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1669] of the Island Dauphine , &c. 
Rufisque to obtain dinner; we went to the house of a The wives 
Portuguese named the Seignor Dom Joan , who regal’d us Portuguese 
with Rice, Palm Wine, meat & fish. He had several areblack - 
wives, by whom he had mulatto children. He pray’d two By Mulattos 
Missionaries, who were with us, to baptize his children, ” Zifd 
which they promis’d to do the next day. They warned PcwmyPas 
him that, being a Christian, he ought to content himself ZP'wMte^ 
with one wife, & that he ought not to have several like 
the natives of the country; that whomsoever he might 
choose he ought to marry in the face of the Church, in 
order not to live in sin ; he promised to do so. I was 
astonish’d to see that this man was devout, having always 
a large Rosary in his hands, & several Images of Our 
Saviour, of the Virgin, & of the Saints, around his bed. 
The same with his wives or concubines, who carry’d also 
large Rosaries round their necks. For all that, this man 
could not be ignorant that he offended God in having so 
many wives. 
After dinner I return’d to the Hunt with one of the 
other persons of the ship. Having each taken a small 
Negro boy to guide us, we separated one from the other 
in the woods with our guides; & after having shot some 
birds, I try’d to run after some Gazelles, & penetrated 
more than two leagues within the woods, of which my 
small negro, who spoke a little Portuguese, warn’d me, 
telling me that ’twas not safe to venture beyond on 
account of the dangerous beasts, which oblig’d me to 
return. Immediately we saw a young Lion, which, having 
perceiv’d us, fled. And pursuing my way, I met near 
the village of Rufisque many men, arm’d with bows, 
arrows, javelins & axes, who conducted a number of 
Camels & Asses, laden with salt fish which they collected 
at the villages situated on the shores of the sea. They 
made way for me, & saluted me in their language. At a 
few paces from there I met him with whom I had gone out 
