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South-Land, they met with feveral People, fome whereof were brown, others 

 white, and others fallow ; fome had long and lank, others fliort and curl'd Hair : 

 They acknowledg'd no King or fupream Governor, nor were Govern'd by any 

 Laws, neither had they any Wall'd Towns or Forts ; but being divided amonoft 

 themfelvcs, they continually Encountred one another with Darts, Clubs, and 

 Staves. Their Houfes built of Wood, were cover'd with the Leaves of Palm- 

 Trees. Their HoufholdflurTconfiftcd in Earthen Difties, Pots, Ropes, Fifh-nets, 

 Flutes, Drums, and varnifh'd Spoons. Their Gardens were neatly kept. Near 

 their Temples were Burying-places. They Row'd very fwift in little Boats. Their 

 Bread, well tailed, was made of long thick Roots, either roafted or boyl'd. 

 pi^y7anj Hcrc al( ° g row fi x f° rts °f Watano's, great abundance of Almonds, Oranges, 

 col h £°/. thc Cittrons, thick Sugar-Canes, Palm-Trees, which yield Wine, Cocoas, and Obos, in 

 tafte not much unlike Quinces . but the greateft benefit which they receive, is from 

 the Cocoa Nuts, the Pulp whereof is delicious Meat and Drink 5 theoutermoft Shells 

 whereof ferve for Cups or Dittoes, the inner for Ropes and Cordage . of the 

 Leaves they make Sails and Mats, and cover their Houfes with the fame . of the 

 Body, Oars, Clubs, Pikes, and Props for their Houfes. 



Befides feveral forts of Pot-herbs, here gr6 w very high Coleworts and (Bledo's. 



The Countrey alfo abounds with Pigeons, Partridges, Ducks, Goats, Hogs, 

 and other ordinary Cattel and Fowls. 



The Rivers afford them Souls, Salmon, Thornback, Sea-Cocks, Eels, Gurnets, 

 and feveral other unknown Fifties, very delicate and wholfom. 



This Countrey alfo produces Nutmegs, Maftick, Peppers, Ginger, Cinamon, 

 Gold, Silver, Pearls, Silk, Sugar, Annifeed, Honey, Wax, Ebony.wood, Turpen- 

 tine, Lime-pits, and Marble. 



Vhilips&ay bends twenty Leagues into the Countrey, hath a fafe Harbor, and 

 excellent Ground, confiding of black Sand. Two great Rivers difcharge their 

 Waters into the faid Bay, round about which are pleafant Woods, full of Quails, 

 Parrakito's, Parrots, Nightingales, and Bulfinches, which Sing very fweetly. The 

 Bloffoms, efpccially of Orange-Trees, and the Herb Alvaca, yield an odoriferous 

 lmell. The wholfom Air adds vigor to aged People. 



Fernanda de Quir delivering the fore-mention'd Account to Philip the Second, 

 King of Spain, mov'd him to Plant the unknown South-Land, and the rather, be- 

 caufe he had not found any fnowy Mountains, drown'd Land, Crocodiles, Muf- 

 chitosj or any hurtful Creature, yet was not regarded ; fo that no Spaniard hath 

 ix\*mon*lo ^ ncc ^ at timc ^ et Foot on tnc unknown South-Land. But the Eafi-India Company 

 ir- 4 *** undertaking the Defign with great eagcrnefs, fent thither two Ships, vi%. the Hems* 

 kerk and Sea»Q>ckf under the Command of Abel Taj man, to make a farther Difco- 

 very of the faid Southland !»': Anno 1642. on the twelfth of Mguft, they weigh'd 

 Anchor from (Batavia, Sail'd through the Straights of Sunda to Maurice*I/land, where 

 they Anchored in the North. Weft Haven before the CaSftle FrederichHenrick, on the 

 fifth of September in the fore-mention'd Year. On the eighth of Otlob. Tafman 

 flood over to the Southland, near which he was furpris'd by a violent Storm 5 af* 

 terwards, on the twenty fifth of November, he difcover'd a barren Shore, againft 

 which the Sea beat very furioufly 5 and Steering along this Coaft, he found a con- 

 venient Inlet, but was fore'd by the hard Weather to ftand off to Sea again 5 yet 

 not long after approaching the Shore, he faw'grcat hollow Trees, and roundabout 

 them abundance of Mufsle-fli ells, and from the Wood heard a flirill noife of Peo- 

 ple Singing : Going to the fame place again, he put the Orange Flagon a Pole, 

 Carv'd with the Eaftdndia Companies Arms, and call'd the Inlet Frederick- Henrick, 



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