A.D. 



^539- 



[III. 401.] 



Burning 

 mouniaines. 



Abundance of 

 Seaks. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Chap 4. 



They land upon an Island to discover the same, and 

 there they see many fires, which issue out of 

 certaine mountaines, and many Seale-fishes. Here 

 they take an Indian, and can not understand his 

 language. Running along they discover another 

 Island, and take possession therof for the Emperours 

 Majestie, and a great haven in the firme land, which 

 they call Ancon de Sant Andres, or The haven of S. 

 Andrew. 



THe next day following our course we saw a great 

 haven with an Hand in the sea, within a crosse-bow 

 shoote of the firme land, and in this Island and on the 

 firme land were scene many smokes by the judgement of 

 all the company ; wherefore the captaine thought good 

 that wee should goe on land to know the certainty of 

 these smokes and fires, himselfe taking ten or twelve of 

 us with a boate in his company : and going on shore in 

 the Island, we found that the smokes proceeded out of 

 certaine mountaines and breaches of burned earth, where- 

 out ascended into the aire certaine cinders and ashes 

 which mounted up to the middle region of the aire, in 

 such great quantitie, that we could not esteeme lesse then 

 twenty lodes of wood to bee burned for the causing of 

 every of those smokes, whereat wee were all not a little 

 amazed. 



In this Island were such abundance of Scales, as it 

 was wonderful. Here we stayed that day, and killed a 

 great number of these Seals, with whom we had some 

 trouble : for they were so many, and ayded one another 

 so well, that it was strange to behold ; for it fell out, that 

 while we were occupied in killing some of them with 

 staves, they assembled twentie or thirty together, and lifting 

 themselves up assayled us with their feete in a squadron, 

 and overthrew two or three of our company on the 

 ground : whereupon letting goe those which they had in 

 their hands, they and the others escaped us and went into 



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