FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1540. 



Chap. 15. [III. 422. 



They goe on land in the isle of Cedars, and take divers 

 wilde beasts, and refresh and solace themselves. They 

 are strangely tossed with the Northwest winde, and 

 seeking often to depart they are forced, for the 

 avoiding of many mischiefes, to repaire thither againe 

 for harbour. 



THe two and twentieth of February being the second 

 Sonday in Lent, the General went on shore with the 

 greatest part of his people and the friers, neere unto a 

 valley which they sawe before them. And hearing masse 

 on land, certaine souldiers and mariners, with certaine 

 dogges which we had in our company went into the 

 said valley, and we met with certaine deere, whereof we 

 tooke a female, which was little, but fat, whose haire was 

 liker the haire of a wild goat then of a deere, and we 

 found her not to be a perfect deere, for she had foure 

 dugs like unto a cowe full of milke, which made us much 

 to marveile. And after we had flayed off her skinne, 

 the flesh seemed more like the flesh of a goate, then 

 of a deere. We killed likewise a gray conie, in shape 

 like unto those of Nueva Espanna, and another as blacke 

 as heben-wood. In the cottages at the shelter above, 

 where we brake our cable, we found many pine-nuts 

 opened, which (in mine opinion) the Indians had gathered 

 together to eate the kernels of them. On Munday the 

 23 of the said moneth we rode at anker, taking our 

 pleasure and pastime with fishing. And the Northwest 

 winde began to blow, which waxed so great a little before 

 midnight, as it was wonderfull : so that although we 

 were under the shelter of the Island, and greatly de- 

 fended from that wind, yet for all that it was so furious, 

 and the sea became so raging and boisterous, that it 

 greatly shook our ships, and we were in great feare of 

 breaking our cables, whereof (to say the trueth) we had 

 very much neede : for having spent longer time in this 

 voyage then we looked for, wee had broken two, and 



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