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pottage, beanes, and such, other things, thinking tc 

 make us eate, and dine in that place ; but because 

 the meats were not to our taste we liked them not, 

 but thanked them, and with signes gave to understand 

 that we had no neede to eate. When we were out of 

 the towne, diverse of the men and women followed us, 

 and brought us to the toppe of the foresaid moun- 

 taine, which wee named Mount Koial, it is about a 

 quarter of a league from the towne. When as we were 

 on the toppe of it, we might discerne and plainly see 

 thirtie leagues about. On the north side of it there 

 are many hilles to be seene running west and east, and 

 as many more on the south, amongst and betweene the 

 which the countrey is as faire and as pleasant as pos- 

 sible can be seene, being levell, smooth, and very 

 plaine, fit to be husbanded and tilled, and in the mid- 

 dest of those fieldes we saw the river further up a 

 great way than where we had left our boates, where 

 was the greatest and the swiftest fall of water that 

 any where hath beene seene which we could not pass, 

 and the said river as great wide and large as our sight 

 might discerne, going southwest along three fair and 

 round mountaines that we sawe, as we judged about 

 fifteen leagues from us. Those which brought us 

 thither tolde and shewed us, that in the sayd river 

 there were three such falles of water more, as that 

 was where we had left our boates ; but we could not 

 understand how farre they were one from another. 

 Moreover they showe us with signes, that the said 

 three fals being past, a man might sayle the space of 



