6i Of Captain AVE R Y. 



Upon their firft leeing a Slvp of this Force znd 

 Burthen, they fuppofed it to be a Man Oi War 

 fenc to take them , they therefore lurked within 

 their FaftneiTes, but when fome from the Ship came 

 on Shore, without any Ihew of Hoflility, and offer- 

 ing to trade with the Negroes, they ventured to 

 come out of their Holes, attended like Princes ^ 

 and lince they aftually are Kings De Fa^o^ which 

 is a kind of a Right, we ought to fpeak of theiri 

 as fuch. 



Having been fo many Years upon this Ifland, 

 it may be imagined, their Cloaths had long been - 

 worn out, fo that their Majefties were extreamly 

 out at the Elbows ^ I cannot fay they were ragged, 

 lince they had no Cloaths, they had nothing to 

 cover them but the Skins of Beafts without any 

 tanning, but with all the Hair on, nor a Shoe nor 

 Stocking, fo they looked like the Piftures of Her-- 

 cules in the Lion's Skin ^ and being overgrown with 

 Beard, and Hair upon their Bod-es, they appeared 

 the moil favage Figures that a Man's Imagination 

 can frame. 



However, they jfoon got riggM, for they Ibid 

 great Numbers of thofe poor People under them, 

 fdr Cloaths, Knives, Saws, Powder and Ball, and 

 many other Things, and became fo familiar that 

 they went aboard the Deliciay and were obferved 

 to be very curious, examining the infide of the 

 Ship, and very familiar with the Men, inviting them 

 afhore. Their Defign in jdoing this, as they after- 

 wards confeffed, was to try if it was not pra£ti- 

 cable to furprize the Ship in the Night, which 

 they judged very eafy, in cafe there was but a 

 flender Watch kept on Board, they having Boats 

 and Men enough at Command, but it feems the 

 Captain was aware of them, and kept fo ftrong a 

 Watch upon Deck, that they found it was in vain 

 to make any Attempt ^ wherefore, when fome of 



