | The Sea-breezes between the E. N. E. and @ N.N.E. Inthe Night while Calm we | fifh’d with Hook and Line, and cauglit — good ftore of Fifh, viz. Snappers, Breams, Old Wives, and Dog-fifh. When thefe : _laft came we feldom caught any others; for if they did not drive away the other - Fifh, yetthey would be fure to keep them from taking our Hooks, °fer-they would 7 firft es ee ee or —— oe > — oe 4 ere ee a eee ae 2 ee ee eee oe SC re fe Coafting along N.Holland. — gr. firft ‘have them themfelves, biting very 41699 greedily. We caught alfo a Monk-fifh, “VY _ of whichT brought home the Piéture. See >rOnthe 5th of dagu/?, we ftill Coafted along: Shore, that we might the better fee any Opening ; kept founding, and had a- bout:20 Fathom clean Sand. The 26th Day, being about 4 Leagues off Shore the Water began gradually to fholden from 20to14 Fathom. I was Edging in a littletowardsthe Land, thinking tohave Anchored: But prefently after the Water decreafed almoft at once, till wehad but 5 Fathom.} I durft therefore adventure no farther, but fteered out the fame way that Wecame in; andina fhort time had ro Fathom (being then about 4 Leagues and a half from the Shore) and even Sound- ings. I fteered away E.N.E. Coafting along asthe Land lies. ‘This Day the Sea- breezes began to be very moderate again, and we made the belt of our way along Shore, only in the Night Edging off a lit- tle for fear of Sholes. Ever fince we left Sharks- Bay we had had fair clear. Weather, and fo for agreat while ftill. The 27th Day, we had 20 Fathom Wa- ter all Night, yet wecould not fee Land till x in the Afternoon from our Topmaft- head. By 3 we could juft difcern Land _ from our Quarter-deck: We had then 16 : Fathom. | 142 _ Noddy-Birds of N. Holland. _ ‘Anx1699: Fathom. The Wind was:at N. and we CV™ fteered E. by N. which is but one point in ‘onthe Land: Yet we decreafed our Water: very faft ; for at 4 we had but 9 Fathom 3 the next Caft but 7, which frighted us ; and we then tackt inftantly and ftoed of: Bur ina fhort timethe Wind coming at N.W. . and W. N. W. we tacktagain, andfteered ~-f N.N. E. andthen deepned our Water a= 7 : -. gain, and hadall Night from15 to. 20 Fa- © _ . thom. gored 4 ee _ The 28th Day we had between 20.and: © 40 Fathom. We fawno Land thisDay, ~ but faw a great many Snakes, andfome ~ Whales. We faw alfo fome: Boobies; and Noddy-birds; andinthe Night caught one ~ of thefelaft. It wasof another Shape and Colour than any Ihadfeen before. Ithad ~ a {mall long Bill, as all of them have, flac ~ Feet like Ducks Feet; its Tail forked © 3 like a Swallow, . but longer and broader, q and the Fork deeper than that of the Swal- ~ -low, with very long Wings: The Topor 7 Crown of the Head of this Noddy was 7 Coal-black, having alfo {mall black Streaks 7 round about and clofé to the Eyes; and © round thefe Streaks on each fide, a pretty © broad white Circle... The Breaft, Belly, © ‘and under partof the Wings of this Nod: ~ dy were white: And the Back and upper © partof its Wings of a faint black or fmoak 7 Colour. . Seea PiGture of this, and of the 7 €om- | si : we): =a a i ha ae ee on eee ne ee ai ieica Ft rode DR ee al nce ate ake od Lan eee A Nees e = ¥ . ve hae An Ecclipfe of the Moon. — "143 Common one, Birds, Fig. 5, 6. Noddies 42.1699: are feen in moft Places between the Tropicks, “V™ as well in the Ez/t-Indies, and onthe Coaft of Brazil, asin the West-Indies.- They reft a Shorea Nights, and therefore we never _ fee them far at Sea, not above 20 or 30 Leagues , unlefs driven off in a Storm. When they come about a Shiptheycom- . monly perch inthe Night, and will fit ftill . = tillthey are taken by theSeamen. They 3 Build on Cliffs againft the Sea, or Rocks, : as Thave faid Vol-I. p.53. The 30th Day beingin Lat. 18 deg. or min. we made the Land again, and faw _ many great Smoaks near the Shore ; and having fair Weather and moderate Breezes, I fteered in towardsit. At 4in the After- noon I Anchored in § Fathom Water ; clear Sand,about 3 Leagues and a half from the Shore. TI prefently fent my Boat to Sound nearer in, and they found 10 Fa- thom abouta Mile farther in: and from thence ftill farther in the Water decreafed gradually to g, 8, 7. and at 2 Mile diftance to 6 Fathom. This Evening we faw an Eclipfe of the Moon, but it was abating before the Moon appear’d to us; for the Horizon was very hazy, fo