AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595- 



ladle to fill them, out of an earthen pitcher of wine, 

 and so they dranke each of them three of those cups at 

 a time one to the other, and in this sort they drinke 

 drunke at their feastes and meetings. 



That Casique that was a stranger had his wife staying 

 at the port where wee anckered, and in all my life I have 

 seldome scene a better favoured woman : Shee was of 

 good stature, with blacke eyes, fat of body, of an excellent 

 countenance, her haire almost as long as her selfe, tied up 

 againe in pretie knots, and it seemed shee stood not 

 in that awe of her husband, as the rest, for shee spake 

 and discoursed, and dranke among the gentlemen and 

 Captaines, and was very pleasant, knowing her owne 

 comelinesse, and taking great pride therein. I have 

 scene a Lady in England so like to her, as but for 

 the difference of colour, I would have sworne might 

 have bene the same. 



The seat of this Towne of Toparimaca was very 



pleasant, standing on a little hill, in an excellent 



prospect, with goodly gardens a mile compasse round 



aboute it, and two very faire and large ponds of excel- 



The towne of lent fish adjoyning. This towne is called Arowocai : the 



Jrowocay. people are of the nation called Nepoios, and are followers 



of Carapana. In that place I sawe very aged people, that 



wee might perceive all their sinewes and veines without 



any flesh, and but even as a case covered onely with 



The great skinne. The Lord of this place gave me an old man 



breadth of the f^j, YAot^ who was of great experience and traveile, and 



river rem- y^^^^ ^^ River most perfectly both by day and night : 



and it shall bee requisite for any man that passeth it, to 



have such a Pilot, for it is foure, five, and sixe miles over 



in many places, and twentie miles in other places, with 



wonderfull eddies, and strong currents, many great 



ylands, and divers sholds, and many dangerous rockes, 



and besides upon any increase of winde so great a bilowe, 



as wee were sometimes in great perill of drowning in the 



galley, for the small boates durst not come from the 



shoare, but when it was very faire. 



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