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A36936	A new voyage to the East-Indies in the years 1690 and 1691 being a full description of the isles of Maldives, Cicos, Andamants, and the Isle of Ascention ... / by Monsieur Duquesne ; to which is added, a new description of the Canary Islands, Cape Verd, Senegal, and Gambia, &c. ; illustrated with sculptures, together with a new map of the Indies, and another of the Canaries ; done into English from the Paris edition.; Journal du voyage de Duquesne aux Indes Orientales. English	Du Quesne, Abraham, ca. 1653-1724.; Le Maire, Jacques-Joseph. Voyages du sieur Le Maire aux isles Canaries. English.	1696 (1696)	Wing D2669; ESTC R3453	113,825	341

considers there is but a Plank between him and Eternity CHAP. III. The first discovery of Land since we lost sight of it Remarks on the Pike of Teneriffe WE Steer'd our Course for the Madera Islands where with pleasure we waited to take in some refreshments tho' 't was not above Nine Days that we had lost sight of Land But the Currents which we met having carried us too far to the East or rather to the great Foggs at Land having hinder'd us from the sight of it we left it to the Right without perceiving it till we had doubled it The 9th we discovered the Isle of Savages which was the first Land we made since we parted from Port-Lewis 't is scituated in 30 Degrees of the Northern Latitude and Twenty Minutes Longitude This is an uninhabited Island very dangerous for the Steep Craggy Rocks that inviron it for above a League that scarce a Boat can go a Shoar by this sight of Land we judged we were not far from the Canary Islands which doubtless we should have come to sight of the next Morning if we had not been delay'd by a Calm which happily lasted but a little while for in the Evening it began to blow a brisk Gale so that by the Eleventh at 7 a Clock in the Morning we were within Thirteen Lagues of the Pike of Teneriffe By Noon we were near it being in Twenty Eight Degrees Thirty Six Minutes North Latitude and Three Hundred and Fifty Nine Degrees of Longitude The Pike of Teneriffe is seen Forty Leagues off and undoubtedly may pass for one of the highest Mountains in the World Some make it seven Leagues high others Twelve This proud Mountain wraps its head in the Clouds which appears white by reason of the Snow that covers it Winter and Summer rising through the middle Region of the Air which makes it so cold that none was ever able to mount it Behind this Mountain stands the Town of Canary of which the Island bears the Name which is very Fruitful and abounds in Corn and is famous for the rich Wines it produces which are carried to all Parts of the World Three are besides Three other Islands the first that of Gomer of the same side with the Pike and not above Six or Seven Leagues distant The second is Palm Island memorable for the Death of Forty Jesuits who going to Brazill to Preach the Faith of Jesus Christ were there Martyr'd by the Calvinists about a Hundred Years ago This latter is opposite to the Pike of Teneriffe and is about Twelve or Thirteen Leagues distant We past between these two having Palme Island on the Right and the Pike of Teneriffe on the Left And the last is the Isle of Fer where Geographers commonly place the first Meridian These four Islands belong to Spain so that we could not take a view of them but at a distance by reason of the War between us and it CHAP. IV. The different Opinions concerning the Trading Winds THe Wind which had hardly stir'd all day began to blow fresh in the Evening so that we cou'd easily perceive the Trading Winds which are so useful for Sailing they are call'd so by reason of their continuing three or four months without changing These sort of Winds Blow always from the North East in the Southern parts and from the South East in the Northern parts which very much perplexes curious people to find out the true reason of it Some maintain that the Trading Winds are no other then those which blow from the West and the North with great violence which passing over Europe to the East and South rarify and grow weaker as they approach the warmer Climates on the contrary in the Southern parts the Western and Southern Winds blowing with the same violence towards Africa are thence driven towards the East and North and abate by degrees as they approach the warmths of the Line and quite cease when they reach it Others explain this matter after a different manner they will have it that the excessive heats of the Line draw these Winds from the Poles where the Exhalations and Vapors which are the matter of the Winds being stronger and in greater abundance cause more violent and lasting ones and that afterwards these Winds or Exhalations are drawn towards the Zone and there abated by the excessive heat Behold the best Account I could meet with to satisfy those who are curious in this matter but whatever the Natural Cause of them may be it may be truly said they are the sweetest Winds that blow CHAP. V. The Squadron Anchors at the Island of Saintiague HEther we had reason to admire our happiness and to hope we should soon arrive at Saintiague where we were to stay some days our only misery was a violent Fever which feiz'd our men and of which fifty lay dangerously ill tho' we had been but three weeks at sea 'T was then the R. R. F. F. the Jesuites found an opportunity to exercise their Zeal and Charity they Confest the sick gave them Instructions for dying well and assisted them with their own provisions It must be said that from the first day they came aboard us they had such care by their Holy Example to promote a good life amongst the Officers and seamen that far from following the loose way of others they thought themselves obliegd to behave themselves according to the utmost severity of the Christian Religion they were willingly present at their Catechisms and Sermons on Sundays and at Mass every morning with prayers at the end for the King in the evening we said our beads and the Litany of the Blessed Virgin making an Examen of Conscience on our knees with an Act of Contriction Great was the happiness and advantages we had from the company of these Religious persons but chiefly the sick one of the Mandarins nam'd Pipit dy'd the 7th day of his distemper the R. P. Fachard took particular care of him never leaving him till he had administerd extream Unction and the Holy Eucharist to him Of these three Envoys of the King of Siam he converted two to the Catholick Religion Baptizing them at Brest and 't is to be presum'd that the third would soon have yeilded too to the Authority of his holy Life as well as that of his Arguments All the funeral Honours due to a person of Quality were paid to this deceas'd Mandarin Four Gard Marines held the corners of the Pall and after the usual prayers on the occasion threw him into the Sea with five Guns fir'd at a distance one from another which made it more sad and Sollemn 't was believ'd in the rest of the ships that 't was an Ensign dy'd so to honour him and to testify to their Admiral their concern for him they struck their sails and lay by rolling in his way sadly as if there were none to govern them as soon as the ship past by they hoist their Sails again The next night which

