AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



here having taken carefull notice of every creeke in the 

 river, in a very convenient place, upon sandy oaze, ran 

 the ship on ground, laying our ankor to seaward, and 

 with our running ropes mored her to stakes upon the 

 shore, which hee had fastened for that purpose ; where 

 the ship remained till our departure. 



The third of November our boat with water, wood, 



and as many as shee could carry, went for the Isle of 



Penguins : but being deepe, she durst not proceed, but 



returned againe the same night. Then Parker, Smith, 



Townesend, Purpet, with five others, desired that they 



might goe by land, and that the boate might fetch them 



Penguin Isle when they were against the Isle, it being scarce a mile 



scarce a mile fj-Qm the shore. The captaine bade them doe what they 



mdne ^^ thought best, advising them to take weapons with them : 



for (sayd he) although we have not at any time seene 



people in this place, yet in the countrey there may be 



Savages. They answered, that here were great store of 



Deere, and Ostriches ; but if there were Salvages, they 



would devoure them : notwithstanding the captaine caused 



them to cary weapons, calievers, swordes, and targets : 



so the sixt of November they departed by land, and the 



l^'ine men lost, bote by sea ; but from that day to this day wee never 



heard of our men. The 1 1 while most of our men were 



at the Isle, onely the Captaine and Master with sixe 



A great mul- others being left in the ship, there came a great multi- 



^va'^estuh' ^^^^ °^ Salvages to the ship, throwing dust in the ayre, 



vizards or leaping and running like brute beasts, having vizards on 



faces like unto their faces like dogs faces, or else their faces are dogs 



dogs faces. faces indeed. We greatly feared least they would set 



our ship on fire, for they would suddenly make fire, 



whereat we much marvelled: they came to windward of 



our ship, and set the bushes on fire, so that we were in 



a very stinking smoke : but as soone as they came within 



our shot, we shot at them, & striking one of them in the 



thigh they all presently fled, so that we never heard nor 



saw more of them. Hereby we judged that these Cani- 



bals had slaine our 9 men. When we considered what 



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