South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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we could ship our oars to get away, they shot at us again, but did us no
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Before We Could Ship Our Oars To Get Away, They Shot At Us Again, But Did Us No Harm; The Negroes Came To The Rocks Close Beside Us, Whence They Discharged Calivers At Us, And The Portuguese Shot Off Their Base Twice More.

On this our ship made some shots at them, but they were protected by the rocks and hills.

We now went on board to leave this place, as the negroes were bent against us, because in the former year Robert Gainsh had taken away the captains son from this place, with three others, and all their gold and every thing else they had about them; owing to which they had become friends to the Portuguese, whom they hated before, as appeared in the former year when the Trinity was there; when the chief came on board and brought them to his town, trading with them largely, and offering them ground on which to build a fort[253]. The 14th we plied back to meet the Hind, which we met in the morning, and then both ships sailed eastwards to try what could be done at the place where the Trinity sold her friezes in the preceding year. The day after we parted, the Hind had taken eighteen and a half ounces of gold from some negroes in exchange for wares. This day, about one P.M. we saw some canoes on the coast, with men standing beside them, and going to them with merchandise, we took three ounces of gold for eighteen _fuffs_ of cloth, each _fuffe_ being three and a half yards, at the rate of one angel twelve grains the _fuffe_. These people made us understand by signs that if we waited till next day we might have plenty of gold.

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