A.D. 

 1585. 



The sound 

 where our 

 ships did ride 

 was called 

 Gilberts 

 sound. 



Musicians. 



The people of 

 the countrey 

 came and con- 

 ferred with 

 men. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



winde being contrary to goe to the Northwestwards, we 

 bare in with this land to take some view of it, being 

 utterly void of the pester of yce and very temperate. 

 Comming neere the coast, we found many faire sounds 

 and good roads for shipping, and many great inlets into 

 the land, whereby we judged this land to be a great 

 number of Islands standing together. Heere having 

 mored our barke in good order, we went on shoare upon 

 a small Island to seeke for water and wood. Upon this 

 Island we did perceive that there had bene people : for 

 we found a small shoo and pieces of leather sowed with 

 sinewes, and a piece of furre, and wooll like to Bever. 

 Then we went upon another Island on the other side 

 of our shippes : and the Captaine, the Master, and I, 

 being got up to the top of an high rocke, the people of 

 the countrey having espied us, made a lamentable noise, 

 as we thought, with great outcries and skreechings : we 

 hearing them, thought it had bene the howling of wolves. 

 At last I hallowed againe, and they likewise cried. Then 

 we perceiving where they stood, some on the shoare, and 

 one rowing in a Canoa about a small Island fast by them, 

 we made a great noise, partly to allure them to us, and 

 partly to warne our company of them. Whereupon M. 

 Bruton and the Master of his shippe, with others of their 

 company, made great haste towards us, and brought our 

 Musicians with them from our shippe, purposing either 

 by force to rescue us, if need should so require, or with 

 courtesie to allure the people. When they came unto us, 

 we caused our Musicians to play, our selves dancing, and 

 making many signes of friendship. At length there came 

 tenne Canoas from the other Islands, and two of them 

 came so neere the shoare where we were, that they talked 

 with us, the other being in their boats a prety way off. 

 Their pronunciation was very hollow thorow the throat, 

 and their speech such as we could not understand : onely 

 we allured them by friendly imbracings and signes of 

 curtesie. At length one of them pointing up to the 

 Sunne with his hand, would presently strike his breast so 



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