On Seeing This I Took Some Things With Me In The Boat To
Present To Him, And At Length He Sent Off A Boat To Us Which Would Not
Come Near, But Made Signs For Us To Return Next Day.
At length, by
offering things for their captain, I enticed them into our boat, and
gave them two ells
Of cloth, a latten basin, a white basin, a bottle, a
large piece of beef, and six biscuits, which they received and made
signs for us to come back next day, saying that their chief was _grand
captain_, which indeed appeared by his numerous attendants, who were
armed with darts, targets, and other weapons. This town is very large,
and stands upon a hill among trees, so that it cannot well be seen
except when one is near. To the eastwards of it there are two very high
trees on a hill close to the town[27]; and under the town is another
and lower hill washed by the sea, where it is all composed of great
black rocks. Beyond this town there is another considerably smaller on a
bay.
[252][Footnote 252: 27 It is added, _which is a good mark to know the
town_. But at this distance of time, above 250 years, such marks cannot
be supposed to remain. - E.]
In the morning of the 13th we took our boat and went close to the shore,
where we remained till ten o'clock, but no one came near us.
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