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Chap. IV. aJ M E%_1 C A. 



Sailing from hence, they difcovcr'd two low Iflands full of Trees . and thr-c 

 Leagues from them, on their Star.board, a high Coaft, and on the other fide a great 

 Ifland, whither they drove with a fmall Gale 5 approaching the fame, two very 

 fmall Boats came towards the Hemskerk . the biggeft of the two carry 'd fixM en 

 and the leaft three, all of them very deform'd . they went ftark naked, onely their 

 Yards were ty'd up with a String on their Bellies, and about their Arms hun R 

 Chains of Mother-of-Pearl ; they were Coal-black, onely red about the Mouth! 

 which rednefs wasoccafion'd by the chewing of Vifang • in their Hair ftuck wood- 

 den Combs and on their Foreheads green Leaves , but in ea:h Boat was one who 

 had a bruifed Reed made faft in his Neck like a Plume ■ the biggeft Vefftl was 

 Painted with ftrange Shapes of Men and Beads , they us'd red Bowes and Ar. 

 rows, and having calt'd to the Seamen, they Row'd back again to the Shore , which 

 To/mm left a Stern of him, and ran between the Main Coaft (by all fuppos'd to b- 

 K^Guinee) and fcveral great Iflands, that lay fcatter'd along before the Main 

 Coaft; from whence came four fmall Boats, adorn'd with Imagery like Serpents 

 but kept without Gun-fliotfrom the Ships -at laftone leaping overboard,fwam to 

 the Imalleft Boat, out of which one fwam back in his ftead to the other, and after- 

 wards came to the Hemskerks fide • he was a black Man, wore Leaves 'before his 

 Privities, and Armlets about his Elbows . through the Griftle of his Nofe ftuck a 

 white Bone Bodkin, fharp at the ends, and of a Fingers length, and about his 

 Neck a String full of Cocklcfliells. 



Ta/man Sailing on along the Main Coaft, met with eighteen Boats more, the 

 Rowers whereof laid their Oars upon their Heads, and not without ftrange Ge- 

 ftures call'd aloud, and invited the Hollanders to comeafliorc : On the Sterns and 

 Heads of thefe Boats were likewife divers Shapes Painted, upon a white Ground • 

 in fome were two, and in others three, four, and five Men . eight of them goinz 

 into the Hollanders Boats, were made Drunk with Jrrack. Thefe Soutblanders went 

 ftark naked, fome onely covering their fecret Parts with Leaves; their Skins were 

 black, onely on their Foreheads they drew a red Stroke, which rcach'd to their 

 Ears ; their brown curl'd Hair was by fome colour'd grey, by fome red, fome let 

 it hang loofe over their Sholdiers, others ty'd the fame in a Tuft on their Crown, 

 cover'd with a Cap of Tifang Leaves, others wore their Hair fcarce two Finoers 

 long, and through the Griftle of their Nofe, a piece of Cane or Quill, and a broad 

 Beard without Muftacho's ; they had nothing to barter but large Snail.fhells, on 

 which they made a ftrange noife ; and whatfoe're they receiv'd, they firft fmell'd 

 on it like Dogs : they fancy 'd not Nails, as all the other Soutblanders had done. 

 Their manner of Fifhing was thus : They ty'd fevcral half C%>«.fhel!s, made 

 faft like a Chain, to a long Reed, (hook the fame to and again on the Water,' to ae- 

 ther the Filh together. In the Boats lay Planks of an oval faftiion, which by Ropes 

 ty'd in the middle they held before them in ftead of Shields. When thefe South 

 landers went from the Ships, one of them threatnedto beat the Seamen, fliakinc his 

 great Club at them; whereupon they all Row'd with great fpced to the Shore, 

 whileft one in every Boat knockt with a Staff againft the fides, juft as if they had 

 beat an Alarm. Amongft them one had barter'd for an old Doublet, with which 

 he ftiew'd many antick Tricks, putting it on the wrong way, fomctimes on his 

 Head, then his Feet into the two Arm-holes, and anon the Buttonholes behind on 

 his Back. 



The Ships Sailing from hence, ran along a broken Coaft, and on the twelfth of 

 Jpril were fo terribly ihaken by an Earthquake, which lafted an hour and a half, 

 that they feem'd fhivering to pieces in the Water, as if they had ran againft a 



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