SIR JOHN HAWKINS 



of the Salomon, was one, and we had 27 of our men 

 hurt. In the same houre while this was doing, there 

 happened at the same instant, a marveilous miracle to 

 them in the shippes, who road ten leagues to sea-ward, 

 by many sharkes or Tiburons, who came about the ships : 

 among which, one was taken by the Jesus, and foure 

 by the Salomon, and one very sore hurt escaped : and so 

 it fell out of our men, whereof one of the Jesus men, 

 and foure of the Salomons were killed, and the fift 

 having twentie wounds was rescued, and scaped with 

 much adoe. 



The 28 they came to their ships, the Jesus, and the 

 Salomon, and the 30 departed from thence to Taggarin. 



The first of January the two barkes, and both the 

 boates forsooke the ships, and went into a river called 

 the Casserroes, and the 6 having dispatched their busi- 

 nesse, the two barkes returned, and came to Taggarin, 

 where the two ships were at anker. Not two dayes after 

 the comming of the two ships thither, they put their 

 water caske a shore, and filled it with water, to season the 

 same, thinking to have filled it with fresh water afterward : 

 and while their men were some on shore, and some at 

 their boates, the Negros set upon them in the boates, and 

 hurt divers of them, and came to the caskes, and cut of 

 the hoopes of twelve buts, which lost us 4 or 5 dayes 

 time, besides great want we had of the same : sojourning 

 at Taggarin, the Swallow went up the river about her 

 trafficke, where they saw great townes of the Negros, and 

 Canoas, that had threescore men in a piece : there they 

 understood by the Portugals, of a great battell betweene 

 them of Sierra Leona side, and them of Taggarin : they 

 of Sierra Leona, had prepared three hundred Canoas to 

 invade the other. The time was appointed not past sixe 

 dayes after our departure from thence, which we would 

 have seene, to the intent we might have taken some of 

 them, had it not bene for the death and sickenesse 

 of our men, which came by the contagiousnes of the 

 place, which made us to make hast away. 



23 



A.D. 

 1565. 



Taggarin. 



The river of 

 Casserroes. 



A new assault 

 by the Negros. 

 Great townes. 

 Very great 

 Canoas. 



The contagion 

 of the countrey 

 of Sierra 

 Leona. 



