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 mountaines, to view the disposition of the countrey, 



and in trueth we found it in that place very bad to 

 our judgement, for it was very ragged, full of woods 

 and caves, and so stonie, that we had much adoe to goe. 

 Being come unto the top we found certaine small hilles 

 full of woods, and cliffes that were not so craggie, 

 although very troublesome to climbe up ; and while we 

 looked from these little hilles, we could not discerne 

 any more mountaines, but rather judged that from that 

 place forward there were great plaines. The Captaine 

 would not suffer us to goe any further, because in those 

 places we had scene certaine Indians which seemed to 

 be spies, and warning us thereof he commanded us to 

 retire unto the shore, where we were to take in water, 

 and to dispatch our businesse quickly, and appointed 

 us to make certaine pits, that our buts might more 

 easily be filled with water. And setting our Guardes 

 or Centinels, we beganne to fill water. In the meane 

 while the Captaine tooke certaine souldiers, and went to 

 the top of an high hill, from whence he descryed a great 

 part of the Sea, and a lake which is within the land : 

 for the Sea entereth in the space of a league, and there 

 is a good fishing place round about : and the lake was Afishlngplace 

 so great, that it seemed unto us to be very neere 30 ^^^^ ^ l^ke of 

 leagues in compasse, for we could not discerne the end ^o^^.?^^-^ 

 thereof Then we came downe with no lesse trouble 

 then wee had mounted up unto the hill, by reason of 

 the steepenesse of the place, and some tumbled downe 

 with no small laughter of the rest. And being come 

 somewhat late to our watering place (for it was then 

 past noone) we set our selves to dinner, alwayes appoint- 

 ing some of our company in Centinell, untill we were 

 called to dinner, and when some were called two others 

 were appointed in their roomes. And about two of the 

 clocke after dinner, the Captaine and the rest suspecting 

 no danger of assalt of Indians, both because the place 

 seemed not to be fit for it, as also for that we had set 

 our Centinels at the passages ; two squadrons of Indians 



