AJfes. I. St. Jago. Praya. 29 
any Engltjb Ship that is going thither 1699.’ 
And indeed all Ships that lade Salt here 
will be obliged to touch at St. Jago for 
Water, for here at the Bay is none, not 
fo much as for Drinking. ’Tis true there 
is a fmall Well of brackifh Water not half 
a mile from the Landing-place, which the 
Affes that carry Salt drink at ; but ’tis very 
bad Water. Afles themfelves are a Com- 
modity in fome of thefe Iflands, feveral of 
ourShips coming hither purpofely to freight 
with them, and carry them to Barbadoes 
and our other Plantations. I ftay’d at 
Majo 6 days, and got 7 or 8 Tun of Salt 
aboard for my Voyage: In which time 
there came alfo into this Road feveral Sail 
of Merchants Ships for Salt ; all bound 
with it for Newfoundland. 
The 1 9th day of February, at about One 
a Clock in the Morning I weighed from 
A%o-Road, in order to Water at St. Jago, 
which was about 5 or 6 Leagues to the 
Weft ward. We coafted along the Ifland 
St. Jago, and paft by the Port on the Eaft 
of it, I mention’d formerly fVol. I. p. 76.] 
which they call Praya ; where fome Eng- 
lifh outward-bound Easi-lndia Men ftill 
touch, but not fo many of them as hereto- 
fore. We faw the Fort upon the Hill, the 
Houfcsand Coco- nut Trees: But I would 
not go in to anchor here, becaufe I expe- 
ded better Water on the S. W. of the 
Ifland, 
