WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



1555. 

 there lieth another point into the Sea, which is greene 

 like a close, and not above sixe trees upon it, which 

 growe one of them from the other, whereby the coast 

 may well be knowen : for along all the coast that we 

 have hitherto sailed by, I have not seene so much bare 

 land. 



In this place, and three or foure leagues to the West- 

 ward of it, al along the shoare, there grow many Palme Many Palme 

 trees, whereof they make their wine de Palma. These trees - 

 trees may easily be knowen almost two leagues off, for 

 they be very high and white bodied, and streight, and be 

 biggest in the midst : they have no boughes, but onely a 

 round bush in the top of them : and at the top of the 

 same trees they boare a hole, and there they hang a 

 bottell, and the juyce of the tree runneth out of the said 

 hole into the bottle, and that is their wine. 



From the Cape das Palmas, to the Cape Tres puntas, Cape Tres 

 there are 100. leagues : and to the port where we pur- P untas - 

 pose to make sales of our cloth beyond the Cape Tres 

 puntas 40. leagues. 



Note, that betwixt the river De Sestos, and the Cape 

 Das palmas, is the place where all the graines be 

 gathered. 



The language of the people of this place, as far as I 

 could perceive, differeth not much from the language of 

 those which dwel where we watred before : but the 

 people of this place be more gentle in nature then the 

 other, and goodlier men : their building & apparel is all 

 one with the others. 



Their desire in this place was most of all to have 

 Manillios and Margarites : as for the rest of our things, 

 they did litle esteeme them. 



About nine of the clocke there came boates to us Their maner 

 foorth, from both of the places aforesaid, and brought f s ™f*"f er 

 with them certaine teeth, and after they had caused me Z the ™ ea% r 

 to sweare by the water of the Sea that I would not 

 hurt them, they came aboord our ship three or foure 

 of them, and we gave them to eate of all such things 



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