ft is altogether faire andgesdanfeer ground, keep goodinafcb, tottij great care inben poti, 
to the point oi b® fee afojefaid, pou Gjal Icaue fetch freflj inater, as indl initbin as initbout 
the 31 flanb of it ones on the land fide, not paf* becaufe the country people bfe to oucr runne 
Sng betineene It and theland:from this point and fpoilc men on the fedaine • this V arella 
to another point are 12. miles, t pou runne Ipeth Under r 3. degrees,this land of Varella 
$ojtbeaft,and from this fecond point pet 1 a is a feooke, and from thence to Pulo Cutuo 
miles further there is another point: this the courfc is |io:th,and nojth and bp Weifj 
courfe is runne halfe a ftrifec to the 0o?th foj the fpace of 48. miles, $ from thence the 
Jftojtheafl: betineene this fccond and tbirde land begttmetb to be a great Deale lotijer,tberi 
point there Ipeth tlno creefees, the firff iuber* that pou haue patt, hauing in manp places 
of isthe hauen inhere pou lade blacfee inrode, fandie ffrandes,inbcre men map anfeer: ten 
tohich is called Deiraon: from thisthirde miles from Varella fo?lnard, a mile front 
point to the Varella the coaft runneth theland there Ipeth a long flat Biland called 
Bjiojtb, and feuen miles before pon come to Pulo Cambir, and betlnaene this 3 !lafid and 
p V arella there is a creefee inhere there Ipeth the land are 1 2 .fadorne deepc fandie ground, 
a toinn,and tlno miles further there is an 31 * * in the middle of the Hand on the lande fide, 
land of ff onie cliffes rtofe to the land, inhtch there is a fmal fandie bap that hath freflj ina* 
afarreoffiheinethlifeea man that fi^eth oj ter,inhereifneedbepoumapanfeer, fojitis 
anglcth, inherebp the pojtingalles call it good ground, and in the middle of the channel 
Opefcador, cj the fifl)er 9 and if pou defire to betineene the Biland and the land it is altoge* 
runnetothe Varella, (being patt the 3iland) tberfatre being a fmall mile inlength • from 
pou fhall pjefentlp be neere the land, inhere this Sifland about tinelue miles 0 ojthinard, 
pou haue a great ttrande inith faire grounde. the land mafeetb a point, and from thence to 
^his Varrella is a high hill reaching into the 3 Sand there is a great creefee, and fit* 
the fea,and aboue on the toppe it hath a Uerie inaro to the $ o?t bineft inhere the high land 
high ttonie toch.ltfec a toiner 0? ptller, inhich endeth, (inhich from this point tninaroe run* 
ntap be fecn far off, therfo?e it is bp the lpo$- netb to the Mleff) it is an open 02 bjofeeti 
tingalles called Varella, (that is, a Cape, loin lande inhere pou find a riuer of tb?ee fa* 
jlgacfee 0; marfee) at the fcote of this hill on home deepe, tnitbin the hauen hauing fandte 
the &>outb fide it hath a ijerte great creefee ground, inith a great mouth o? entrie, and 
reachingnojthinard in, al of muddp ground, inithin it hath a iMel of 13* fadome deepe s 
1 1 5. fadome deepe, pou cannot fee it far off, this riuer runneth further into the land, t4. 
becaufe the one lande runneth though the 0* 0? 5. miles tninard from the entrie oj mouth 
ther, but as pou paffe bp the Grand afojefaid, there Ipeth a great htllagc, inhere pou map 
and begtnne to come necre the Vai ella,tben haue great ttoje ofhtftualles and other necef- 
the creefee beginneth to open, inhich hath a fades: in the mouth of this riuer on the eatt 
herie faire entrie, and initbin hath tino run* fide there ttandeth a high bouell, and on the 
iting ftreames of herie gcod frefh inater, hee Witft fide a loin fandie ttrande, pou mutt 
that commcth thither tuith a fijip bp mp ad* enter right fojtb in the middle, and although 
rnfe fhall not put in there, becaufe hee (hall it is herie inidc, pet being intthin pou mutt 
haue much labour and trouble to bjing the niafee pour felf fure Mb anfeers 1 cables, fpect- 
^ip out again,foj there the inind is fcantipou allp from the inett fide, fo? i if it inere earlte 
map inel anfeer inithout at § entrp 0? mouth in the peare pou fljall there finde ttiffe Heif 
thereof as 31 haue done, 0? pou map feefee fo? ininds, inhich inoulde djiue pou on the other 
fb? other places inhere frefi) inater is to bee fide of the Riuer; in this Riuer is much fill): 
had,that ttand on the other fide of the hill,to- alfo in the land there is much tnild flelh,inttb 
Snardsthe j! 5 o?th, at the foote thereof inhere &iuine, tigers, Rhinoceros, and fuch lifee 
the high lande that reacheth into the fca en- beattes: the countrep people inere of good 
Beth, inhere pou begin to find a herie great nature, but ine haue giuen them caufe of fa* 
ffrand: to get this inater pou mutt goe herie fpitton bp our bad dealing inith them % fine 
neare to the point of this hill, and as pou run miles further fo?inard from this Riuer along 
along toinardes It, inhen pou compaffc it a* the coatt there are f ino Hands inith certafiie 
bout pou fhall fee a fmall fandie bap, inith cliffes about halfe a mile from the land, and 
the afojefaid great ffrand and place of inate* pou map paffe betineene them andtbe lande, 
ring, inhere pou map anfeer inhen pou inill, tinelue miles from fbefe Claudes, there Ip* 
fo? it hath g®d anfeer grounde, but it hath a etb other BHandcsbp the lande, inhere there 
great tnconuentence, and mifchtefe,inhich is, are feme places ofrounde fande inith a fan* 
that pou fee compaffed about bpthecountrp die ttrande, and there fs a fmall Riuer , 
people,that are great enemies to the potfin* inhere pou haue much Catte (that fs, 
galles, and fea Rotters, therefore pou mutt Rpce Unffampeo in the hushes as it groin* 
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