An account of several late voyages and discoveries

38 Sir John Narbrough's Yoyagi the Land. I crors·d the R1ver to the ~outh-caft ihore; wc madc 1he BC1at hin in a Creek ma Vall,~y, and wcnt ali hands up the Land 3 mllcs ; wc i~w manv Guian•(ot1 and Ofir1ches, but could notéome wichin Jl1ot ot them. J faw the Foot• flcp~ ot five Men that had been upon the Oar; I meafurecl my Foot with r.hem, wh1ch waslargcr and longcr by hallan inch than any of thcm; we cou)~ not fee any people: it beingnearN1ghtwc pJud<t up (jrafs, and Jaid itto thc bdl advantagc for füdter Here we· lay aJl N1ght, keeping Warch t\\ o by two. Cold Air to night, wind at \Vc!L flf,,nJ,1y March 14. Fair weatbcr, but co)d.This rµorn¡rg by day tght we turn'd out, and march'd inro thc L:rnd Four rmJes S. W. b, s. We could noc find anv freílt ·1,\,·ater. We made Fire on thc Grafs bue faw no lign of any r-'eople: we faw Guianacnes. Harcs, Foxes, wild Dogs pretty forgc nnd ~ grey Cat, li~e an i!:11glifo one,running tr" thc Hills : to day wc caught an Armaditlo; thc Dog\ put her ro ground : they have hólcs like Coneys; \\ e foon dug her out, 'twas as bigas a ~re:1r Hedg hcg , and not much unlikc one. The .Armf1tÍil!o 1s c~fod over the Body with a fi:ell, fhutting ooc under anothf'r like íhellsof Arm0ur: r~1e Dog-; cou'd not hurt her. We faw Rats in many pb(:es, :md a kind of Pole~at, with z white flreaks on the I3ack,all thercfl: black: our Dogs kil\crl two of them : they fünk mu<:h, fevcral Ollrid1(,~~ fome Partridges and many Kites: tire Land in fair IIilll without \Vood or frcíh water: 1'!W f o;i i~ ~ f~ndy (i_rll'Vtl, wi;h G~afs all over it: no 1 · Minera