As he could hardly have been
lower on the western coast than Minz, or perhaps Congo. Yet, as a belt
of Caffres are said to cross the continent of Africa, to the north of
the Hottentots, it is barely possible that some Caffre slaves may have
reached the western coast. - E.
[17] This grain was probably what is now well known under the name of
millet. - E.
[18] According to Barros, _Aguada da boa Paz_. - Clarke.
[19] Gibb's Orosius, I. 50.
[20] The text here ought probably to be thus amended, "He and his brother,
_with_ Nicholas Coelle," &c. - E.
[21] These probably swam off to the ships. - E.
[22] De Faria alleges that the people of this river were not so black as
the other Africans, and wore habits of different kinds of stuffs, both
cotton and silk, of various colours, and that they understood Arabic;
and adds, that they informed De Gama there were white people to the
eastwards, who sailed in ships like those of the Portuguese. Osorius
likewise says, that one of the natives spoke Arabic very imperfectly,
and that De Gama left two of his convicts at this place, which he
called San Rafael. - Clarke.
[23] There is no circumstance in the text from which the situation of this
river can even be conjectured.
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