that we could not fee the Moon till fhe had been half an hour above the Horizon: and at two _ ‘hours, 22 min. after Sun-fer, by the reck- . Oning of our Glafles, the Eclipfe was quite | i ‘ Zone, »~ ~~ 144 ae again in N. Hol 1 4n.1699-gone, which was not of many Digits. “V~ The Moon’s. Center was ea 33 deg. 40 min: high. The gift of August esis in rie Morn- ing I went afhore with 10.0r t1 Mento fearch for Water. “We went armed with Muskets and Cutlaffes for our Defence, ex- ~ petting to fee People there ; and carried” { alfo Shovels and. Pickaxes to dig Wells. When wecame near the Shore we faw 3 tall black naked Men on the fandy Bay a~ head of us: But as we row’d in, they went away. When we were landed I fent the Boat with two Men inher to ly a little from the Shore at an Anchor, to prevent ~ being feiz’d.; while the reft. of us went af= _ ter the 3 black Men, who were now got on the top of a fmall Hill. about a quarter of a Mile from us, with 8 or 9 Men more in their Company. They feeing us com- ing, ran away. When we came on the top of the Hill where they firft ftood, we faw.a plain Savannah, about half a mile from us, farther.in from the Sea. There © were feveral Things like Hay-cocks, -ftanding in the Savahnah; which at adi- © .. lance we thought were Houtes, looking — -jaft like the Hottentor’s Houfes at the Cape of G. Hope: but we found them to be fo many Rocks. We fearched about thefe “for Water, but could find none, nor any Houfes; nor People, for they were alk 7 : cone. soggy Cp MMM 5 eo 7 A a a a Natives of N. Holland. ase Then we’ return’d again to the Place 4% 1699 where we landed, and there we dug for Warter.. at While we were at work there came 9 or to of the Natives toa fmall Hilla little way from us, and ftood there menacing ' and threatning of us, and making a great Noife. At laft one of them came towards us, and the reft: followed at-a diftance.. I went out to’ meet him; and came within | 50 yards of him, making to him all the - Signs of Peace and Friendfhip I could ; but then he ran'away, neither would they -any of them ftay for us to come nigh them; for we tried two: or three times. At laft I took two Men with me, and went inthe Afternoon along by the Sea- fide, purpofely to catch one of them, if I could, of whom I might learn where they got their frefh Water. . There were 10 or'12 of the Natives alittle way off, who feeing us three going away from the reft of our Men, followed us at adiftance. I thought they would follow us: but there _ being for awhile a Sand-bank between us and them, that they could not then fee us, we made a halt, and hid: our felves in a bending of the Sand-bank. They knew we mult be thereabouts, and being. 3 or 4 times our Number, thought to feize us. So they difpers’d themfelves, fome going — to the Sea-fhore, and others beating about L the Tae 4n.1699-the Sand-hills. . We knew by. what Ren- oO on ONE eee ee A Oe Oe or. ae a eer en eat Natives of N. Holland. | “counter we had shad with them in the, — Morning that we could eafily out-run them: fo a nimble young Man that was with me, fecing fome of them near, ran towards them ; and they for fome time, fan away before him. But he foon over- taking them, they facd about and fought him. He had a Cutlafs, and they had Wooden Lances: with which, being ma- ny of them, they were too hard for him. When he firft ran towards them 1 chas’d two more that were by the Shore: but — fearing how it might be with my young © Man, Iturn’d back quickly, and went up © to the top of a Sand-hill, whence I faw him near me, clofely-engag’d. with them. Upon their feeing me, one of them threw a Lafce at me, that narrowly mifst me. f difcharg’d my Gun to feare them, but avoided {hooting any of them: till finding the young Manin great danger from them, and my felf in fome; and that tho’ the Gun hada little frighted them at firft, yet they had foon learnt to defpife it, toffing up their Hands, and crying Pooh, Pooh, Pooh ; and coming on afrefh with a great Noife, I thought it high time to charge a- gain, and fhoot one of them, which I did. Fhe reft, feeiag him fall, madeaftanda- sali; and my young Man took the op- — portunity to difengage himfelf, and come | off k ne eee oo ee Natives of N.Holland. 