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Chap. IV. AMERICA. 



the whole Coaft, Anthony Van Diemen. Sailing from thenc? Eaftward, he on the 



eighteenth of December difcover'.d a convenient Haven, where fending his Sloop to 



dikover the Shore, he came back in the Evening, being follow'd by a Boat, which 



approach'd nearer and nearer, but Night coming upon him, he could not well 



dilcern what they were that purfu'd him, but heard the cry ef hoarfe Voices, and 



a flirill noife like that of a Trumpet, which the Netberland Seamen anfwer'd by 



hollowing, and blowing on their Trumpets, and at laft firing a Gun, the South. 



landers made a hideous noife, and blowing their Horns, return'd afliore. Ta/man 



hereupon call'd his Watch, laid Hangers, Pikes, and Mi.fquets ready Charg'd, up- 



on the Decks. The next day the Soutblanders came in feveral Boats, two and two 



ty'd together, and cover'd with Planks, towards the Ships . the Gunner of the rh, *.„,*. 



Hemskerk going with fix Men in a Boat to help mount fbmc Guns in the Sea-Cock, ™f^±i 



were betwixt both Ships fet uponby the Soutblanders, who approacht with a hideous 2£,s8fc. 



noife, kill'd four of the Hollanders with long Poles, and fore'd the other three to 



favethemfelvesbyfwimming; which they had no fooner done, but they Row'd 



with incredible fwiftnefs towards the Shore, infomuch that they were out of the 



reach of their Guns before^they could make ready to fire at them. Tafman finding 



that there was no good to be done here, fince he hazarded the Lives of his Seamen 



againft a company of wild People, he fet Sail, but was follow'd by divers Boats, 



at which he fir' d his After.Guns with pieces of Iron and Stones, which killing fomc 



of them, made the reft return. In the midft of the Boats, which were ty'd two and 



two together, fat the Commander, who encourag'd the Rowers . they all us'd 



Clubs without Points. 



Thefe People were grofs of Body, undaunted, ftrong, and of a tawny colour • 

 the Hair of their Heads ftroak'dup round, was ty'd up on their Crown, on which 

 ftuck a ftiff white Feather,, about their Necks hung a fquarc Plate . they wore in 

 ftead of Cloaks, fquare pieces of Cloth, made faft before on their Br'cafts. 



Tafman, by reafon of his rough Entertainment call'd this Harbor, MurderersSay, 

 and afterwards Sail'd along the Shore till the fifth of January 1643. on which Day 

 he dropt Anchor near a little Rocky Ifland, from which fell two Streams, with a 

 great noife into the Sea. The Inhabitants, a ftrong People, beckned to the Seamen 

 to come on Shore; fome lean'd on thick Clubs.othcrs Fenc'd one with another. Taj- 

 man fending his Sloop afliore for Water with two Drakes, return'd without any, 

 not being able to Land, by reafon of the hollow Sea near the Shore; wherefore 

 Sailing from thence he difcovcr'd two low llles, which were full of Woods of very 

 rail Trees ; from the biggeft whereof came a little Boat, fliarp before and behind, 

 in which three fallow Men, fitting behind one another, Row'd with great fwift* 

 nefs towards the Hemskerk ; whereupon Tafman commanded all his Men to go un- 

 der the Hatches, that the three Soutblanders might not be afraid to come aboard - 

 he alfo threw a piece of Linnen out of his Cabbin Window, which one of them' 

 leaping into the Sea, took up, and as a fign of thankfulncfs, laid the fame on his 

 Head, and being hereby emboldned, they came nearerthe Rudder, where they took 

 up a Knife, ty'd to a piece of Wood, out of the Water, and return'd the Seamen 

 a Fiflihook of Mother-of- Pearl, ty'd to a Cotton Line. Approaching the Shore, 

 they faw abundance of People running along, with two little Flags on Sticks. 

 Some of the Natives came intheirBoats clofeup with Ta/man's Ship ; andonemore 

 bold than the reft entring the fame, was found to be a tall Man with a broad 

 black Beard, and green Leaves about his'Ncck, who fat down on the Deck with 

 his Legs under him, and bow'd down his Head oftentimes very low : Tafman re- 

 turning his Civility, took him by the Hand to Treat him in his Cabbin, but a 



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