A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 7
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 7
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the south they came to the country of the Buques,
a poor and barbarous people feeding on the spawn of fish, who are much
oppressed by the kings of the inland tribes. Passing the river
_Mane_[10], that of _Saume_[11] in 20° 15'; Manoputa in 20° 30', where
they first heard of the Portuguese; Isango in 21°; Terrir in 21°
30'; the seven islands of Elizabeth in 22°; they came on the 11th of
July into the port of _St Felix_[12] in 22°, where they heard again of
the Portuguese of whom they were in search, from Dissamuta the king of
that part of the country. On offering a silver chain at this place for
some provisions, the natives gave it to an old woman to examine if it
was genuine, and she informed the Portuguese that at the distance of
three days journey there was an island inhabited a long while before by
a white people dressed like the Portuguese and wearing crosses hanging
from their necks, who lived by rapine and easily took whatever they
wanted, as they w
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