147° off to.me : my other:Man.alfo was with 4.1699. - — me, who had done nothing all this while, having come.out unarm’d ; and I return’d back with my Men, defigning to.attempt , the Natives. no farther , being very forry for what had happen’d already. They took up their wounded Companion : and my young Man, who had been ftruck - through the.Cheek by one of their Lances, was afraid it had been poifon’d: but I did not. think that likely. . His Wound was very painful to him, being made witha blunt: Weapon: but he foon recover’d of it. . Among the NV. Hollanders., whom.we were thus engag’d with, there was one who by his Appearance and Carriage, as well in the Morning .as this Afternoon, feem’d to be the Chief of them, and.a kind of Prince or Captain among them... He , ‘was a young brisk Man, not very-tall; nor fo perfonable as fome of the reft, tho’ more active and. couragious: He was painted (which fone of the reft were at all) with a Circle of white Pafte or Pigment (a fort Lime, as wethought) about his Eyes, and a white ftreak down his Nofe from his _ Forehead to the tip of it. Andhis Breaft and fome part of his Arms were alfo made white with the fame Paint : not for Beauty or Ornament, one would chink, but as fome wild Indian Warriors are faid to do,he L 2 feem’d bay ae PRS Se es Set ee eee ee Te Oe ee. eee. eT ee Pe ten Oe eee ee ere * Fg a ss ‘ ‘ \ “148 Natives of N. Holland. — : “An. 1699 feemn’d thereby to defign the looking more ‘terrible ; this his Painting adding very — “much to his natural Deformity; forthey ‘all of them of the’ moft unpleafant Looks ~ ‘and the worft Features of any People that ‘ever I faw, tho’ I have feen great variety “Of Savages. “"Thefe N. Hollanders were “| . probably the fame fort of People asthofe T met with on this Coaft in my Voyage — round the World; (See Vol. 1. p. 464, ec.) for the Place I then touch’d at was not a- ) ‘hove 40 or 50 Leaguesto the N. E. of this: ‘And thefe were much the fame blinking Creatures (here being alfo abundance of the fame kind of Flefh-flies teizing them) _ ‘and with the fame black Skins, and Hair frizled, tall and thin, Gc. as;thofe were: — But‘ we had not the opportunity to fee — whether thefe, asthe former, wanted two “of their fore-Teeth. . Ke ~~ We faw a great many places where they _ ‘had made Fires ; and where there were — commonly 3 or 4 Boughs {tuck up to _ Windward of them; forthe Wind (which — a‘. is the Sea-breeze) in the day-time blows ‘i -alwaysone way with them ;, andthe Land- — breeze is but fmall.. By their Fire-places we {hould always find great heaps of Fifh- Thells, of feueral forts; and °tis probable that thefe poor Creatures here lived chiefly on the Shell-fifh, “as thofe I before defcrib’d — “ard on fmall Fifh, which they caught in © ber handel _ Wires = eS ee Tee Ne ee Pel Le eet, te ee LE Te er, eg i eae Tidesin N. Holland. 9 149) Wires or Holes inthe Sand at Low-water. 47. 1699. Thefe gather’d their Shell- fifh om the“ Rocks at Low-water ; “but had’ no! Wires (that we faw)) whereby to ‘get. any. other forts of Fifh:» As among the former I faw not any heaps of Shells as here, though)J, know they alfo gather’d’ fome Shell-fifhy The Lances alfo of thofe were fuch asthefe had; however they being upon an Iland, with their,.Women arid Children, and-all in our Power, they did not there ufé them againft us, as here on the Continent, where: we {aw none but fome of the Men under Head, who come out purpofely to obferve “us. We {aw no Houfes at either Place; and I believe they have none, fince the for- mer People-on the Ifland:had. none, tho’ they had all their Families‘with them. ©, - Upon returning to my Men I faw-thae tho’ they. had dug 8 or g Foot deep, yee found no. Water. So I returned aboard that Evening, and the'next day, being September st, 1 fent my Boatf{wain afhore to dig deeper, and fent the Sain with him _ tocatch Fifh. Whilel ftaid aboard I ob- A ferved the flowing of the. Tide, which runs very {wift here, fo that our Nun-buoy would not bear, above the Water. to’ be feen. It flows here (as on-that part of N. Holland V defcrib’d formerly, about:5 Fathom; and here the Flood runs S.-H by S. till the. laft Quarter/;. then. it :fets * 2 night i ti - oo DAe, Be | See) AG Sb we eG IE El Cee, CT eR) ele er ee a « - , Se) 150 - Nem Paffageito the South-Sea, : 4». 