CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION a.d. 



1587. 



The last of March Captaine Havers went up into 

 the Countrey with 50. or 60. men with their shot and 

 furniture with them, and we travailed 7. or 8. miles into Our men 

 the land : and as we were marching along, we espied ^^,^'^^, 7 or 8 

 a number of herdes of cattell, of kine and bullockes ^^^^i^^ i^n/ 

 which were wonderfull wilde : we saw also great store 

 of horses, mares and coltes which were very wilde and 

 unhandled : there is also great store of hares and conies, 

 and plenty of partriges and other wild foules. The 

 countrey is very fruitful with faire fresh rivers all along 

 full of wilde foule of all sorts. Having travailed so farre 

 that we could goe no further for the monstrous high 

 mountaines, we rested our selves at a very fayre fresh 

 River running in and alongst faire lowe medowes at 

 the foote of the mountaines, where every man drunke 

 of the River, and refreshed themselves. Having so 

 done, we returned to our Ships the likest way that we 

 thought their Towne should bee : so wee travailed all 

 the day long, not seeing any man, but we mette with 

 many wilde dogges : yet there were two hundred horse- 

 men abroad that same day by meanes of the Spaniard 

 which they had taken the day before from us, v/ho 

 had tolde them that our force was but small, and that 

 wee were wonderfully weake ; who though they did espie 

 us that day, yet durst they not give the on-sette upon 

 us. For wee marched along in array, and observed good 

 order, whereby wee seemed- a great number more then 

 we were, untill we came unto our ships that night 

 againe. 



The next day being the first of Aprill 1587, our [III. 809.] 

 men went on shoare to fill water at a pit which was a 

 quarter of a mile from the waters side : and being 

 earely hard at their businesse were in no readinesse. 

 In which meane while there came powring downe 

 from the hilles almost 200 horsemen, and before our 

 people could returne to the rockes from the watering 

 place, twelve of them were cut off, part killed, and part 

 taken prisoners, the rest were rescued by our souldiers 

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