WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



1555. 

 a bason hee would not give 15. pound waight of Graines, 

 and sometimes would offer us small dishfuls, whereas 

 before wee had baskets full, and when he saw that wee 

 would not take them in contentment, the Captaine de- 

 parted, and caused all the rest of the boates to depart, 

 thinking belike that wee would have followed them, and 

 have given them their owne askings. But after that wee 

 perceived their fetch, wee wayed our Grapnel and went 

 away, and then wee went on land into a small Towne to 

 see the fashions of the Countrey, and there came a three- 

 score of them about us, and at the first they were afraid 

 of us, but in the ende perceiving that wee did no hurt, 

 they would come to us and take us by the hand and be 

 familiar with us, and then we went into their Townes, The descrip- 

 which were like to twentie small hovels, all covered over tlon °f thetr 

 with great leaves and baggage, and all the sides open, , ownes an 

 and a scaffolde under the house about a yard high, where 

 they worke many pretie things of the barkes of trees, 

 and there they lye also. In some of their houses they 

 worke yron and make faire dartes, and divers other 

 things to worke their boates, and other things withall, 

 and the women worke as well as the men. But when 

 wee were there divers of the women to shew us pleasure 

 danced and sung after their maner, full ill to our eares. 

 Their song was thus : 



Sakere, sakere, ho, ho. Sakere, sakere, ho, ho. 



And with these words they leape and dance and clap 

 their hands. Beastes we could see none that they had, 

 but two goates, small dogges, and small hennes : other 

 beastes we saw none. After that we had well marked 

 all things we departed and went aboord our ships : which 

 thing the Captaine of the other towne perceiving, sent 

 two of his servants in a boat with a basket of Graines, 

 and made us signes that if when we had slept wee would 

 come againe into their river, wee should have store of 

 Graines, and so shewed us his Graines and departed. 



The 17. day in the morning because we thought that 

 the Negroes would have done something because the 



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