of the Angra de Sam Bras 1 1 



de Sao Bras is of sufficient historical interest to be mentioned. 

 The first Dutch expedition to Bantam weighed anchor on the 

 2nd of April, 1595, and on the 4th of August of the same year 

 the vessels anchored in a harbour called * Ague Sambras,' in eight 

 or nine fathoms of water, on a sandy bottom. So many of the 

 sailors were sick with scurvy ' thirty or thirty-three,' says the 

 narrator, ' in one ship' that it was necessary to find fresh fruit 

 for them. c ln this bay/ runs the English translation of the 

 narrative, ' lieth a small Island wherein are many birds called 

 Pyncuins and sea Wolves, that are taken with men's hands/ In 

 the original Dutch narrative by Willem Lodewyckszoon, pub- 

 lished in Amsterdam in 1597, the name of the birds appears as 

 ' Pinguijns.' 



