tz 4 mtfytMmhmt of Congo. 
Suit!) great barks the length of fiuc miles, 
but not higher,bp reafon of tlje &ifccnDing 
and fall thereof fremafleepbigb ground, 
as tl;e viticrs of Nilus,Donow,anb Rhein 
bo in feme places, bohich arc calico Cata- 
raftas, ttjat ts, Ibekings o % fallings ofboa? 
fees, making fo greata nopfe, fljat it map 
bee hearts a great boap from it* 3lntf)is 
riucr at the entrp into ttjc fea are manp 3? 
flanks, al inhabited, and berp populous, 
that fjaue tsiuers gouernours, al fubtedes 
to tlje king of Congo, ^n times pad tljofe 
BGanks rnaoe Uiarresonc agatnftfbeo? 
ther in certaine feutes cut out of the boots 
of a great tree, in their language called, 
Licondo, tuhercof fame arc fo great, that 
fire men cannot fadome tbem,tuitb Ijcigijt 
and length cojrefponoent, fo that one of 
the greatefl being cutte in pjopojtion of a 
feute, booulde holdc tboo bundled men: 
Sbhofe feutes thep roboe ixsittj o^es, inhere 
imth thep make great fpeeoc, euerp man 
hauing an o?c and a bebue ; and ioben 
thep fight, thep lap dobone the o?e,and file 
their boboe: and to toe and boinke thofe 
fcutes,thep bib no other ruther, than one 
ofthofe ojes. 3!n this ritter there are ma? 
itp flrange beafles, fpcciallp Crocadilcs, 
that are berp great, in their language cal? 
led Caiman, tbefeabo.fle, and another 
that feemeth to haue handes, and a tatle, 
likebntoajftafkc, iuljict) ti)ci2 call Am- 
bize Angulo, thatis, a fea hogge, becaufe 
ft is as fatte as a hogge, it hath a god and 
lauourpfleflj, not like fiflj, although it bee 
a fill) fcjfncb fedeth not of that inhictj to in 
the ritter, but eatetl; the graHe that grotu? 
cth on the riuers fide, and hath an head 
like an ore, thereof there are fome that 
Sueigh fiuehnndjed poundes, tbejfifljer 
men that take them, are bound bpon pain 
of death to bring them to the iking* 
Sphere pou finde an other broke of land 
called Cabo di Padran , and aliftlefrom 
thence the riuer Lelunda,fohteh C0l ttmeth 
out of afmall lake Iping bjtthinthelano, 
from tohence mo je Hitters bane their off. 
Spring,fpeciallp one called Coanza, Ushers 
of hereafter 31 toillfpeake. riuer Le- 
lunda iuhen it rapneth not, is berp brie,fo 
that it map be paired oucr bp frotc, it rum 
irethbnder the htU (bohereon Congo the 
fhtefecittiedofh flank)anb fromthenccto 
the riuer of Ambrizi , bohich is a great tU 
sier, isjith ahauen, and runneth not farre 
from the riuer of Congo into thefea: a li? 
tie further pou comp to an other riuer cab 
led Lozc, tuhich Ml no hauen, and 
from thence to Onzo another riuer boith a 
gmd hauen, hawing Jjerfpring out of the 
The2$ook& 
fame lake, from bohcncc the riuer Nytus- 
doth ilfue: and fombohat mojeto ttjefcutfj 
lieththeriuerLemba, but it hath no ha? 
ueu, no 1 pet faileablc. ifrom thence pou 
cometoDamde, aberp great riucr,ioher? 
in thips oftboo hundred funs map faile t 
out of tljts riucr there runneth an arme 02 
bjaunche Iping foufbboark called Bengo, 
bohich boith Coanza (another great riuer) 
make the Blfiand of JLoanda: both their 
ftreames meeting together, kriue fa3:fh 
much filth and fand, tuhich make the 3* 
flank greater, Bengo is a great flreame 
0? riuer, bohich map be failed bppe at the 
leaflfiue and ttuentp3talian miles, bohich 
are about fiueHDufctj miles i and befboeene 
thcfetbjo Bflands (as 3 faide before) lief!) 
the rich Blfiand of Loanda, boith the hauen 
called bp the name of, the Bilans Loanda, 
bohich is 3S much to fap,euen 0? flat land, 
tmthouthilles* is 3flank is about four 
miles long, and fomebohat lefie than a 
quarter of a mile b’oad, and in ftfmepla* 
ccs, not abouc a botoe fljrotc b?oad, bobere 
there is a thing much to bcboonkerck at, 
that boben it is ful fea, if one dig but tboro 
djth^ee handfuls deep into thegroud, thep 
fljal find ftefh toater, and digging in the 
fame ground boben it ebbetb, the boater is 
fait and bjacktflj* 
Bn this 3 flank of Loanda are fills eb tf>® 
Schulpekens , bohich in the kingdome of 
Congo, and other places honouring there? 
aboufs are bfedfo;monp,t»hieh fifing is 
done in this manor: Inhere arecertapne 
boomcn, that being pn t!;e fea fide, goe a? 
little boap into tbebuater, lading cerfapne 
bafketsboith fand,bohich being filled,thep 
carrp them on land, $ ioa?h the fans from 
the Schulpken«,that are berp fmall and in 
great numbers, bp tbemefteemek oftburo 
fortes, foiftc males, other females, bohich 
in Iheto and colour are the fairefl, and &b 
though manp of them are found bpon fl;e 
ftrando^lhojeoffheriuer ofCongo, pet 
thofe of Loanda are the b£ft,fatrefl,$ moft 
cfleemed of, thep are berp ffisining, and of 
an alh colour, other colours are of no ac? 
counfifo? tljofe Schulphkens pou map bup 
anp kinbe of thing, behefh^r it be gold, fil? 
uer, oj anp kinds of bictualles, boherebp 
pou mapperceiue, that not enelp in the 
kingdome of Congo, and the countries a; 
bout it, but alfo in other places of A Africa, 
and in the kingdome of Cbyna, and fome 
part of India, thep hauebfed other kinoes 
of things in fled of monp, as 'm bfe gold, 
filuer,copper, andfuch likemiriures; fos 
in Ethiopia thep bfe pepper corns to? mo? 
np 3n the kingdoms of Tombwip about 
