a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1557- 

 [II. ii. 38.] one boate to make sale for every shippe. This night 

 our boats going to the shore met with certaine Negros, 

 who said that they had gold, and therefore we here cast 

 anker. 



The 1 1 day all the day we tooke but one halfe 

 angel weight of 4 graines, which we tooke by hand, for 

 the people of this place had no weight : the Negros 

 Allow. called this place Allow. 



The 1 2 day we ran along the coast and found but one 

 towne, but no boates would come out to us, and there- 

 fore we went our course. 



The 13 day I tooke my boat and went along the 

 shore, and passed by divers small townes, and was waved 

 to come on shore at 3 places, but the sea went so high 

 upon the shore, that it was not possible for us to land, 

 neither could they come to us if they had had boats, 

 as I could see none but at one place, where there was 

 one that would have come unto us, but the Land-wash 

 went so sore that it overthrew his boat, and one of 

 the men was drowned, which the people lamented, and 

 cried so sore, that we might easily heare them, and they 

 got his body out of the sea, and caried it amongst them 

 to their towne. 



The 14 day we came within Saker-shot of the castle, 



& straightway they set forth an Almade to descry us, 



and when they perceived that we were no Portugals, 



they ranne within the towne againe : for there is a great 



Dondou a towne by the Castle which is called by the Negros 



great towne. Dondou. Without this there lie two great rockes like 



Hands, and the castle standeth upon a point which 



sheweth almost like an Hand. Before we came at this 



castle, we found the land for five or six leagues to be 



high land, and about seven leagues before we came to 



The castle of the castle, lowe land, until we came at the castle, and 



Mina. then wee found the land high againe. This castle 



Cape de Tres standeth about five leagues to the East of Cape de 



puntas. Tres puntas. Here I tooke the boate with our Negros 



and ranne alongst the shore till I came to the Cape 



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