Part 7 (1/2)

[Illustration: The Zevera, or Zebra]

[_Portuguese dealings with the Natives_]

The Portugals roes in this o a nobleood behaviour He bringeth out of Congo soo_ [_eneral over the black camp, and hath authority to kill, to put down Lords and roes

And when any Lord coeth his present, as slaves, kine and goats Then the Tandala carrieth hieth two slaves for the Governor's page, before he goeth in Then he ift for the Governor, which is sometimes thirty or forty slaves, besides cattle But when he cometh before the Governor he kneeleth down and clappeth his hands, and falleth doith his face upon the ground, and then he riseth and saith: ”I have been an enemy, and now I protest to be true, and never ainst you” Then the Governor calleth a soldier, which hath deserved a reward, and giveth the Lord to hi; and the Lord acknowledgeth him to be his master, and he doth maintain the soldier and maketh him rich

Also, in the wars he commandeth his master's house to be built before his own, and whatsoever he hath taken that day in the wars, he passeth [divideth] with his al soldier of any account, but hath his negro _sova_, or Lord[194]

[_Fishi+ng_]

They use upon this coast to fish with harping irons, and wait upon a great fish that corareat shoals of fish before hi the shore as fast as they are able to follow hireat store of fish, and leave the; and then they coather their fish up

This fish will round, but they will presently shove hiain, which is as much as four or five men can do They call hi, and will by no means hurt or kill any of them[195]

Also, they use in the bays and rivers, where shoal water is, to fish withrushes, and theyThe ed upon one edge of the mat, and so they draw thethe rushes that hang down, spring out of the water and fall upon the mat, that lyeth flat on the water, and so are taken

[”_Corn_”]

They have four sorts of corn in Longo The first is called _Masanga_,[196] and it groweth upon a straw as big as a reed, and hath an ear a foot long, and is like hereat increase, for of one kernel there springs four or five canes, which are ten foot high, and they bear half a pint of corn apiece This grain is as big as tares, and very good

Thirdly, they have another that groweth low like grass, and is very like reat Guinea wheat, which they call _Mas-impoto_[199] This is the least esteeood Peason [peas], sorow not as ours do; for the pods grow on the roots, underneath the ground, and by their leaves they knohen they be ripe[200] They have another kind of Peason, which they call _Wando_[201] This is a little tree, and the first year that it is planted it beareth no fruit; but after, it beareth fruit three years, and then it is cut down[202]

[_Plantains, or Bananas_]

Their plantain trees bear fruit but once, and then are cut down, and out of the root thereof spring three or four young trees

[_Bees and the Baobab_]

They have great store of honey, which hangeth in the _Elicondy_ trees[203] They gather it with a hollow piece of wood, or chest, which they hang in the top of the tree, and once a year it is full, by s the laborious creatures with robbery, exile, death

[Purchas here adds in the in, ”out of Battell's own reports”:-

This _Alicunde_ or _Elicondi_ tree is very tall and exceeding great, so like an oak Some of them are hollow, and from the liberal skies receive such plenty of water, that they are hospitable entertainers of thousands in this thirsty region Once have I known three or four thousand re all their watery provision for four and twenty hours, and yet not es of hardwood (which that softer easily receiveth, the s), and I think that some one tree hold forty tuns of water

This tree affords not less bountiful hospitality to the back than belly, yielding (as her belly to their bellies, so) her back to their backs; excepting that this is better fro more seasonable for discipline, are so soundly beaten (for man's fault, whence came the first nakedness), whereby one fathom cut from the tree is extended into twenty, and is presently fit for wearing, though not so fine as the _Iuzanda_[204] tree yields This tree yields excellent cloth fro]