DRAKE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION a.d. 



1579- 

 villages, where we found herdes of Deere by looo. in Great herdes 

 a company, being most large, and fat of body. of Deere. 



We found the whole Countrey to bee a warren of a Abundance of 

 strange kinde of Connies, their bodies in bignesse as be ^^^^^S,^ comes. 

 the Barbary Connies, their heads as the heads of ours, 

 the feete of a Want, and the taile of a Rat being of 

 great length : under her chinne is on either side a bag, 

 into the which she gathereth her meate, when she hath 

 filled her bellie abroad. The people eate their bodies, 

 and make great accompt of their skinnes, for their Kings 

 coate was made of them. 



Our Generall called this Countrey Nova Albion, and ISiova Albion. 

 that for two causes : the one in respect of the white bankes 

 and cliffes, which lie towards the sea : and the other, 

 because it might have some affinitie with our Countrey in 

 name, which sometime was so called. 



There is no part of earth heere to bee taken up, Golde and 



wherein there is not some probable shew of gold or ^'^^^(^^^^^he 



• , ^ ° earth of Nova 



Sllv^^- AMon. 



At our departure hence our Generall set up a monu- 

 ment of our being there, as also of her Majesties right 

 and title to the same, namely a plate, nailed upon a 

 faire great poste, whereupon was ingraven her Majesties 

 name, the day and yeere of our arrivall there, with the 

 free giving up of the province and people into her 

 Majesties hands, together with her highnesse picture 

 and armes, in a peece of sixe pence of current English 

 money under the plate, whereunder was also written the 

 name of our Generall. 



It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had never bene Their depar- 

 in this part of the Countrey, neither did ever discover ^^^'^• 

 the land by many degrees, to the Southwards of this 

 place. ^ ^ October. 



After we had set saile from hence, wee continued Certaine 

 without sight of land till the 13. day of October Islands in ^. 

 following, which day in the morning wee fell with cer- ^^i^^^^- 

 taine Islands 8. degrees to the Northward of the line, Canoas, like 

 from which Islands came a great number of Canoas, those of Java. 



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