WILLIAM TOWERSON ad. 



1577- 



The third of August we departed from the He of S. 

 Thome, & met the winde at the Southwest. 



The 12 day we were in the height of Cape verde. 



The 22 day we fell with one of the lies of Cape verde, 

 called The He of Salt, and being informed by a Scotish The lland °f 

 man that we tooke among the Frenchmen upon the at ' 

 coast, that there were fresh victuals to be had, we came 

 to an ancre there. 



The 23 day in the morning we manned our skiffe, 

 and went a shore, and found no houses, but we saw foure 

 men, which kept themselves alwayes farre from us, as 

 for cattell we could finde none, but great store of goats, [II. ii. 51.] 

 and they were so wilde, that we could not take above 

 three or foure of them : but there we had good store of 

 fish, and upon a small Hand which lay by the same we 

 had great store of sea-birds. 



At night the Christopher brake her cable, and lost an 

 ancre, so that she could tary no longer, so we all wayed, 

 and set saile. Upon the same Hand we left the Scotish 

 man, which was the occasion of our going aland at that 

 place, but how he was left we could not tell : but, as we 

 judged, the people of the Hand found him sleeping, and 

 so caried him away : for at night I went my selfe 

 to the Hand to seeke him, but could hear nothing of 

 him. 



The 24 day the Master of the Tyger came aboord us, 

 & tolde us that his men were so weake, and the shippe 

 so leake, that he was not able to keepe her above the 

 water, and therefore requested us to go backe againe 

 to the Hand, that we might discharge her, and give her 

 up : but we intreated him to take paine with her a while, 

 and we put a French Carpenter into her, to see if he 

 could finde the leake. This day we tooke a view of all The S r f at »- 

 our men, both those that were hole, and the sicke also, con ^ emence h 

 and we found that in all the three ships, were not above upon the f oast 

 thirty sound men. ofGuinie. 



The 25 we had sight of the He of S. Nicholas, and the 

 day following, of the other lies, S. Lucia, S. Vincent, 



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