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distance between this and St Blaze they named Terra de Na- 

 tal. The weather being mild, they took to their boats to 

 row along the fhore, on which were obferved both men and 

 women of a large flature, but who feemed to be of quiet 

 and civil behaviour. The general ordered Martin Alonzo, 

 who fpoke feveral languages of the Negroes, to land ; and 

 he was fo well received by the chief, or king, that the ad- 

 miral fent him feveral trifles, with which he was wonder- 

 fully pleafed, and offered, in return, any thing he wanted of 

 the produce of his country. 



On the 15th of January, in the year 1498, having taken 

 in plenty of water, which the Negroes, of their own accord, 

 helped them to put on board, they left this civil nation, 

 fleering pafl a length of coafl terminated by a Cape called 

 the Cape of Currents. There the coaft of Natal ends, and that 

 of Sofala begins, to the northward of the Gape. At this 

 place, Gama from the fouth joined Covillan's track from 

 the north, and thefe two Portuguefe had completely made 

 the circuit of Africa, 



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