1699. right in. towards the Shore (which les “V™ here S.S. Wi and N.N. BE.) andthe Ebb runs N. Wy by'oN. When ‘the Tides flackned we Fifl’d with Hook afid Liné, as we had alreddy done in feveral Places on this Coaft; on which in this*Voyage hi- therto, we had found but little Tides: but by the Heighth, and Strength, andCourfe of them hereabouts, it fhould feem that if there be fuch a Paflage of Streight going through Haftward tothe Gréat Soath Sea; as I faid one might fufpet, one would exs ped to find the Mouth of it fomewhere between this Place and Rofemary Uland, which was the part of VV. Holland Y come laft from. ye 3 7. Next Morning my Men came aboard _ and brought a Rundlet of brackifh Water — which they got out of another Well that — they dug in a Place‘a mile off, and about half as far fromthe Shore; but this Water — was not fit to drink. However we ail E concluded that it would ferve to boil our — Oatmeal, for Burgoo, whereby we might fave the Remains of our other Water for drinking, till we fhould get more; andac- — cordingly the next day we brought aboard _ 4 Hogtheads of it: but while we were at _ work ‘about the Well we were fadly peft- er’d with the Flies, which were mor troubleforie to us than the Sun, tho i fhone clearand {trong upon us allthe while, - on | : very “Plants in N. Holland. org 1 very hot. All this while we faw no mote 4*- 1699. of the Natives, but faw fome of othe~~ “Smoaks of fome of their Fires at 2 or.3 miles diftance.: Aen The. Land hereabouts th aval die : that part of New Holland that 1 formerly . defcribed [Vol. L. p. 463.] "tis low,, but _ ‘feemingly barricado’d with a long Chain of Sand-hills to the Sea, that let’s nothing be feen of what is farther within Land. - At high Water the Tides rifing fo high as they do ; the Coaft fhews very low: but when ’tis low Water it feems to be of an indifferent heighth. At low Water-Mark the Shore is all Rocky, fo that then. there isno Landing with a Boat; but at high Water a Boat may come in. over thofe Rocks to the Sandy Bay, which runs all along on this Coaft. . Theduand by the | Sea for about 5.0r 600 yards.is a dry San- dy Soil, bearing only Shrubs’ and Bufhes of divers forts. Some of \thefe had them at this time of the year, yellow Flowers or Bloffoms, fome blue, and fome white); moft of them of a very fragrant Smell. Some had Fruit like Peafecods; in each.of which there were juft ten {mall Peas: I opened many ofithem, and found no.more nor lefs. “Phere are alfo here fame of that fort of Bean’ which I faw at. Rofemary- ¥fland: and-another fort of {mall , -red, hard Pulfe, “growing in Cods alfo, with L4 little NR a, ge Te SOE pte Eee ON ee Pe eR ee ee GL es eT eR ee ns APS fee 152 Nature of the Land in N. Holland. An. 1699slittle black Eyes like Beans. I know not “V™ their Names, ‘but have feen them ufed of- : ten in the EaS-Indies for weighing Gold ; and they make the fame ufe of them at Guinea, as 1 have heard, where the Wo- men alfo make ‘Bracelets with them to wearabout their Arms. Thefe grow on Bufhes: but here are alfo-a Fruit like Beans growing on a creeping fort of Shrub- like Vine. ‘Thete was great plenty of all thefe forts’of: Cod-fruit growing on the Sand-hills by the Sea-fide, fome of them — green, fome ripe, and fome fallen’ on the — Ground: but I could not perceive that any of them had been gathered: by the Na- tives; and might not probably be whole- fome Food.«:: « 7 The Land farther in, that is lower than what borders ‘onthe Sea, was, fo muchas we faw of it, very plain.and even. part- iy Savannahs, and partly Woodland. The _ Savannahs bear a fortof thin courfe Grafs. — The Mould is alfo a courfer Sand than that by the Sea-fide, and in fome places — tis Clay. Here are a great many Rocks — in the large Savannah we were in, which — are 5 or 6 Foot high, and round at top © ‘like a Hay-cock, very remarkable; fome — red, and fome white. The Woodland ~ lies farther in ftill; where there were di- vers forts of fmall Trees, fearce any three Foot in circumference ; their Bodies 12 0r 14 mY ewes er ead ER) i esp oe ee ee ee Their Beafts, Fowl and Fifh. 153 ) 14 Foor high, witha Head: of fmall Knibs 4a: 1699. or Boughs. By thefides of the Crecks, ef. “¥™ pecially nigh the’ Sea, there grow a few {mall black Mangrove Trees. There are but few Land-Animals, I faw fome Lizards ; and my Men faw two or three Beafts Itke hungry : Wolves, lean . like fo many Skeletons, being nothing but Skin and Bones: ?Tis probable that it was the Foot of one of thofe Beafts that I mention’d as feen