EDWARD FENTON ad. 



1582. 

 us before, came down and brought some other Portugals 

 and Negros with them in a shippe-boate, wherein they 

 brought us 80 mewes of rice, 500 and odde weight of 

 Elephants teeth, and a Negro boy, which boy they gave 

 the General!, and the rice and teeth for the Elizabeth, T^heir trafique 

 which wee solde them, with all her tackle and sailes, ^^^'^ ^^'^^^ ^^■ 

 having neede of the rice, because our meale which wee ^' ^^^ ^' 

 brought out of England was decayed and naught, whereof 

 wee had into the Edward 30 bushels, which is a mewe 

 and a halfe : the Francis had 5 bushels, and the Gallion 

 had the rest. And wee had 200 weight of Elephants 

 teeth, and the Gallion 300 and a halfe, and sixe pound. 

 During this time v/e sent our skifFe with the Admiralls 

 pinnesse up the river to meete with a Gundall, which 

 the Portugals had sent for fresh victuals for us : who 

 not finding her, returned at night : All this day I with 

 M. Walker remained aboord with the Admirall, and after 

 their dinner and supper wee ended our businesse, and 

 returned aboord, having had many good speaches with 

 the Portugals. 



The 26 day being Sunday, Captaine Hawkins, M. 

 Maddox, M. Hall, M. Bannister, Captaine Drake, M. 

 Evans, M. Hoode, and others came aboord and heard 

 the Sermon, and dined with me : after dinner we went 

 on shoare to the lower point where we followed the 

 footing of an Elephant, but saw him not, and so spent 

 the time to and fro till supper time, and then came 

 aboord, and supped together, which done, each man 

 departed to his abode. 



This night I was very sicke, (and so were all they Skknesse by 

 that were on shoare with mee,) with eating of a fruite ^^^^^g^ome 

 in the countrey, which wee found on trees, like nuts : v^/^ ^^ 

 whereof some did eate foure, some five, some sixe, and 

 more, but wee vomited and scoured upon it without 

 reason. 



The 27 day in the afternoone the olde Greeke 

 Francisco came aboord to me, with request that hee 

 might have the Francis boate to goe up for his owne 



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