PENGUINS AND SEALS OF ANGRA DE SAM BRAS. 215 
Bras was also sixty leagues distant from the Cape of Good Hope, 
the wide bay in which the ships anchored must have been in 
close proximity to the Cape. The voyagers named it Angra de 
Santa Hlena; it was probably the Table Bay of modern maps. 
On the Cantino Chart, which was drawn in 1502, the “‘G. de Sta 
ellena’”’ is laid down in the position of Table Bay. 
The Portuguese came into contact with the inhabitants of 
the country adjacent to the anchorage; they had tawny com- 
plexions, and carried wooden spears tipped with horns, bows 
‘and arrows, and Foxes’-tails attached to short wooden handles. 
These were probably used to brush flies away. ‘Their food was 
the flesh of Whales, Seals, and Gazelles (‘‘ Gazellas”’), and the 
roots of certain herbs. Lobsters* abounded at this anchoring- 
place. The diarist affirms that the birds were similar to the 
birds in Portugal; there were Cormorants, Wood-Larks, Turtle- 
Doves, and ‘‘ guayvotas.” ‘‘Guayvota”’ appears to be related 
to “ guaiva,’ moat or ditch, and may signify a kind of water- 
fowl. M. Morelet translates by ‘‘ mouettes,” regarding “‘ guay- 
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vota’”’ and “‘ gaivota”’ as synonymous. 
** Crayfish (‘‘ Cape Lobster ’’).—Ep. 
