An account of several late voyages and discoveries

~o Sir John Narbrough?s Voyage 31;,out thcirHeads,and picces of Skins about theit fcct, and ali thc othcr parts of their Bo<lics na. ked ; they were painted red and whitc on their Faces; they Would not come fo ncar as to Jet our Men touch them , but ílcppcd back as you mo. ved forward; they continuing thcir noife , anJ wafting with their Hands towards thc Ship, and kept talking , but no Man couJd undcrfiand thcm : they repcated Oefe, Oife,vcry often. Thcy havc an haríh Spccc:h, and fpeak in the Throat; they rcccived any rhing that you caíl: to them on thc ground. Mr. U'ood gave tbcm aKnifc, and a Shafh, :inda. Ncd~cloth, and a Bottle of Brandy; thcy would not drmk; Mr. Wood could not per. ccivc any Bracclcts they had, or any thing about them fave their Skin. They are People of a .middle fiature, and wcll.fhapcd ; tawny Olive-cóJour'd, black Hair, ·not vcry long: they feem to be of a rudc Dehaviour; for thoy rcturned 'ríothing fa what thcy rcccivcd, nor took no notice of any thing; the rcíl: of their Company fiaycd at the Hill: they can endure much cold; for thcir Lcgs, Buttocks, and lo•.ver parts are nakcJ. Mr. W" was taller than any of them,and he judgcd the el eft of thc three to be upwards of forty years ol rhe other thirty. Tliey feemed to be very fear rhey took their own time, and went away intot Land. M r. Wood returncd aboard and acquaint 1 cd me with what he had feen. This Night w fa w a Fire in the Hills. lt blew hard to N1ght lVd}. Th cy ha vc fmall Dogs with them; th ,,·ould nor ha.ve come ncar ourPeople, ifthcy h m>t fallct1 a ccidentallv into the Hills and Valley , - wit