Inundations of the Niger it will be proper to observe when and how this happens yet without insisting on Physical Causes if happily they may be discover'd by particular Circumstances Behold such as have appear'd to me The Heats are excessive in the Torrid Zone for it does not Rain there at all or at most but very little unless in the Months of July August and September To the South of the Equinoctial Line the Rains fall earlier and in greater abundance during that time and are accompanied with raging Storms and follow'd with so great a Calm and such excessive Heats that it 's as much as one can do to fetch ones breath Two or three hours after the Tempest rallies and so alternately during the three Months This causes violent Distempers Fevers Cholorae-Morbus Ulcers in the Legs Worms of four or five Foot long in the extremities and frequent Convulsions follow'd by Paralyses and Death All that 's said of the Causes of the Inundation of the River Nile is well known of all and therefore I shall not repeat it here That of the Niger must have the same Cause which I believe is That the Sun in repassing the Line of Cancer which in France makes the Summer Solstice and here the Winter amasses the Vapours which dissolve afterwards in heavy and continual Rains and probably cause these overflowings These Rains commence in Aethiopia in April continue May and June Here 't is about the 15th of July they encrease for forty days and decrease for as many This Inundation which enriches the Country is not general nor extends beyond the Neighbourhood of the River At this time the Bed of the River is not known its Channel neither being deep enough to contain its Waters nor having Current enough to sweep them into the Sea they drown'd the Valleys and the lower Grounds and cover all 'T is dangerous at these times to Sail on these Rivers and chiefly on the River of Senegal unless you understand the Channel very well for when the Waters come to retire a Vessel may be left on an Eminence or in a deep place from whence it can't be drawn out It 's about 15 Years since a thing happen'd that confirms the truth of what I say Messieurs of the Company willing to take the advantage of the Inundation sent Barks to discover the Country about the place of the separation of these Arms of the Niger they were willing to try if it was practicable to pass from the River of Senegal to that of Gambia the Trade of which the English who are Masters of the Mouth of it hinder others from by the means of a Fort which they have there And as there it no attempting this Discovery but at this time when by the advantage of the Inundation you pass over Rocks that are dry at other times they Mann'd their Barks with 30 Men who pass'd almost 400 Leagues from our Habitation but they encounter'd so many difficulties that but five return'd having once lost the Bed of the River their Bark amongst others sat dry on some Trees but happily 't was not far from the Chanel so they made a shift to hale it into it again After Monsieur Dancourt had dispatch'd in these Quarters what he judg'd was most for the advantage of the Company finding the Barhure or Entrance was free to pass by reason of a gentle Easterly gale that blew then he pass'd it in a Bark design'd for that use which put us Aboard the Ship call'd the Fame which waited for us in the Road being willing to avoid the fatigue of a Land Journey The 10th of June 1683. we weigh'd Anchor and Sall'd for Goree we Coasted it all along and the prospect was very Charming of long extended Groves of Trees ever green After he had run along all the Coast and given his Orders in all the Coutoirs we return'd to our Course which we had held and spent eight days in coming back Mark what I have observ'd of these places in the little time I was there The People who Inhabit the Coast from the Mouth of the Senegal to the River of Gambia are divided into three namely the Geloffes the Sereres and the Barbesins they are Govern'd by several little Kinglings but very Absolute in their several Governments The most considerable of them all is the King of Amel Sovereign of the Geloffes the Name of Amel is not appropriated to him 't is a Name of Dignity As all their Governments are much alike as are the People and the Country I shall by an Account of this one give you an Account of all the rest The Geloffes Inhabit from the Mouth of Senegal going South within six or seven Leagues of Cape-Verde this makes from North to South 40 Leagues of Coast and from East to West 100 up the Land The Country of the Sereres has for its King him whom we Name Portugady from a Town of that Name which belongs to him Jain is the Name of his Dignity it includes ten or twelve Leagues of Coast and almost 100 up the Country The Kingdom of the Barbecins otherwise of Jovialle for the same reason I alledg'd concerning that of Sereres is Govern'd by a King whose Name I have forgot he has no more Country than the precedent with whom he is often at War Besides these three Nations there is another who are a sort of Portuguese a Nation who name themselves so because they were formerly subject to them and are descended from those who first inhabited this Coast after the discovery of it From the Negresses whom they married were born the Mulato's from whom are descended a more swarthy Race They may also be Fugitives too of Cape-Verd or Cacheau another Colony of this Nation on one of the Branches of the River of Gambia distant thence three days journey As they have followed the Religion of their old Masters they are partly Jews and partly Catholicks they wear a Cope like our Chaunters No one is greater than another but at the same time they are false and malicious having all the Vices of the Portugueses without any of their Vertues Almost all these Places are sandy and barren the Heats are more violent there in January than in July and August in France It Rains there in the manner as I have said already speaking of Senegal The Country is Peopled and abounds with Trees They begin to Cultivate their Grounds at the end of June and sow a little after the Rains they gather in their Harvest in September so that in three Months time they manure sow and reap This shews the good nature of the Soil and if better improv'd by the Inhabitants who are very lazy that it would produce Grain in abundance I mean their Mill. Their manner of Cultivating is pleasant they go four or five together into the Field which they call Cougan or Courgar and with a sort of a round Shovel of Iron with