CAXDisirs c\rca:msa\\(.at\()S a.d. 



1587. 



of the Spaniards, and very simple people, and live mar- 

 vellous savagely : For they brought us to their hidings 

 about two miles from the harborough, where wee saw 

 their women and lodging, which is nothing but the skin 

 of some beast layd upon the ground : and over them 

 in stead of houses, is nothing but five or sixe sticks layd 

 acrosse, which stand upon two forkes with stickes on the 

 ground and a fewe boughes layd on it. Their diet is raw 

 fish, which stinketh most vilely. And when any of them 

 die, they burie their bowes and arrowes with them, with 

 their canoa and all that they have : for wee opened one of 

 their graves, and saw the order of them. Their canoas 

 or boates are marvellous artificially made of two skinnes Mo.-iani- 

 like unto bladders, and are blowen full at one ende with fi'-^^^^^ b'^^^^- 

 quilles: they have two of these bladders blowen full, 

 which are sowen together and made fast with a sinew 

 of some wild beast ; which when they are in the water 

 swell, so that they are as tight as may bee. They goe to 

 sea in these boates, and catch very much fish with them, 

 and pay much of it for tribute unto the Spaniards: but Tribute pay d 

 they use it marvellous beastly. m Jish. 



The 23 in the morning we tooke a small barke which ^ ^^^^^ 

 came out of Arica road, which wee kept and called The ^f^f'^' ^:!^^J^ 

 George : the men forsooke it, and went away with their -^he Gc^rye. 

 boate. Our admirals pinnesse followed the boate, be the 

 Hugh Gallants boate tooke the barke: our admirals pin- 

 nesse could not recover the boat before it got on shoare, but 

 went along into the road of Arica, and layd aboord a Aricastandeth 

 great shippe of an hundreth tunnes riding in the road ^^ i^/^^^^J 

 right afore the towne, but all the men and goods were ^ -hip^taken 

 gone out of it, onely the bare ship was left alone. They 

 made three or foure very faire shots at the pinnesse as 

 shee was comming in, but missed her very narrowly with 

 a Minion shot v/hich they had in the fort. Whereupon 

 wee came into the road with the admirall and the Hugh 

 Gallant : but the Content which was viceadmirall was 

 behinde out of sight : by meanes whereof, and for want of [HI. 8iq.] 

 her boate to land men withall wee landed not : otherwise 



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