An account of several late voyages and discoveries

· ts~ Sir John Narbroügh's Vo¡agl ] might find Gold among them: I gavc them áll the courteousReípeét I could. Ati:er two hour, Confcrence with them, I made figns l would go and get more things, and come again to thcm: They went, and would have us te Land again un der a Cliff, which I judge was their Defign, t heave fiones into the Boat to fink her , for place was very convenient far fuch a purpofi They fet themfelves clown on the Grafs, and im mediately fct Fire on the Grafs, on the fi<le ot' t Bank :- By what meaos they gor Fire fo fuddenl 1 could not underfiand. . I went and founded t Channel between ElizahetJ/s· l}l:111J, aod S. Bart lomew's-I.fland, and found it 1 a fair Channel to Sa through, of a mile broad neareíl: and deep \\' ter : in thc middle thirty eight Fathom , a nine and ten Fathom near the Shore·lide, grave Sand. . Thefe People are of a middle ftaturc , b Men aod Women, ami well limbcd, and roun · Face<J, and wcll fhaped, and low ¡.·ore.head their Nofes of a mean fize,their Eyes of thc m and black; they are fmooth and even toothed clofe fet and very white ; fmall Ears : their H is fmooth flag Hair, and very bJack and haríl1 the fore-part, even and rotmd ; and the Locks a mean length, both Men and Women alike : t are full Breaftec!, they are tawny Olive.colou ~nd redded all over their Bodies with red Ea and Greafe; their Faces dawbed in fpot5 d , their Cheeks with white Clay, and fome bl fireaks with fmut, in aoMethod; thtir Arms Feet the like: they have fmall Htads and . .. .. .. ... . Fing