t$6 fymbtsin a&afflttu 
from t^ctr frienoes, ano that thereby they 
(fioulo be metric, ano of better courage, fo 
that they take great regarobnto their cries. 
SOjereare libetoife in this countrey many 
battes as big as crotoes,tohich by night en* 
ter into tbct)oufes ? ano finoing any manly* 
ingnabeo, they futbe tijeblouo out oftheir 
foes in great abounoance, tohereof in ano* 
fber place 3 boil fay mo:e. SDljetr bees are 
leffe then ours,like blacbe flies, ano matte 
they; honey in tjolloto freest tljeBjnoians 
haue gcoo bnotoleoge hotoe to gette they? 
toare ano they; hony:they tjfe not ttje toare 
fo burne, but onely to (foppe their r&oes, 
toheretn they beepe their feathers from the 
too ;mes. touching final too;mes like flies 
o; spytes,as alfo fco:ptons ano earth creut? 
(hes,tohich are hurtful Onto men,it is neeoe* 
leffe to incite: they haue otuers fltfies,toher? 
ofmanyare common here totth bs,as ttooo 
fo;ts of barbels,ftje onecalleo Rurcma^he 
other Parati, both becing foooen o;rofieo, 
are of a berie g©0 tafie, tohich becaufe they 
ftoimme in companies',are by thembilleo 
toith oartes, fometimes ttoo o; tbiee toge* 
thcr. e nteate o i fubftance of thofe fithes 
is berie tenoer ano lho?t,tohcrefo*e the 3Jn* 
oians o;ic them, ano make flotocr $ meale 
thereof. Sphere are tlyjee other binos ofbe* 
rie great fifhes, toherof one is calleo Camo- 
roupouy Ouaffau,the Other Ouara,the thirO 
Acara Ouaflau, alber te ga)0 of talte,$ g£0O 
to be eaten: there is acertainebinoeofflat 
filh, calico Acarapep, tohich being foooen 
yeelocth acertaineyelloto fatte,tohich they 
feeepe fo; fauce. Eijto filh libetoife to berie 
gmo meat, Acaraboutcn is a flymie filh of a 
veooe colour, it is better then the other, but 
not fo fauo;te in the mouth, Pira-Ipochi is a 
long filh libe an eele,but not to be eaten: the 
Rochets tohich are taken in the Crake of 
Ganabara, ano thereabouts in the fea, are 
much greater then ours, toith ttooo long 
homes (ticking out before, ano flue o; fire 
clatoes in the belly,tohich men tooulo think 
not to be natural,but rather artificiall,toith 
a long thinne benomous f aile. 3Jn their 5 &i* 
uers are many firange filfies, fpecially one 
calleo T amouata, tohich to a hanofull long, 
totth a molt great ano monttrous hcao, 
others calleo Pana, Pana, tohich libetoife 
hath a great ano monfirous heao, yet both 
ga>o to eate ano berie fauojfe. 
A deferipcion of certain trees and fruits 
in thofe countries. 
the country hath taken the namejthto tree 
The2.booke. 
by them is calleo Araboutan,becaufe of the 
great ano thick branches, not much bulibe 
our oabes,fome of them are at the leaft ttj;ee 
faoomes thtebe, their leaues are like bore 
o; palmetras,butyeeIoeno finite,the toooo 
tooulo toith great labour ano paine be con* 
uayeo abm;o thelfiippes, if the toilo people 
Dto not helpe them,fo; the marchants Ihulo 
haroly laoe a (hip in atoholeyeare,bccaufe 
of theharonefleano troublefomenelfe in the 
cleautng, as alfo that there are no beatts to 
0 ;ato o: carrie it to the fibppes, but mult be 
b?oughtootoneby men,tohich fo;cloatfjes, 
fljtrts,hatfes,bniues, ano fitch libe things, 
are htreo fo cleaue ano rounoe it, ano to 
bjingit out of thetoooosfarretoithmthe 
lanoe,bpon their (houloers, to thelhippes: 
it is much burnt in that countrie, ano is of 
nature o;y, tohereby tohen it it to burnt, if 
mabeth little finobe,the alfies toherofyalo 
a cerfatnc reo colo;: the T ououpmambaul- 
tii toonoereo much tojjat our men Ooe totth 
all that toooo,afbing ifthere toere no toooo - 
in ourconntreies fo; fo burne,ano anftoere 
toas maoebnfo them,that toe bfco it fo oie 
toithall, as they oieo their ropes o; firings; 
this is fijetoeo in another place. 
befioe this b;afiU tree, there are flue 
kinoes ofpalme trees, tohereof the p;mct* 
pall is calleo Gerau, the other In, of thefe 
trees 3 hauefufficientlyoeclarcointhe^i? 
fio;ies of the Gatt 3)notes, as alfo in the oe* 
feription offhe#ffiicanroatt: there to a tree 
calleo Ayri, abinoeofCbantooiB, toith 
leaues, notmuch bnltbe the palme trees,the 
boo^toucrco toith thicbe tho;nes, the fruitt 
thereofinoifierentgreat,toherein thereto a 
pith as tohite as fnoto,but not gooo to eate; 
the tottO to blacbe ano berie haro, tohereof 
tjie barbarians make they; halbearos.col* 
uenf arrotoes,if to libetoife fo heauy, that 
if finbefh bnoer the toafer: there is alfo 
much toooo in this countrey,tohereoffome 
to yelloto libe 315or,fomebiolet,feme tohifs 
libe paper, fomepalc reo,fome barnilh reo, 
ano fome oarbe reo, tohereof libetoife they 
mabe^albcros: another toooo to founoe 
therein calleo Copau, tohereofthe trees are 
libe our toailnuf trees, but beare no nnttes, 
the tocoo being plaineO, hath gratnes libe 
Malnuttree:fhcre are many other kinoes 
of frees, tohereof fome haue leaues rounoe 
libe pence, others great, ofafooteano a 
halfe long, as alfo a tree tohich to bery plea* 
fant to beholoe, ano fo ftoeefe of Onell, that 
it ercelleftj the rofe,fpectally tohen it to cut* 
to the contrariethere grotoeth another fra 
calleo Aou-ai, tohich bjooo beeing cutte o; 
burnt, fftnbeth fobnreafonably, thatno 
man can abioe if: if hath leaues libe our ap* 
