722, j the EXPEDITION of Commodore Beaulieu Book L 
ter North-Eaft, and the Southerly Waves made us roll 
prodigioufly, fo that every thing in the Ship cracked. This 
Ifland is almoft round, and about a large League in Circum- 
ference | within it affords nothing but Sand, and fome 
Bufhes, under which the Penguins hatch their Eggs ; a 
great many Rats and Adders live in it, as well as Chame- 
leons and Lizards. Upon its Rocks, by the Sea-Side, we 
faw a great many Sea-Bears, which bleat like Sheep, fome 
of which are very large, and have a Skin as thick as a 
Wolf’s, with very foft Hair. Both thefe and the Penguins 
tafte very rank of Oil, of which a great Quantity might be 
taken from them if one were at the Pains. They have two 
Paws before, and two Fins behind ; they cannot flay long 
tinder Water without taking Air \ they live upon Fifh, and 
in the Night-time retire to the Rocks. 
The Penguins are Fowls without Wings, which have 
two Fins, and two broad Paws, upon which they walk up- 
right, and with which they dig the Ground to make their 
Nefts. They are a little bigger than a Cormorant, having 
a white Belly, a black Back, a very thick Head, and a 
Bill like a Raven. In the Morning they repair to the Sea, 
where they fwim, and feed upon Fifh, and at Night they 
return to their Nefts ; they have nothing of the Tafte of 
Flefh, and for my Part I take them to be feathered Fifh. 
While I was afhore there was fuch a Storm from the South- 
Eaft, that I could not reach the Ships, but was forced to 
ftay upon the Ifland all Night, notwithftanding that it 
was a perfedt Calm where the Ships rode; on the 7th it 
thundered and lightened violently, and the next Day the 
Wefterly Winds began to fwell, befides that the Fog was 
fo thick, that we could not fee from one End of the Ship 
to the other : Upon which, having given a Signal for the 
other Ships to follow me, by the Sound of Trumpets and 
Dtums, I returned founding all the way, and caft Anchor in 
Table Bay. On the 12th we weighed Anchor again, and 
all that Day but little Wind, and that very variable : How- 
ever, on the 14th we doubled the Cape of Good-Hope , and 
the 15th were in 36° Latitude. 
The Day following we had a violent Storm from the 
North-Eaft at full Moon, which we forefaw the Night 
before ; for at Sun-fetting reddifh Rays afcended from the 
Sun, and underneath him was a Bank of the fame Colour ; 
towards the Wind there appeared, as it were, a Circle from 
the Centre, of which there proceeded great Rays ; under the 
Wind there appeared a great blackifli Cloud, and in the 
Middle of it we faw what the Portugueze call the Ox’s 
Eye, which is generally taken notice of as the Forerunner 
of a great Storm. When the Moon came low, the Sea 
fwelled mightily, and the Storm was indeed very great, not- 
withftanding that the Air was fo clear, that in the Night- 
time we faw the rifing and fetting of the Stars. The Storm 
parted me from the other two Ships till the 17th, that the 
Wind abated, and became foutherly ; after which I per- 
ceived our two Ships about a League before, and found, 
to my great Admiration, that none of them had fuftained 
any Harm : However, this wonderful Deliverance made 
me refolve not to part with the Hope , but to go all in 
Company to Bantam , purfuant to my Orders ; accordingly 
I dropped all my former Projedts, and failed Eaft and 
South- Eaft direddy for Bantam \ but on the 12th of April, 
in 36° Latitude, and 12 0 North-Weft Variation of the 
Needle, a violent Storm overtook us, and not only broke 
my Bow-fprit, but damaged the Pinnace’s Maft *, upon 
which I was obliged to take up my former Refolution of 
fending Captain Grave with the Hope , ftrait to Bantam , 
defigning to carry my own Ship and the Pinnace to Mada- 
gafcar , in order to have them refitted, 
9. On the 1 ft of May I parted with the Hope in 3 7 0 30' 
South Latitude, and 1 8° Longitude, reckoning the Cape 
of Good-Hope for the Meridian. The 17th in the Morn- 
ing we defcried Tillac about ten Leagues off, which is a 
running Coaft that appears very high, and that Night had 
Sight of Auguftine* s Bay. 