by us in ZV: Holland, [Vol. I. p. 463.) We faw a Rackoon or two, and one {mall {peckled Snake. , | The Land-fowls that we faw here were Crows (juft fuch as ours: in Exgland ) {mall Hawks, and Kites; a few of each fort: but here are plenty of {mall Turtle- Doves, that are plump, fat and very good Meat. Here are 2:or 3 forts of fmaller _ Birds, fome as big as Larks, fome lefs; but not many of either fort. The Sea- Fowl are Pelicans, Boobies, Noddies, Curlews, Sea-pies, cc. and but few of thefe neither. = * The Sea is plentifully ftock’d with the largeft Whales that I ever faw: but.not to compare with the vaft ones of the Nor- thern Seas. We faw alfo a great many . Green Turtle, but caught none ; here be- ing no Place to fet a Turtle-Netin; here being no Channel for them, and the Tides ‘Tunning fo ftrong. We faw fome oh i an Fibin N. Holland. .1699-and Paracoots ; and with Hooks and — ©" ™ Lines we caught fome Rock-fifh and Old Wives. Of Shell-fifh, here were Oyftets both of the common kind for Eating, and of the Pearl-kind: andalfo Wilks, Conchs, Mutcles, Limpits, Perriwinkles, cc. and AU gather’d a few ftrange Shells; chiefly.a fort not large, and thick-fet.all about with Rays or Spikes growing in Rows: | __ And-thus having ranged about, a confi- derable time, upon this Coaft , ‘without finding any good frefh Water, .or any con- venient Place to clean the Ship, as Lchad shop’d for» .And it being moreover: the heighth. of the:dry Seafon, ‘and my Men growing Scorbutick for want’ of Refrefh- -ments, fothat I had little Incouragement “to fearch further ; I-refolved:to leave this of Seprember. fev Sailtowards Temor. > AG GO, Uj NP Beso f OF feveral | hecead PLANTS 'Golleted in Braftl, New Holland,’ ‘Timor, and “New Guinea ; referring to the _ Figures. Engraven on the Cop- oper Plates. ound ait: AB. 1. Fig. 1. Cotton-flomer from Bh Baya m’Brifil. The Flower con- ~ fifts ofa great many Filaments, almoft as {mall as Hairs, betwixt 3'and‘ 4 Inches long, of a Murreéy-colour ; on the top of them ftand fmall afh-colour’d ‘apices. ‘The pédicule of the Flower is inclos’d at the bottom with five narrow ftiff Leaves, a- bout fix Inches long. There is one of this genus in Mr. Ray’s Supplement, which a- an Ro grees “" « Ae Mes - ‘S GY Oy Se a ee ee ef } x > _ An Account of Plants. grees exactly with this in every refpett, only that. is twice larger at the leaft. I was fent from Surinam by the Name of Momoo. | ayia Tab. 1. Fig. 2. Safminum Brafilianum luteum, mali limonie folio nervofo , petalis crafis. = — Tab 1. Fig. 3. Criffa Pavonis Brafiliana Bardane folits. The Leaves are very tender and like the top Leaves of Bardana major, both as to fhape and texture: Inthe Figure they arereprefented too ftiffand too much ferrated. | g- | , Tab. 1. Fig. 4. Filix Brafiliana Ofmunde minori ferrato folio. ‘This Fern is of that kind, which bears it’s Seed-Veffels in Lines on the edge of the Leaves. gh Tab. 2.. Fig 1.. Rapantiam-Nove Hol- landia, flore magno coccineo.. The Perian- thium compos’d of five long pointed Parts, the Form of the Seed-Veffel and thefmal- nefs of the Seeds, together with the irre- — gular fhape of the Flower-and thinnefs-of the Leaves, argue this Plant to bea Ra- puntium. .... 1 aa ng Tae > Tab. 2. Fig. 2. Fucus foltis capillacees breviffimis, veficulis minimis donatis. ‘This elegant.fucus-is of the Erica Marina or Sargazo.kind , but has much finer parts 7 than thar. ~ It was collected onthe Coaft — of New Holland. pike vi St eae Aim Py See An Account of Plants. - Tab. 2. Fig. 2. Ricinoides Nove Hol- lande angulofo craffo folio. This Plant is fhrubby, has thick woolly Leaves, efpeci- ally on the under fide. Its Fruit is tricoc- cous, hoary on the out-fide with a Calix divided into five parts. It .comes near Ricini frattu parvo frucofa Curaffavica, folio Phylli, P.B. pre | Tab. 2. Fig. 2. Solanum [pinofum Nove Hollandiea Phylli foliis fubrotundis. This new Solanum bears a blewifh Flower like the others of the fame Tribe; the Leaves are of a whitifh colour, thick and woolly on both fides, {carce an Inch long and near as broad. The ‘Thorns are very fharp and thick fet, of a deep Orange colour, efpeci- ally towards the Points. | Tab. 3. Fig. 1. Scabiofa (forte) Nove Hollandia , (latices foliis fubtus argenteis. The Flower ftands on a Foot-ftalk four . Inches long, included in a rough Calix of a yellowifh