LAST VOYAGE OF THOMAS CANDISH ad. 



1592. 



they were that thus were slaine, and found that they 



were the principall men that would have murthered our 



Captaine and Master, with the rest of their friends, we 



saw the just judgement of God, and made supplication 



to his divine Majesty to be mercifull unto us. While 



we were in this harborough, our Captaine and Master 



went with the boat to discover how farre this river did 



run, that if neede should enforce us to leave our ship, 



we might know how farre we might go by water. So 



they found, that farther than 20 miles they could not The river of 



go with the boat. At their returne they sent the boate P°[^ ^^^^[^ 

 ^ 1 T 1 r T-» • 11 1 ,. but 20 miles 



to the Isle or Penguins ; whereby wee understood that passable by 



the Penguins dryed to our hearts content, and that the boate. 

 multitude of them was infinite. This Penguin hath the 

 shape of a bird, but hath no wings, only two stumps 

 in the place of wings, by which he swimmeth under water 

 with as great swiftnes as any fish. They live upon smelts, 

 whereof there is great abundance upon this coast : in 

 eating they be neither fish nor flesh : they lay great egs, 

 and the bird is of a reasonable bignes, very neere twise 

 so big as a ducke. All the time that wee were in this 

 place, we fared passing well with egs. Penguins, yong 

 Scales, young Guiles, besides other birds, such as 1 know 

 not : of all which we had great abundance. In this place 

 we found an herbe called Scurvygrasse, which wee fried The great 

 with egs, using traine oyle in stead of butter. This ^^'^^^ "fj^^ 

 herbe did so purge ye blood, that it tooke away all kind Scurv\srasse 

 of swellings, of which many died, & restored us to per- 

 fect health of body, so that we were in as good case as 

 when we came first out of England. We stayed in this They stayed 7 

 harbour until the 22 of December, in which time we had '^^kesmPort 

 dried 20000 Penguins; & the Captaine, the Master, 

 and my selfe had made some salt, by laying salt water ^pretty de- 

 upon the rocks in holes, which in 6 daies would be ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 

 kerned. Thus God did feed us even as it were with 

 Manna from heaven. 



The 22 of December we departed with our ship for 

 the Isle, where with great difficulty, by the skilful industry 



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