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Baboons to be Men. 



A M E%J C A. Chap. II. 



diles,and Hippopotami or Sea-Horfes. Atfama is held to flow from the fame Foun- 

 ' tain whence the Nj/e hath its Original. In this Latitude Hanno defcried thofe 

 Iflands which he call'd Gorgones (from the three deform'd Sifters Medufa, Stht* 

 nio t znAEur } ak, whofe Heads were Periwig'd with curl'd Serpents) becauie 

 they found as illfavor'd Women on thefe Ifiands,which at this day the Hollanders 

 call the Salt-Jjlands 5 amongft which, the chiefeft is St. Jago, a Colony of The 

 Tortuguefe . but the Mountains oppofitc to the Gorgones, on the main Coaft of 

 Jfrica, rifmg aloft with fpiring tops near the River Mafitbolus, Hanno call'd the 

 Chariots of the Gods, now nam'd Sierra Liona, lying in eight Degrees Northern La- 

 titude. When Hanno and his Armado,either provok'd by an undaunted Courage, 

 or covetous of Fame, if they proceeded in their fo wonderful Adventure,went 

 forward, where they reported, that they faw Rivers of Fire falling into the 

 Ocean, the Countrey all about burning, and the tops of the Mountains dazle- 

 ing their Eyes with continual Flaflies of Lightning, intermixed with terrible 

 Thunder ; adding further, That the Natives all the Summer flielter'd them- 

 felvesfrom the exceiTive Heat, in Caves under Ground 5 and coming forth in 

 the night, run abroad with lighted Torches over their Ground, fo gathering 

 in their Harveft, and Officiating all other Affairs of Husbandry : Yet Hanno no 

 ways daunted at fuch ftrange Sights, fail'd from Sierra Liona Southerly to the 

 jEquinox, whertht difcover'd an Ifland not far from the^/nc^Coaft,inhabited 

 ^ And™ beikvd by a rough and hairy People, to take fome of whom,he us'd all poflible means, 

 yet could not ; onely two Women, being incompafs'd by Soldiers, were ta- 

 ken, and carried aboard . but being Very falvage, and barbaroufly wild, could 

 not be tamed, or brought to any Complacency; fo they kill'd them,and carried 

 their ftuffd-up Skins to Carthage, where they were a long time gaz'd upon with 

 great admiration. 



This Ifland which Hanno then found, can be no other but that which we 

 call St. Thomas, and hath a very unhealthy Air for Strangers, but elfe very 

 fruitful, and abounding with Sugar=Canes ; and the hairy People which he 

 makes mention of, were <Babeons, or Baboons, which Africa in this place breeds 

 large, to the amazement of the Beholders, in great abundance 5 becaufe 

 thofe deform'd Monfters, more than any other Beaft whatfoever, reprefent 



Humane fliape. 



Here Hanno ftopp'd his Voyage, being hindred from going further for want 

 of Provifion. Five years heTpent in this Expedition, before he Anchor'd 

 again at Cadi%, from whence not long after he fteer'd to his Native Countrey 

 Qarthaoe, where he was receiv'd with no lefs Wonder than State,infomuch that 

 none before or after' him ever gain'd greater Honor, feeming to oblige his 

 Countrey with the hopes of future Profits from thefe new difcover'd Regi- 

 ons : Nay, he receiv'd a Name, and was plac'd amongft their Gods in the 

 Temples, which he being ambitious of, promoted after a ftrange manner, 

 teaching feveral Birds to cry, The great God Hanno } which when they could 

 {peak perfeft, they were let fly in the Air, where to the admiration af all Peo. 

 pie, they every where repeated their well-taught LeiTori. 



This the moll remarkable Voyage which hapned in the time of the Anci- 

 ents, confidering they wanted feveral Mathematical Inftruments belonging to 

 Navigation, and efpecially the itfe of the Compafs 5 and alfo confidering the 

 length of the Voyage to Sierra Uona > whither never any durft venture before : 

 Nay, in fo many Ages after Hanno, the fartioufeft Navigators which were fct 

 out by the King of Tortugat, ftair'd a long time to cut their PaiTage through the 



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TH; Ifland St. 77>tm.is. 



H*uho\ Return. 



Is for his Voyage plac'd 

 amount the G^ds. 



