Chap: II. 



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them what grt'at Rivers ran up into the Land, what Men of note were feated on 

 them, what Power they were of, how Ally'd, what Enemies they had, and the 

 like; and taking fome light from thence, lent away a Ship, furniflTd with Men, 

 and all kind of Neceffaries convenient for the Service intended, under the Com- 

 mand of Captain Henry Chaloung, a Gentleman of a good Family, and very capable 

 for Undertakings of this nature; and giving him fufficient Inflations what to 

 do, fent along with him two of the faid Natives for his better Conduct and Di- 

 rection, ordering him by all means to keep the Northerly Gage as high as Cape 

 Briton, till they had difcover'd the Main, and then to beat it up to the Southward 

 as the Coaft tended, till they found by the Natives they were near the place to 

 which they were affignU By that time they were about a hundred Leagues off the 

 Ifland of Canara, the Captain fell fick of a Feaver, and the Winds being Wefterly, 

 his Company ftiap d their Courfe for the Indies, and coming to St. John de Pom 

 %f, the Captain went aOiore for the recovery of his Health, whilft the Company 

 took in Water, and fuch other Provifions as they had prefent need of, and fpent 

 fome time in Hunting, and other Recreations - after which fteering their intended 

 Courfe, they were met with by the SpanijhfUtt that came from the Havana, taken 

 Prifoners and carried into Spain, the Ship and Goods being confifcated, the Voyage 

 overthrown, and the Natives loft. 



Not long after the letting' out of Chaloung, Thomas Human was fent by Sir John 

 <Popham, Lord Chief Juftice of England, towards the River of Sagadehoc, to the fuc- 

 cour of Chaloung, if need were 5 but not finding him, after he had fcowr'd the Coaft 

 all about, he returned back into England. 



Captain Vrinne was likewife fent from Wiftol, who arriving happily in thofe 

 Parts, brought back with him at his return the moft exaft Difcovery of that Coaft 

 that ever had been gain'd till then. 



A while after, at the Charge of the faid Sir John Topham, a hundred Men were 

 fent to fettle a Colony at Sagadehoc, under the Command of George <Popham, Raleigh 

 Gilbert, Mafter of the Ship, who feated themfelves in zfeninfula, at the Mouth of 

 this River . which attempting to difcover, they met with a Wood near to an Ifland, 

 diftant from the Line about forty five Degrees, and fome odd Seconds, where they 

 cafily went on Shore. In the Year 1608. the Commander of the Colony deceafing, 

 and not long after him the Lord Chief Juftice, who had been the chief that had 

 furnifli'd them with frefli Supplies, they returned (ox England in thofe Ships that 

 had been fent them with Succours : At which unexpected return, the Patrons of 

 the Defign were fo offended, that for a certain timetheydefifted from their Enter- 

 prizes* In the mean while the French making ufe of this occafion, Planted Colo- 

 nies in divers places, when Sir Samueljrgal from Virginia difturb'd their Defigns, 

 and brought away Prifoners all he could lay hold on. 



Suddenly after Captain Hobfon and divers others were fet out with very great 

 Preparations, and with them two of the Natives which had been detain'd for 

 fome time in England, whom they thought to have made ufe of, the better toJraw 

 the reft of the Natives to their Commerce • but becaufe a little before twenty four 

 of them had been treacheroufly dealt with by one Hmt y they contracted from 

 thence fo great an animofity towards the Englijb, that Captain Hob/on was con- 

 ftrain'd to return without effecting any thing. 



In the Year 1614. Captain John Smith being fent to Fifli for Whales, and leek af- 

 ter Mines of Gold and Silver, Landed upon the Ifland of Monahiggan, where he 

 found fome ftore of Whales, but not fuch as thofe by whofe Oyl they ufe to make 

 fo much profit. 



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