THE SECOND VOYAGE TO GUINEA a.d. 



I555- 

 we came to anker three or foure leagues West and by- 

 South of the Cape de 3 puntas, where we left the 

 Trinitie. 



Then our pinnesse came aboord with all our men, 

 the pinnesse also tooke in more wares. They told me 

 moreover that they would goe to a place where the 

 Primrose was, and had received much gold at the first The Primrose. 

 voyage to these parties, and tolde me furthermore that 

 it was a good place : but I fearing a brigantine that was 

 then upon the coast, did wey and follow them, and left 

 the Trinitie about foure leagues off from us, and there 

 we rode against that towne foure dayes : so that Martine 

 by his owne desire, and assent of some of the Com- 

 missioners that were in the pinnesse, went a shoare to 

 the towne, and there John Berin went to trafique from 

 us, being three miles off trafiquing at an other towne. 

 The towne is called Samma or Samva, for Samma and The towne of 

 Sammaterra, are the names of the two first townes, where Samma - 

 we did trafique for gold, to the Northeast of Cape de 3 Golde. 

 puntas. 



Hitherto continueth the course of the voyage, as it 

 was described by the sayde Pilot. Nowe therefore I 

 will speake somewhat of the countrey and people, and 

 of such things as are brought from thence. 



They brought from thence at the last voiage foure Gold foure 

 hundred pound weight and odde of gold, of two and JJ^Jjf' 

 twentie carrats and one graine in finenesse : also sixe and 

 thirtie buts of graines, & about two hundred and fifty Graines. 

 Elephants teeth of all quantities. Of these I saw & Elephants 

 measured some of nine spans in length, as they were 

 crooked. Some of them were as bigge as a mans thigh 

 above the knee, and weyed about fourescore and ten 

 pound weight a peece. They say that some one hath 

 bin seene of an hundred and five & twentie pound 

 weight. Other there were which they call the teeth of 

 calves, of one or two or three yeeres, whereof some were 

 a foot and a halfe, some two foot, and some 3 or more, 

 according to ye age of the beast. These great teeth or 



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