CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION a.d. 



1586. 



On Tuesday the 26. of the same moneth, we were 



45. leagues from Cape Finis terrae where wee mette 



with 5. sayles of Biskaynes comming from the Grande ^-GreatBis- 



Bav in Newfound-land, as we supposed, which our f^^{ T, , 

 ^ / • 11 1 1 r 1 -1 1 1 1 fought zcithal. 



Admirall shot at, and rought with them 3. houres, but 



wee tooke none of them hj reason the night grew on. 



The first of August wee came in sight of Forteven- August. 

 tura, one of the Isles of the Canaries, about ten of the 

 clocke in the morning. 



On Sunday being the 7. of August, we were gotten 

 as high as Rio del oro on the coast of Barbarie. ^io del oro. 



On Munday the 19. we fell with cape Blanco: but Cape Blanco. 

 the winde blew so much at the North, that we could not 

 get up where the Canters doe use to ride and fish : 

 therefore wee lay off 6. houres West Southwest, because 

 of the sand which lieth off the cape Southwest and by ^ dangerous 

 South. _ """'■ 



The 15. day of the same moneth we were in the height 

 of cape Verde by estimation 50. leagues off the same. 



The 18. Sierra leona did beare East off us, beeing 45. 

 leagues from us : and the same day the winde shifted to 

 the Northwest, so that by the 20. day of the sayd moneth 

 we were in 6. degrees \ to the Northward, from the 

 Equinoctiall line. 



The 23. we put roome for Sierra leona, and the 25. 

 day wee fell with the poynt on the South side of Sierra Sierra leona. 

 leona, which Master Brewer knew very well, and went 

 in before with the Content which was Vice-admirall : 

 and we had no lesse then 5. fathoms water when we 

 had least, and had for 14. leagues in Southwest all the 

 way running into the harbour of Sierra leona 16. 14. 

 12. 10 and 8. fathoms of water. 



The 26. of the said moneth we put into the har- 

 borough, and in going in we had by the Southermost 

 point when we had least 5. fathoms water faire by the 

 rocke as it lieth at the said point, and after we came, 

 2 or 3. cables length within the said rocke, we never 

 had lesse then 10. fathoms, untill wee came up to the 



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