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An. 1682
The Authore 2d Voyage to the South Seas
C H A P. IV.
The Author's Voyage to the Isle of John Fernan- do in the South Seas. He arrives at the Isles of Cape Verd. The Isle of Sal, its Salt-ponds. The Flamingo, and its remarkable Nest. Amber- griefe, where found: The Isles of St. Nicholas, Mayo, St. Jago, Fogo, a burning Mountain; with the rest of the Isles of Cape Verde. Sher- borough River, on the Coast of Guinea. The Commodities, and Negroes there; A Town of theirs, described. Tornadoes, Sharks, Flying fish; A Sea deep and clear, yet pale. Isles of Sipple de Ward. Small red Lobsters. Streight Le Mair. States Island. Cape Horn in Terra del Fuego. Their Meeting with Captain Eaton in the South Seas, and their going together to the Isle of John Fernando. Of a Moskito- man left there alone 3 Years: His Art and Sagacity; with that of other Indians: The Island described. The Savanahs of America. Goats at John Fernando's. Seals. Sea-lions. Snappers, a sort of Fish. Rock-fish. The Bays, and natural Strength of this Island.
BEing now entering upon the Relation of a New Voyage, which makes up the main body of this Book, proceeding from Virginia by the way of Ter- ra del Fuego and the South Seas, the East Indies, and so on till my Return to England, by the way of the Cape of Good Hope, I shall give my Reader this short Account of my first entrance upon it. Among those who [?]