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man who had picked up the golden ore, and who 

 was noAv master of the Gabriel. They proceeded 

 some distance up the strait, when, on the 1 8th of 

 July, the general taking the gold-finers with him, 

 landed near the spot where the ore had been picked 

 up, but could not find in the whole island " a peece 

 so bigge as a walnut." But all the neighbouring 

 islands are stated to have good store of the ore. 

 They then landed on Hall's greater island, where 

 they also found a great quantity of the ore. On 

 the top of a high hill, about two miles from the 

 shore, " they made a columne or crosse of stones 

 heaped up of a good heigth togither in good sort, 

 and solemnly sounded a trumpet, and saide certaine 

 prayers kneeling about the ensigne, and honoured 

 the place by the name of Mount Warwicke.'' 



Returning to their boats, they espied several of 

 the natives on the top of Mount Warwick waving 

 a flag, " with cries like the mowing of buls, seem- 

 ing greatly desirous of conference with us.'* Both 

 sides being suspicious of each other, two men were 

 selected one on the part of each to confer together, 

 and to settle a traffick ; and we are told that " one 

 of the salvages, for lacke of better merchandize, cut 

 off the tayle of his coate and gave it unto the 

 generall for a present." On this, which was not a 

 very civil return, the general and the master sud- 

 denly laid hold of the two savages. " But the 

 ground under-foot being slipperie with the snow 

 pn the side of the hill, their hand-fast fayled, and 

 their prey escaping ranne away and lightly re- 



