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1669] of the Island Dauphine, &c. 
cou’d see the two Polar stars, altho’ we were at more than 
20 degrees of latitude ; we had seen them a very long time. 
Saturday, the fourth, we discover’d the shores of Barbary Negro land. 
in Africa & doubled Cape Blanc, opposite to which we 
took a quantity of good fish, having hove to for this 
purpose. 
The Monday following, the sixth of the said month, we Senegal. 
pass’d a land called Senegal. This country extends to 
the mainland of Cape Verd ; the natives are very black, 
powerfully built, & robust; they have a King who is 
said to be rich in Men, Horses, Elephants, Countries, & 
Estates. There are settlements of the French at Senegal 
belonging to the Gentlemen of the Company of the West 
Indies, who trade at this place, whence they obtain 
Golddust, Ambergris, Musk, Ivory, Skins, Parrots, & 
Monkeys. There’s here a river of very great extent, by 
means of which, with boats & skiffs, they are able to 
enter far into the country for trade. This river is full of 
Sea Horses & Sea Cows. 
Game abounds in this country; & here are found 
Stags, Does, Gazelles, Goats, Wild Boars, Hares, Rabbits, 
red Partridges, Guinea fowls, & an infinite variety of 
other Game. 
Here are Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Tigers, & other 
dangerous beasts. 
The next day, Tuesday, seventh, we came to anchor at cape Verd. 
Cape Verd, in a bay of more than six leagues circumfer¬ 
ence, around which are a quantity of villages, where live 
a good number of the aboriginals of this country, for the 
sake of the sea-fishing by which they generally live. We 
cast anchor opposite to a village nam’d Rufisque. Rufisque 
We found in this bay a number of these blacks, who 
were fishing in their canoes ; directly they saw us they 
promptly fled to land, fearing lest we should take them. 
I was astonish’d to see the daring of these people, to 
