FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1540- 

 twentie leagues. And that Friday at night somewhat Twentie 

 late wee had sayled backe above twelve leagues of the '^^^^r"; 

 same, and because it was night wee stayed in the sea, of Cedars 

 where we and our shippes were not a little troubled, 

 so that all that night none of us slept a winke, but 

 watched every one. The next morning betimes being 

 Saturday we proceeded on our voyage, and gate under 

 the shelter of the said Hand, riding in thirtie fadome 

 water : and on that side where we ankored, we found 

 high and closed mountaines, with heapes of a certaine 

 earth which was all ashes and burned, and in other 

 places skorched and as blacke as coales, and like the rust 

 of yron, and in other places whitish, and here and there 

 small blacke hilles, whereat we marvelled exceedingly, 

 considering that when we passed by, it seemed unto us 

 an habitable countrey full of trees, and now we saw not 

 a sticke growing on this side. 



All of us supposed that on the other side toward 

 the firme lande the trees grewe which we sawe, although 

 (as I have sayde) wee sayled foure or five leagues distant 

 from the same. 



We stayed here under the shelter of these mountaines [III. 416.] 

 Saturday, Sunday, and Munday, alwayes having the 

 Northren winde so strong, that we thinke if it had 

 caught us in the sea, wee should have bene cast away. 



Chap. 12. 



They environ and land upon the Hand of Cedars, to 

 discover the same, and to seeke water and wood. 

 They are assailed of the Indians, and many of them 

 wounded with stones : but at length getting the upper 

 hand, they goe to their cottages, and ranging farther 

 up into the Hand they find diverse things which the 

 Indians in their flight had left behind them. 



ON Friday the 13 of January the Captaine com- 

 manded us to hoise out our boates, and to goe on 

 shore, which was done accordingly, and we did row along 

 the shore for the space of a good halfe league and 



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