FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1539- 



we had passed : here are certaine small hilles, but not 



so high as those which we had found before. Thus we 



sailed all night Northwest, and until the next day at 



noone, at which time we fell with a headland of white 



sand, where by the height which we tooke that day we 



found our selves to be in the latitude of 27. degrees and 



£. This cape we called Capo Roxo. All the coast is Capo Roxo. 



plaine and faire and cleane sand, and we saw within 



land some few trees not very great, with certaine moun- 



taines & woods 3. or 4. leagues distant from the said 



cape : and here likewise appeared a mouth of a river, 



which (as far as we could discerne) made certaine lakes 



up within the land : from the mouth whereof for the 



space of a league into the sea it seemed to be very 



sholde, because the sea did breake very much. Here 



we saw within the land 3. or 4. rivers. In this sort 



we sailed on our voiage to the Northward, & because T^he coast 



we had not good weather we road that nip^ht in a 2:reat ^^^^f^ 

 . , . 9 , , ^ ^ horthzvard. 



haven lying in our way, where on the shore wee saw 



certaine plaines, and up within the land certaine hilles 



not very high : and continuing our course toward the 



North about 3. leagues from this haven we found an 



Hand of about one league in circuite lying before the 



mouth of the said haven. And sailing forward we found 



an haven which hath two mouthes into the Sea, into 



which we entered by the Northermost mouth, which hath 



10. or 12. fadome water, & so decreaseth till it come 



to 5. fadome, where we anckered in a poole which the 



Sea maketh, which is a strange thing to beholde, for 



there are so many entrances & mouths of streames 



and havens, that we were all astonied at the sight 



thereof; and these havens are so excellently framed by 



nature, as the like are not to be scene in the world, 



wherein we found great store of fish. Here wee 



anckered, and the Captaine went on shore, and tooke 



possession, using: all such ceremonies as thereunto belong. _. ,. 



XT 1 r 1 • 1 r 1 J Tishtns,weares 



Here also wee round certaine weares to catch nsn made ^j^^ ^^^^^ ^jr 



by the Indians, and certaine small cottages, wherein were Virginia. 