colour. The Leaves are not above an Inch long, very narrow like Torift, green on the upper and hoary on the under fide, growing in tufts. “Whe- ‘ther this Plant be a Scabious, Thrift or Helichryfum is hard to judge from the im- perfect Flower of the dry’d Speeimen. Tab. 3.. Fig. 2. Alcea Nove Hollandie foliis auguftis utringue villofis. ‘The Leaves ftalk and under fide of the Perianthium of - this Plant are all woolly, The Petala are very 5 ‘ x An Account of Plants. very tender, five in number, {fcarce fo largeas the Calix: In the middle ftands a , “a Columella thick fet withthrummy apicale, which argue this Plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind. Oe Tab. 3. Fig. 3. Of what gezus this Shrub or Tree is, is uficertain, agreeing with none yet defcrib’d, ‘as far as can be © judg’d, bythe State itis in. It hasawvery beautiful Flower, of ared colour as far as ~ can be guefs’d by the dry Specimen, con- — fifting of ten large Petala, hoary on beth fides, efpecially underneath ; the middle of the Flower is thick fet with Stamina, which are ‘woolly at the bottom, the ~ length of the Petala, each of them crown’d — é with its Apex. The Calix is dividedinto — : five round pointed parts. The Leavesare ~ like thofe of Amelanchier Lob. green atop — and very woolly underneath, not running to a point, as is common in others, but with an Indenture at the upper end. : - Tab. 3. Fig. 4. Dammara ax Nova Hol. — landia , Sanamunde fecunde Chyfii foltis: — This new genus was firft fent from 4m- — boyna by Mr. Rumphias, by the Name of — _Dammara, of which he tranfmitted two, © . kinds; one with narrow and long ftiff — Leaves, the other with fhorter and broad- — er. The firft of them is mention’d in Mr. Petiver’s Centuria, p. 350. by the Name of Arbor hortenfis. favanoram foliis ee os aa ak le An. Account of Plants. vifce auguftioribus aromaticis florébus, fpicatis flamineis lute{centibus; Muf. Pet... As alfo in Mr. Ray’s Supplement to his Hiftory of Plants now inthe Prefs. This is of the fame genus With them, agreeing both in Flower and Fruit, tho’ very much differing in Leaves. The Flowersarefiamincous and feem to be of an herbaceous colour, grow- ing among the Leaves, which are fhore and almoftround, very ftiff and ribb’d on the under fide, of a dark green above, and a pale colour underneath, thick fet on by pairs, anfwering one another crofs-ways, fo that they cover the Stalk.. The Fruic | is as big as a Pepper-corn, almoft round, of a whitifh colour, dry andtough, with a Hole onthe top, containing {mall Seeds. Any one that fees this Plant. without its Seed-Veffels, would take it for an Erica _. or Sanamunda.. The Leaves of this Plant - areof avery-aromatick Taft... Tab. 4. Fig. 1. Equifetum Nove Hol. landia frutefceus foliis longiffimis.. ?Lis _ doubtful whether this be an. Eguifetam or not; the texture of the Leaves agrees beft with that gezes of any, being articulated one ‘within another at each Joint, which is only proper to this Tribe. .Thelongeft — of them areéabout nine Inches. Tab. 4. Fig..2.Colutea Nove Hollandi« — floribus amplis coccineis, umbellatins dif pofitis macula purpurea notatis. ‘There being no Leaves to this Plant, ’tis hard to fay what £enUus Pee ay eRe) fel eee) eet ae Fe ae ee eee nee. as Cotyledon aquatica and Faba Aigyptia. An Account of Plants. genus it properly belongsto. The Flow- ers are very like to the Colatea Barbe ‘fovis folio flore coccineo Breynii; of the fame Scarlet colour, with a large deep purple Spot in the vexillam, but much bigger, coming all from the fame point after the — manner of an Umbel. The rudiment of | the pod is very woolly, and terminates in a Filament neartwolIncheslong. = - Tab. 4. Fig. 3. Conyza Nove Hollandia anguftis Rovifmarini foliis. This Plant is very much branch’d and feems to be woody. ‘The Flowers ftand on very fhort Pedicules, arifing from the fizus of the Leaves, which are exaétly like Rofemary, only lefs. It tafts very bitter now dry. . Tab. 4. Fig. 4. Moboh Infule Timor. This is a very odd Plant, agreeing with no defcrib’d gesus. The Leaf is almoft — round, green on the upper fide and whi- © tifh underneath, with feveral Fibres run- ning from the infertion of the Pedicule towards the circumference ’tis umbilicated The Flowers are white ftanding on fingle Foot-ftalks, of the fhape of a Stramonium, — but divided into four