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           butwhenIcamenearertohimIsawsomethinghangingoverhisshoulders,whichwasacreaturethathehadshot,likeahare,butdifferentincolour,andlongerlegs; however,wewereverygladofit,anditwasverygoodmeat; butthegreatjoythatpoorXurycamewith,wastotellmehehadfoundgoodwaterandseennowildmans. 

           Butwefoundafterwardsthatweneednottakesuchpainsforwater,foralittlehigherupthecreekwherewewerewefoundthewaterfreshwhenthetidewasout,whichflowedbutalittlewayup; sowefilledourjars,andfeastedontheharehehadkilled,andpreparedtogoonourway,havingseennofootstepsofanyhumancreatureinthatpartofthecountry. 

           AsIhadbeenonevoyagetothiscoastbefore,IknewverywellthattheislandsoftheCanaries,andtheCapedeVerdeIslandsalso,laynotfarofffromthecoast. ButasIhadnoinstrumentstotakeanobservationtoknowwhatlatitudewewerein, andnotexactlyknowing,oratleastremembering,whatlatitudetheywerein, Iknewnotwheretolookforthem,orwhentostandofftoseatowardsthem;otherwiseImightnoweasilyhavefoundsomeoftheseislands. Butmyhopewas,thatifIstoodalongthiscoasttillIcametothatpartwheretheEnglishtraded,Ishouldfindsomeoftheirvesselsupontheirusualdesignoftrade,thatwouldrelieveandtakeusin. 

           Bythebestofmycalculation,thatplacewhereInowwasmustbethatcountrywhich,lyingbetweentheEmperorofMorocco’sdominionsandthenegroes,lieswasteanduninhabited,exceptbywildbeasts; thenegroeshavingabandoneditandgonefarthersouthforfearoftheMoors,andtheMoorsnotthinkingitworthinhabitingbyreasonofitsbarrenness; andindeed,bothforsakingitbecauseoftheprodigiousnumberoftigers,lions,leopards,andotherfuriouscreatureswhichharbourthere;