A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume X - By Robert Kerr


















































































































 -  The two
supercargoes were appointed to keep distinct journals of all
proceedings, for the information of the company of adventurers - Page 258
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The Two Supercargoes Were Appointed To Keep Distinct Journals Of All Proceedings, For The Information Of The Company Of Adventurers, That It Might Appear How Far Every Man Had Done His Duty, And In What Manner The Purposes Of The Voyage Had Been Answered.

On the 11th July they had sight of Madeira, and on the 13th they passed through between Teneriff and Grand Canary, with a stiff breeze at N.N.E. and a swift current.

The 15th they passed the tropic of Cancer; and the 20th in the morning fell in with the north side of Cape de Verd. Procuring here a supply of water, by leave of the Moorish alcaide or governor, for which they had to pay eight states of iron, they left the cape on the 1st August, and came in sight of the high land of Sierra Leona on the 21st of that month, as also of the island of Madre bomba, which lies off the south point of Sierra Leona, and north from the shallows of the island of St Ann. This land of Sierra Leona is the highest of all that lie between Cape Verd and the coast of Guinea, and is therefore easily known.

On the 30th of August, they cast anchor in eight fathoms water on a fine sandy bottom, near the shore, and opposite a village or town of the negroes, in the road of Sierra Leona. This village consisted only of eight or nine poor thatched huts. The Moorish inhabitants were willing to come on board to trade, only demanding a pledge to be left on shore for their security, because a French ship had recently carried off two of the natives perfidiously.

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