THOMAS MASHAM ad. 



1597- 

 both fallen downe within some dve leagues of the mouth 

 of the river, upon intelligence that one Marracon, (whom 

 wee brought along with us) gave us, namely that the 

 river Desekebe, in which he dwelt (and wherein there 

 were some three hundred Spaniards, which for the most 

 part now are destroyed and dead) doeth lead so farre 

 into the countrey, that it commeth within a dayes journey 

 of the lake called Perima, whereupon Manoa is supposed The great lake 

 to stand ; and that this river of Coritine doeth meete with P^^^^^- 

 Desekebe up in the land : by meanes whereof wee make 

 account to goe up into the countrey, and to have dis- 

 covered a passage unto that rich citie. So having con- 

 cluded both shippes, we stood up into the river againe, 

 and comming to Warawalle the 24 of Aprill there our 

 shippes roade untill we went up to Mawranamo to speake 

 with Marracon, to know the trueth of these things : 

 whom when we had found, he verified al that before 

 he had spoken : Master Monax being the man that of 

 Leonard of Cawe tooke all the intelligence : who being 

 brought up with Antonie Berreo could speak some 

 Spanish and Marracons language also. And besides wee 

 our selves by signes, and drawing the two rivers on the 

 ground, and the meeting of them aloft, did perceive 

 as much. Now comming downe with our boates the The^ bring 

 sixe and twentieth of Aprill we went up with our ships to f^^^J^j^f^^ 

 Mawranama, where wee morred them, and taking some Mawranamo. 

 twentie out of both, upon Thursday the eight and 

 twentieth in the afternoone with two shallops and two 

 Canoas, in one of which Henry the Indian was and some 

 twentie Indians more, wee went up the river; and by 

 night getting some three leagues farther wee lodged 

 in the woods, and the next morning wee with our boate 

 and the two Canoas went into a small river called 

 Tapuere, to a towne called Macharibi, thinking to have 

 had Casavi and other victuals, which they were altogether 

 unprovided of, by reason that they make no more ready 

 then serveth themselves from hand to mouth, living in 

 this towne for the most part by fish. By meanes of going 



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