points only, as isthe — Perianthium. | 4 Tab. 5. Fig. 1. Fucus ex Nova Guinea uva marina dittus, folits variis. This beautiful facus is thick fet with very {mall fhort tufts of Leaves, which by the aa | 0 An Account of Plants. of a magnifying Glafs, feem to be round _ and articulated, as if they were Seed-Vef- fels; befides thefe, there are other broad Leaves, chiefly at the extremity of the Branches, ferrated on the edges. The veficule are round, of the bignefs exprefs’d in the Figure. Tab. 5. Fig. 2. Fucus ex Nova Guinea Flaviatilis Pifane J. B. foliis.. Thefe _ Plants are fo apt to vary in their Leaves, according to their different States, that tis hard to fay this is diftin& from the laft. It has in feveral Places (not all exprefs‘d. in the Figure) fome of the fmall fhort Leaves, or Seed-Veflels mention’d in the former; which makes me apt to believe it the fame, gather’d in a different ftate ; be- fides the broad Leaves of that and this agree as to their Shape and Indentures. oF a ie In Account of fome Fifbes that are _ Figured in Plate 2. & 3. See Plate 3. Fig. §. Hisisa Fith of the Tunny-kind,and — agrees well enough with the Fi- sure in Tab. 3. of the Appendix to Mr. Willughby’s Hiftory of Fifhes under the a Name of Garabuca ; it differs fomething, in the Fins efpecially, from :Pz/o’s Figure of the Gwarapucu. See Plate 3. Figure 4. < - This refembles the Figure of the Gua- perva maxima candata in Willughby’s Ich- q thyol. "Tab. 9, 23. and the Guaperva of — Péfo, but does not anfwer their Figures in — every particular. See Plate 2. Figure 2. There are 2 forts of Porpuffes: The one ‘ the long-fnouted Porpu/s, as the Seamen ~ call it; and this isthe Dolphin of the Greeks, ‘The other is the Bottle-nofe Porpu/s, which is generally thought to be the Phecena of Ariftoile, Plate 2. Figure 9. , This is the Guaracapema of Pifo au a Maregrave, by others call’d the Dorado. | *Yis Figured in Willaghby’s Ichthyol. Tab. O. 2. under the Name of Delphin Belgis. THE me ue ; 4 4 ; me a, eee EH INDEX. ‘e Licgrancs, one of the Canary Iflands, Page 4. its View from feveral Points, ibid. Amphisbena ( Suake ) aeferibed, 17 Amplitude ; Difference between “the Morning and Evening Amplitude, ee Oe Arifah (Fruit) deferibed 6 Arn Account of feveral Plants colletted pA Brafil, New Holland, Timor, avd New Guinea, frig to the Figures Tab. 1, 2, 33 4 45 An Cees of Some Fifhes that’s Figured on Plate 2. 8° 2. B. | Baha de todos los Santos z# + Bralil its Har- bour and Town defcribed, 49, &e. M 2 The | The INDEX. The Product and Trade of the Country, §§ a ‘Their Shipping and Timber, ‘58 4 The Soil and Fruit of the Country, 62, &c. — - The Winds and Seafons, -- 86 The time of cutting Sugar-canes, 87 Its view from feveral Points, | 48 Bill-Bird de/cribea, | 74 7 Birds of N. Holland, . 192,123 © Blake, fank the Spanifb Galleons near Tene- — riffe,.~ SS ee ‘5s a Brafil, the View of its Coaft, ee See Bahia. - Britain (New) an Ifland difcovered by the — Author, well-inhabited, and probably af- — fording rich Commoaities, Preface Bubbles like fimall Pearl fwimming thickin ~ h the Sea, ©. 114 BS Gables made of 4 fort of Hair growing on — Trees in Brafil, 5 tga C4 ae Callavances, 4 Fruit in Mayo, 23 8 _ Canary-Iflands, their Product and Trace, 11 7 The Character of their prefent Gover-. § Bilin. oi has > 13," he Cape of Good Hope, its View from feveral Points, 5 48 »' Cafhew (Fruit) defcribed, 1 ek OS Channel (Englifh) 4 neceffary Caution to : : thofe that Sail through tt, 2 ~ ..... Chattering-Crow of Brafil defcribed, 73 oC 4 . Clocking- Oe ee a a Te Ee Oe eS tT ee aia 5 : 2 Ree ROM TT ee sig sh OS Oa ee Nilhae some Sah Sa a oa a Al Z .¥ se Faas CAP Sag ae ioe Ney nega The INDE X. Clocbini ens of Brafil, : 74 Coco-Nat-Tree iz Brafi I 64 Cotton ( Silk ) its growth and defcription, 21, 22, 65 Crufia, 4 Fol, : aes Curlew, 2 Fowl, . aia Ys Currecoo (Bird) defcribed 5 Currents iz the Sea, from 7 deg. 50 min. Lat. to 3 deg. 22 min. N. 41 Currefo (Bird) | 74 Cuftard-Apple, decribed 33 ~ Cuttle- Fy, Plate 1. Fig. 3. D. Dendees, « fort of Palm-bverries in Brafil, 71 Dogs, fee Water-Dogs. Dung-hill. Fow!s ie Brafil, 16 F. \ Fith of N. Holland, 124, 125 Fifh of the Tunny kind, and account of, 162 Fifh called by the ae de Old Wife, account of, 162 Flamingo, «4 bowks 23. Flying-Fifh, betwixt the Canaries and C. Verd- -Iflands 14 Frape-Boat, its afe at the Salt-Pond at Mayo, Fier 18, XC, M 3 : Cc, BS; ilediy ay AUR RES 5 SOS Bla aaah ara ake al OS ei ae oe bee uaa Nera Si Silt a ok a. Sy ¥ wey; pe ‘ 7 7 : ? The INDEX. | G. Gatlena Pintada, a Bird, Mowe 23,kc. Galleons (Spanifh) funk by Admiral Blake, . — near Teneriff, and continue ftill ey: 4 6 Gerret- Dennis-Ife, its Inhabitants difer bed, Preface — Guano (Beaft) of N. Holland, 123. 