WITHRINGTON AND LISTER ad. 



1587. 

 it was an admiration to us all, for that neither in the 

 houses nor streets was so much dust to bee found, as 

 would fill an egge shell. Wee found little in their 

 houses, except some matts, goards, and some earthen 

 pots. Our men at their departure set the towne on 

 fire, and it was burnt (for the most part of it) in a ^ towne 

 quarter of an houre, the houses being covered with ^^^'"^• 

 reed and straw. 



After this wee searched the countrey about it, where 

 wee found in divers plaines good store of rice in stacks, Rice in stacks. 

 which our men did beate out, and brought a bord in 

 the huske, to the quantitie of 14. or 15. tunnes in both 

 our ships. 



The 17. day of November wee departed from Sierra 

 Leona, directing our course for the Straights of Magellan. 

 In this harbour divers of our men fell sicke of a disease 

 in the belly, which for the time was extreeme, but (God 

 bee thanked) it was but of small continuance. Wee 

 founde also in divers places of the woods, images set 1 doles. 

 upon pinnes, with divers things before them, as eggs, 

 meaJe, rice, round shot of stones, and divers other things, 

 such as the barbarous people had to offer up. 



When we came neere to the Line, wee found it 

 nothing so hot as it is at Sierra Leona, by reason of the 

 great winde and raine. 



About the 24. day of November one or two of our [III. 771.] 

 men died, and others also were sicke of a Calentura. 



The second day of January we had a little sight of 

 land, being about the height of 28. degrees to the South- 

 ward of the Line. 



The 4. day wee fell with the shoare high and bold, Theyfallwith 

 beinor in '^o. deo^rees, and a terse, little more or lesse. ^n highland tn 

 All of it to the Northward was a high land, but to the ^ ' ^ s- 

 Southward it did presently faile, and was a very low 

 land, and all sandie. About sixe leagues from the 

 shoare wee sounded, and had about fifteene or sixteene 

 fathome water, and blacke sandie oze. We thought to 

 have gone to the shoare, and to have watered, but we 



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