a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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call him Dabo. These and other wordes they speake 

 very thicke, and oftentimes recite one word three times 

 together, and at the last time longer then at the two 

 first. 



The 18. day towards night, as we were sailing along 

 the coast, we met with certaine boats in the sea, & the 

 men shewed us that there was a river thwart of us, where 

 there were Graines to be sold, but we thought it not 

 good to tary there, least the other ships should get 

 before us. This river hath lying before it three great 

 rockes, and 5. small rocks, one great tree, and a litle tree 

 right by the river, which in height exceeded all the rest : 

 we hailed this night along the coast 10. leagues. 



The 19. day as we coasted the shoare, about twelve of 

 the clocke there came out to us 3. boates to tell us that 

 they had graines, & brought some with them for a shew, 

 but we could not tary there. We proceeded along the 

 coast, & ancred by the shore all the night, and ran this 

 day 10. leagues. 



The 20. day the Hinde having ankered by us amongst 

 rockes, and foule ground, lost a small anker. At noone, 

 as we passed along the coast, there came forth a Negro 

 to us, making signes, that if we would goe a shoare, wee 

 should have Graines, and where wee ankered at night, 

 there came another to us, and brought Graines, and 

 shewed us them, and made signes that wee should tary, 

 and made a fire upon the land in the night, meaning 

 thereby to tell us where we should land, and so they did 

 in divers other places upon the coast, where they saw us 

 to anker. 

 The tides and In al the places where we have ancred, since we came 

 from our watring place, we have found the tide alwayes 

 running to the Westwards, and all along the coast many 

 rockes hard aboord the shoare, and many of them a 

 league off the shoare or more, we ran this day 12. 

 leagues. 



The 21. day, although we ranne all day with a good 

 gale of winde, yet the tides came so sore out of the coast, 



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nature of the 

 shoare 