7 Guinea-Hens, fee Gallena Pintada. Guinea (New) ts Natives, &c. Pref. H. Hammocks ; Gentlemen carried about in them at Bahia iz Brafil, 5 Holland (New) Coat decribed, 121, ge 132, &c. 137. Its Natives defcribed, 145, &c. Views of feveral Parts of its Coafts and Iflands from fro Poiuts, © 117 | I. Jago (St.) Iflend and Town, 29, &c. ts Inhabitants, | 32 2 Its Produk, 33, &c. Its Animals, | 35, &c. “Its Road a very bad one, 36 @ ots View, 14 ff fenete ( Bad ') defevibed, 74 4 ‘ Jeni- © aX The INDEX. Jenipah, or Jenipapah (Fruit) bees. 68 Ingwa (Fruit) defevibed, ae f. Laguna ia Teneriff, deferibed, 7 Lancerota, ove of the Canary Lflands, 4 Its View from feveral Points, ibid. M. Mackeraw (Bird) deferibed 72 Malmfey-Wine grows in the Lana Eee riff, 9, 11. . Mayo, one of C. Verd Iflands, its View, i _ Its Defcription, 15 A large Account of the ERE Salt there, 16, &e. Its Soil ana Produd, 21, &C Its Inhabitants, ‘29 Its View from feveral Points, 14 Mendibee (Fruit) 72 Mericafah (Fruit) defcribed, — 69 Miniola, 2 Fowl, ‘in Se Monk- Fi/h, 14k Muckifhaw (Fruit) defcribed, 70 Mungaroo (Frait) deferibed, 70 Mofteran-de-ova (Fruit) defcribed, 7% M 4 N. " Le Oe re ee eee at aris Re. bees YE oti VACA oh athe | -ThRINDEX J N. Noddy-Bird deleribed, Northweft-Winds give Notice bferebard of their coming, at Port Oratavia in'Te- — (a neriff, azd how provided Rs “9,10 @ eS 0. : | Oratavia, 4 Port in Teneriff, er 9.1 Otee (Fruit) defcribed, she 70 4 a | | rae : : a Palm-Betries ia Brafil, ~ ny 4 | Papah, 4 Fruit deferibed Paflage poffibly to the South of ee Hol 7 Jand azd New Guinea into the great South cae Sea Eaftward, 135,150 : . Pernambuc more Healthy than other Places oo tothe Southward, | AA a Petango (Fruit) deferibed, Aosta OM — Petret (Bird) defcribed Oa tS ' Petumbo (Frait) pele i 70 — » | Phyfick-Nuts = 74a | Pineon (Frait), Ibid Pintado Bird defcribed or hoe DRO Plants, a” account of them, 1550 . Plants ch ee on Copper, Tab. 1, 2, 3,8 ee rr at | 7 | ; i Fig eg 4 ee DS is: 3 4 wal bake a5) 2 The INDEX. | Plants of N. Holland, 15! Porpufles, Pag. 162. ‘and Figured in Plate 2 of Fifbes, | Portugueze Civil to the Author, 49 Rabek, a Fowl, 3 25 Raccoon of N. Holland, 123 Remora (Fi(b) Plate 11. Fig. 6. Rofemary-I/land in N. Holland, 138 The Plant refembling Rofemary , from which the Author gives this Nametothe Iland, is Figured Tab. 4: Ne 3: S. Salt, 4 large Account of the Method of make - ing it at Mayo, us SOg cs Salt- fe Ponds oy at Mayo, kerx only in the dry Sea- Son, and others inthe Welt-Indies 1 the wet only, 17 Santa-Cruz im Teneriff, its Road, Town and Harbour defcribed by5 Seamen in great Danger of Sickne/s, by neg- letting to fbift their wet Cloaths in bot Conn- tries, Their Ignorance and Obftinacy, 4 great ee re Aa long Voyages, 45, 85, 86, 8 Sea. Weeds, See Weeds. ) Shark of N. Holland aeee 125 Sharks-Bay ## N. Holland defcribed, 121, 126, I 27: AAG te Bhi Bt MS Coy 4 Th INDEX. — Shear-Water (Bird) deferibed, 93 Ship (the Authors) foundred at Sea, Pref. Ship of 50 Guns built at Brafil, 58 Skip-jack (Fifh) defertbed. 7 11g : serail » Jee Water-Snake, amd Amphif- Sour-fop_ (Fruit) defcribed, 67 Sugar, the way of refining it in Brafil ae 3 Clg, ‘ Gn$h | ie Tafman’s Drake Needs, 136 Teneriffe, 4 Its Wines and Fruits and Animals, 9, 1 Its N.W. view, - ~ Timber af Brafil as good and more deca than an) in Barope, ae 58 Timo + Preface Trees FE N. Holland, 122 Turtle, lay their Eggs in the wet Seafon, 26 Ww hy not eaten by the Spaniards, as by the Englifh, 81 ‘ Turtle-Doves of Brafil, 74 Ui. ‘Variation, where tt. snaredled's in Sailing Eaft- er), 94 Where it decreafed in Seilibe Eafterly, 97 | Its minihaha ‘and the difficulty of taking ity } 99) 100, ar The INDEX. A large Table of Variations obferved in this Voyage, ee 102, &c. © W. Water-dog of Brafil, aes Water-Snake of Brafil, its Eos Mas ner of catching its Prey, 79 Of N. Holland, 129, 134. 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