THE MAN OVERBOARD, AND THE ALBATROSS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



DA GAMA AND THE NEGROES THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRES ADVENTURE 



WITH AN ALBATROSS THE RIVER OF GOOD PROMISE MOZAMBIQUE TREACH- 

 ERY OF THE NATIVES MOMBASSA — MELINDA, AND ITS AMIABLE KING — FES- 

 TIVITIES THE MALABAR COAST CALICUT THE ROUTE TO THE INDIES DIS- 

 COVERED. 



Da Gama landed some two hundred miles beyond the Cape, 

 and, discharging the victualling-ship of her stores, ordered her 

 to be burned, as the king had directed. He then entered into 

 -commercial relations with the natives, and exchanged red night- 

 caps for ivory bracelets. " Then came two hundred blacke men, 

 some lyttle, some great, bringing with them twelve oxen and four 

 sheep, and as our men went upon shore they began to play upon 

 four flutes, according with four sundry voices, the music where- 

 of sounded very w-U. Which the generall hearing, commanded 

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