Divers Times They Did Wave Us On Shore To
Play With Them At The Football, And Some Of Our Company Went On
Shore To Play With Them, And Our Men Did Cast Them Down As Soon As
They Did Come To Strike The Ball.
And thus much of that which we
did see and do in that harbour where we arrived first.
The 23rd day we departed from the merchants where we had been first,
and our course from thence was south and by west, and the wind was
north-east, and we ran that day and night about five or six leagues
until we came to another harbour.
The 24th, about eleven of the clock in the forenoon, we entered into
the aforesaid new harbour, and as we came in we did see dogs running
upon the islands. When we were come in, there came to us four of
the people which were with us before in the other harbour; and where
we rowed we had sandy ground. We saw no wood growing, but found
small pieces of wood upon the islands, and some small pieces of
sweet wood among the same. We found great harts' horns, but could
see none of the stags where we went, but we found their footings.
As for the bones which we received of the savages, I cannot tell of
what beasts they be. The stones that we found in the country were
black, and some white; as I think, they be of no value; nevertheless
I have brought examples of them to you.
The 30th of August we departed from this harbour towards England,
and the wind took us contrary, so that we were fain to go to another
harbour the same day at eleven of the clock. And there came to us
thirty-nine of the people and brought us thirteen seal-skins, and
after we received these skins of them the master sent the carpenter
to change one of our boats which we had bought of them before; and
they would have taken the boat from him perforce, and when they saw
they could not take it from us they shot with their darts at us, and
struck one of our men with one of their darts, and John Filpe shot
one of them in the breast with an arrow. And they came to us again,
and four of our men went into the ship boat, and they shot with
their darts at our men; but our men took one of their people in his
boat, into the ship boat, and he hurt one of them with his knife,
but we killed three of them in their boats, two of them were hurt
with arrows in the breast, and he that was aboard our boat was shot
with an arrow, and hurt with a sword, and beaten with staves, whom
our men cast overboard; but the people caught him and carried him on
shore upon their boats, and the other two also, and so departed from
us.
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