An account of several late voyages and discoveries

34 Sir John Narbrough's Voyage íhaped like a a f maJI Creature in Engla,ul callcd an E~,Newt,or Lizard; no Ac.lder nor Snake,norany venomous Creature : Cattle would Jive herc very wcll, fuch as Horfcs, Cows, Sheep, Goats,&,. Evening growing upon us, I returncd to the lhip: and 'twas within Night whcn we got aboard our Boat, :rnd ten a Clock when wc cnter'd thc Ship; I found on Board my Lieuter.ant that wcntupthc River, but they which went on the North-frde were not come back : up the River they fawfive fmall Iílands, which had Sea Fow/J on them and Bufhes for fcwel : the River grows broader up. wanls,anJ has fevera~ Rocks in it : 011 the fhore thcy faw Guianacocs, Ofiriches and Hares; no People, Fire or Smoak: they faw whcre people liad becn, and Fircs made, and Mufclcs and Lum. pets roaficd: No frefh water, nor Wood, nor any Metal or Mineral ; the Land hilly with Grafs on it. At 1 2. a Clock at Night thofe that went on the North fide carne abeard; they had becn about 8 miles into thc Land North-wefr, and faw no peoplc, but found where people had been, and made Fircs in the Grafs, and Grafs laid to tire the Bulhcs; alfo where fome had lain oo open places, and fct Jittle Buíhes in HalfMoons,to fhel ter them from the Wcather: on the top of a Hit they made a. firc w1th Grafst to fec if nny woul anfiver them; they fat down by it all day, b could fee none made any where elfe. The La is in rounding large Hills, not very high,but lik Downs, as theCoaft of ro,ijhire about BMrli11gt1 no Woods nor Trees feen, nor Frefh Water bere and therc a Bufh growing in a Valley ; ~nd' tcre