The 17 th we were opposite to the two little Iftands of 
Sand, which lie about three Leagues from the Bay, which 
having no Trees upon them, lie very low ; but in the 
Night-Time the contrary Winds carried us Weft-North- 
Weft, where finding none, and not being able to make the 
Bay, I refolved to ftand for the I (lands of Comorro . During 
the light Quarter of the Moon, in thefe . Seas the Surface 
is very plain and fmooth, and the Air very clear. While we 
ftood for thefe Iftands the Wind turned North, upon which 
I tacked about for the Bay, and arrived there on the 2,1ft, 
anchoring in fevehteen Fathom Water upon a Clay about 
a Quarter of a. League from Shore. On the 22a I went 
with two Long-boats, and fifteen Mufketeers, to obferve 
the River : Upon our Approach to the Shore we obferved 
nine or ten of the Natives upon a Point of Sand, who made 
a Signal to come to them.: Upon this we went afhore, ^nd 
though we were armed, they joined and talked with us 
above an Hour, ftgnifying by their Language and SUns 
that they were very well pleafed with us, and would vifit 
us next Day on Board. They were very curious in obferv- 
ing what Things we had about us, and one of them, who 
feemed to be a leading Man, fpying a Silver Whiffle with 
a Chain to it that my Mate had about him, begged it very 
earneftly. I ordered the Mate to fhew it him, though I was 
fovry for the Difcovery, for fear they fhould infift upon 
having that, and no other Commodity, in Exchange for theirs, 
and for that Reafon had cautioned all our Men to hide 
them. However, they all liked it mightily, and the chief 
Man among them promifed to give for it an Ox, which 
might be worth twenty Crowns at leaft: Upon which I made 
him underftand that we could not fell it, becaufe we had 
Ufe for it ; but if any of them would come aboard, I would 
fhew them things that they would like as well. 
Without farther Deliberation, this principal Man and 
three others embarked with us, defiring that fo many of our 
Men might be left afhore, which I agreed to. In the mean 
time, at one Caft of a Sean, we drew up an infinite Number 
of little Fifh, refembling Herrings both in' Form and Tafte; 
but I could not make any material Remarks upon the River, 
only that it was very great, and very rapid. ‘ The Natives 
of this Place are the handfomeft Negroes that ever I faw ; 
they are large, and well fhaped, they feed well, and are 
neither flat nofed, nor thick lipped, neither do they ftink 
like the Guinea Negroes. They are very curious in their 
Hair, which is long, frizzled, raifed upwards, and made 
up in Wreaths at the Top. Their Teeth are very white, 
even, and fmall, and they rub them every Minute with 
a fmall Piece of Wood ; their Garment is a Cotton Cloth 
all woven, of two or three Colours, with which they cover 
their Privities, the reft of their Body being naked. As for 
their Ornaments, he whom we took to be the chief Man, 
had a large Plate, like a Piece of Bone or Ivory, perfe&ly 
white upon his Forehead, a large Ring of Copper at his 
Ears, about his Neck a Collar of Raffade, befides Glafs 
Beads of feveral Colours, and a Necklace of fine yellow 
Amber, which he efteemed very much ; the reft had Orna- 
ments correfponding to all his, excepting the Trinkets on 
his Forehead. As foon as we came on Board of the Ship the 
Natives were furprized at its Size, and mightily taken with 
the Sound of the Trumpets and Drums: I prefented them 
with fome enamelled Rings, and others of Pearl and falfe 
Amber, and entertained them with Difcourfe till Supper 
was ready. 
But in the mean time they were feized with the Sea- 
Sicknefs, infomuch that they would needs go upon 
Deck, and lie upon a Sail. One of them who was 
not fo fick as the reft, did nothing but jeer his Com- 
panions all Night, and imitated every Word that the Men 
upon the Watch faid to one another. In a word, thefe are 
very jolly Negroes, and have nothing in them that is bru- 
tifli ; they readily apprehend what is faid to them, and in 
my Opinion are much preferable to all other Negroes. 
Next Morning, by Break of Day, I went to look for my 
Guefts, and found them upon their Legs, and much better 
than before : Then I (hewed them feveral little things I 
thought they would like, fuch as Coral, yellow Amber cut 
fine, Raffades of all Colours, (they liked the blue, red and 
green, but not the white) Knives, Razors, Combs, Iron, 
Tin Veffels, a Copper Bafon, and red Cloth, as well as 
Cloth of other Colours. They feemed to like every thing, 
and defired the Gift of them. 
But when I fpoke of their Beeves, they always came back 
to the Silver Whittle and the Chain. Finding I could make 
nothing of them, I fent them afhore again, as well as fome 
of our Men, with feveral of the abc‘ '"-mentioned Goods, 
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