£ 5 8 AMERICA. • Chap. IV. 



Hues were cover'd with a long Roof of Vtfang or Ctyptt Leaves, refting on Pods . 

 under which kind of Building Haelbos fhelter'd himfelf againft a mighty Shower 

 of Rain, found divers young Men and Women fitting on Mats, and an old Woman, 

 blind through Age, lying by them on the Ground, and Fanning her felf with Pi- 

 Jang Leaves : The Men going away, fignifi'd thereby a kind of Invitation-to the 

 Hollanders to go to the Women, who not receiving the Entertainment they ex- 

 pected, rofe altogether on a fudden, and Singing, Danc'd about the Hollanders. 

 The Men had on their Shoulders and Breafts, Scars of half an Inch deep, and an 

 Inch long ; upon fome of which, .being frefh and bleeding, the Flyes fat. They 

 eat after a ftrangc manner, for dripping off the outmoft Rinds of the Clappes with 

 their Teeth, and breaking the hard Shell againft their Elbows, they pull out the 

 Kernel, and eat the fame. Whatever Flefh-meat they cat, they never rhroughly 

 boyl or roaft it, but make it onely juft warm. They deep on the Ground upon 

 Mats, and lay their Heads on a little woodden Cricket with four Feet. They take 

 great pride in their Hair, and thofe that have not long Hair of their own, ufe 

 Perukes. 



Tafman (leering his Courfe towards the high Coaft that lay before thislfland, 

 was folio w'd by feveral fmall Vcflels from the adjacent Shore, of which fome car* 

 ry'd a Bough of Qaffes or Pifangt with white Veins at the ends . but feeing the 

 Ships Sail from them, they threw the fame overboard. Tafman (landing Wcfterly, 

 difcover'd three Ides, near the laft whereof the Sea broke exceedingly, which the 

 Hollanders not without great danger had approached in the Night : after which 

 they difcover'd to Leeward of them, a high Coaft, which extended it felf a great 

 way, but the Sea went fo rough, that they durft not venture near the Land- be- 

 fides, the Sea went very high on a Bank, firft ten, then five, three and a half, and 

 again ten, fourteen, and feven Fathom deep 5 and oftentimes a Man might fee the 

 Ground, infomuch that they kept out the Boats belonging to the Hemskerk, which 

 was in moft danger, to carry them aboard of the Sea-Cock, if the firft (hould chance 

 to fplit. Laftly, getting over the Bank, they faw very high Land to Windward, and 

 many hilly Ifles to Leeward ; the Sea alfo was full of blind Rocks and Shelves, fo 

 that they were in danger every hour, and the rather, becaufc the Wind blew hard 

 everyday- yet at laft lofing fight of Land, they fteer'd their\ Courfe Weftcrly 

 in five Degrees Southward of the Line, towards New Guinee. On the two and 

 twentieth of March they difcover'd low Land full of Woods of tall Trees, fur- 

 rounded with a company of Ifles, againft fome of which the Sea brake with great 

 violence, infomuch that they were again in great danger, efpecially when they 

 were got amongft eighteen Ifles, between which the Water being (hallow, and the 

 Current running very drongly, drove the Ships towards the Shore : Whileft they 

 were Tacking to and again to get beyond the Shelves,a little Veflel,carrying a great 

 Weathercock On her Star-board, came from the Shore, Row'd by feven Men, who 

 fat on Boards which lay over the fame • they were of a brown Complexion, onely 

 girt about with a hairy Girdle, made faft on the top of their Heads : under their 

 Feet they alfo wore fomething in (lead of Shoes, about their Necks hung Flowers, 

 and their Bodies were Painted black: Among the feven, one who was very fat, 

 and whofe Head was adorn'd with two Feathers, flood up and profFcr'd the 

 Seamen two Clappesy in return whereof Tafman gave them a Box of Nails and a 

 piece of Sail-cloth, which finking under Water, an aged Man div'd for the fame, 

 and bringing it up, gave it to his fix Companions, who made no fliew of thank - 

 fulnefs. Their Arms confided in Bowes and Arrows. Their Clapfes they call'd 

 Anieuw, as the other Iflanders had done. 



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