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might make our felves Matters of withaico 

 Men ; fo that if they commit Hoftilities upon 

 us, as we hear they threaten to do, it's not un- 

 likely that we may vifit them. We found 

 fome Fremh Refugees in the Country, who 

 are willing to (ettle under us ; and having beea 

 feveral years in thefe Parts, and underftanding 

 the Language of the Natives, are very ufeful 

 to us. We have feen fbme Sand in the Rivers, 

 which looks as if it were mixt with Gold, and 

 in fome places the Earth (eems to be very 

 much mixt with it : fo that its concluded 

 there's more Goid-duft here, than in any part 

 of Guinea. 



The hdian Princes or Captains on thisCoaft 

 do fbmewhat refemble our Heads of Clans in 

 Scotland ; and by their Converfe at times with 

 the Spaniards^ and other European Nations^ 

 affefl: Chriftian Names. The firli of thefe Prin- 

 ces we fhall name is Capt. Diego \ he commands 

 from the bottom oftheGulph of Oria on this 

 f\dc Caret Bay y and has 3000 men under him; 

 he has been at war with the Spaniards leveral 

 years, occafion'd by an Infulc his People had 

 received from them, when they came to de- 

 mand their fhare in the Mines which they had 

 difcover'd to the Spaniards in their Country, on 

 condition of being Partners with them : but 

 when they came to demand it, the Spaniards 

 treated them villanoufly, beat and abus'd them ; 

 upon which they attack'd the Spaniards, cut 

 ofF2o of their men, and 3 Prieflsthat belong'd 

 to the Mines. The 



