The Country
Hereabouts Is Mountainous And Woody, Full Of Rich Valleys And
Pleasant Fresh-Water Brooks.
The mould in the valleys is deep and
yellowish, that on the sides of the hill of a very
Brown colour, and
not very deep, but rocky underneath, yet excellent planting land.
The trees in general are neither very straight, thick, nor tall, yet
appear green and pleasant enough; some of them bore flowers, some
berries, and others big fruits, but all unknown to any of us; cocoa-
nut trees thrive very well here, as well on the bays by the sea-
side, as more remote among the plantations; the nuts are of an
indifferent size, the milk and kernel very thick and pleasant. Here
is ginger, yams, and other very good roots for the pot, that our men
saw and tasted; what other fruits or roots the country affords I
know not. Here are hogs and dogs; other land animals we saw none.
The fowls we saw and knew were pigeons, parrots, cockatoos, and
crows like those in England; a sort of birds about the bigness of a
blackbird, and smaller birds many. The sea and rivers have plenty
of fish; we saw abundance, though we caught but few, and these were
cavallies, yellow-tails, and whip-rays.
We departed from hence on the 22nd of March, and on the 24th, in the
evening, we saw some high land bearing north-west half-west, to the
west of which we could see no land, though there appeared something
like land bearing west a little southerly, but not being sure of it,
I steered west-north-west all night, and kept going on with an easy
sail, intending to coast along the shore at a distance.
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