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A40503	A relation of a voyage made in the years 1695, 1696, 1697, on the coasts of Africa, Streights of Magellan, Brasil, Cayenna, and the Antilles, by a squadron of French men of war, under the command of M. de Gennes by the Sieur Froger ... ; illustrated with divers strange figures, drawn to the life.; Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696, & 1697, aux côtes d'Afrique, d'etroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roi, commandée par m. de Gennes. English	Froger, François, b. 1676.	1698 (1698)	Wing F2233; ESTC R38897	67,625	174

Branch of a Tree with which they thrash them at Pleasure and this they repeat so often that they put them almost out of Condition to follow their Work But if it so happen that after this sort of Chastisement they relapse again into the same Fault they without any more ado cut off one of their Legs nay and sometimes hang them for an Example of Terrour unto others and tho' all this is bad enough yet the Spaniards and the English treat them still in a more cruel manner I knew one living in Martinico who being of a compassionate Nature could not find in his heart to cut off his Slave's Leg who had run away four or five times but to the end he might not again run the risque of losing him altogether he bethought himself of fastening a Chain to his Neck which trailing down backwards catches up his Leg behind as may be seen by the Cut And this in the space of two or three Years does so contract the Nerves that it will be impossible for this Slave to make use of his Leg. And thus without running the Hazard of this unhappy Wretch's Death and without doing him any Mischief he thereby deprived him of the means to make his Escape P 120 How y e Portuguese Whip their Slaves when they run away A Slave that has his leg cut off for running away An invention of a French Man in Marlinico On the 27th by break of Day as our Pilots allow'd us to be yet above sixty Leagues from the Shoar we observ'd the Water to be of a yellowish Colour and muddy and those of the Company who were so curious as to taste them told us they did not want much of being sweet and this made us believe that we were come to the Mouth of the famous River of the Amazons that is so rapid as to preserve the Sweetness of its Waters for near twenty Leagues within the Sea we ran upon the Coast till three in the Afternoon when we discovered a flat even and woody Coast where we anchored about six in the Evening and on the 28th and 29th we followed the said Coast at three or four Leagues distance from the Shoar and never found above five or six Fathom Water On the 30th about seven in the Morning we descry'd the Cape of Orange where we began to see the Foot of the Mountains About three in the Afternoon we doubled a great Rock called the Constable three Leagues out in the Sea and five from Cayenne we drew up at about half a Cannon shot 's distance and about six in the Evening came to an Anchor three Leagues to the North of Cayenne before five little Islands lying near to that place When next Day was come Monsieur de Gennes sent an Officer to complement the Governour and to desire him to send us a Pilot to conduct us to a sase Anchorage but our Arrival had already allarm'd the whole Island and they fired off their Cannon all Night long to give the Inhabitants Notice to come together and they would not trust to our Colours because the Dutch in their Passage to Surinam and Barbicha have often cast Anchor within a League of the Town under white Colours and as they had not been used to see four French Ships at one time they were apprehensive of some Design upon them Our Shallop could not return before next Day which happened to be the first of September the same being oblig'd to take a Course round the Island for avoiding the Currents which are very violent on that Coast but she brought a Pilot along tho' the Sea was so shallow that we were forced to tarry where we were till the Day following And then on the second and third we made as much use of the Tide as possibly we could in order to get in because there was so very little Water and that we could not make ready before it had half flowed But about four in the Evening we cast Anchor under the Cannon of the Town within Pistol-shot of Land there were two Merchants Ships already in Cayenne that had waited seven or eight Months for their Cargo besides another Vessel that came in the Day before us laden with Wine and Brandy As our Men had just about this time received a Month's Pay and that it was now a long time since they had met with so good an Opportunity they not only drank up the Ship 's whole Cargo in eight Days time but also all the Wine they had in the Island Cayenne is a French Island scituated on the Coast of Guiana four Degrees and forty five Minutes North Latitude and 332 Longitude it 's formed by the two Arms of a River and may be reckoned to be about eighteen Leagues in Circumference it stands high upon the Brink of the Sea and is so marshy in the middle that you cannot travel by Land from one end to the other the Fens of it are covered with a sort of large Trees called Mangles which above all other have the peculiar Quality of growing in Sea-Water these Trees are so thick and their Roots for the most part springing out of the Earth rise up and are so well interlaced one with another that in some places a Man may walk upon them above fifteen or twenty Leagues together without setting his Foot upon the Ground amongst them also divers Indians retire with their Canoes and there they make their Carbets The Town stands on the West-part of the Island and is very advantageously scituated Nature and Art having both equally contributed to the fortifying of it It 's of an irregular Hexagone-Figure has near sixty pieces of Cannon planted upon Batteries for the Security of it and on the Sea-side upon an Eminence there is a Fort built that commands every way The Garrison of the place consists of two Hundred Regular Troops but there are above four Hundred Inhabitants living either upon or round about the Island that upon the least Alarm are oblig'd to stand to their Arms. Monsieur de Feroles the Governour is a Person that has great Insight into the Affairs of a Colony the Power of distributing Justice is vested in him and he is much beloved by the Inhabitants The Jesuits have a Church in the Town and a Chappel at the other end of the Island for the Conveniency of those that live remote This Island was formerly very unhealthy as well for the continual Rains that fell there for nine Months in the Year as because the Ground was covered with Wood and withal very marshy Diseases were very rife amongst them and Infants usually died almost as soon as they were born but since the Island has been grubbed up they have begun to grow more healthy the Women have good Lyings-in and their Children are lusty The chief Commodity of the Country is Sugar and Rocou but they make no great Quantity because the Inhabitants want Slaves to work for them and that is the

and less frequented than the other Ports besides which there are divers small Places on the Sea-side where Barks and Canoes take in their Lading so that since the taking of St. Christopher's whose Inhabitants withdrew into other Islands they reckon Martinico to have three thousand Men bearing Arms and above fifteen thousand Negro-Slaves This Island as has been already noted is very high and so full of Mountains that the middle part thereof cannot be inhabited but it 's very fruitful in Sugars where they are now refined in Cotton Rocou Cinnamon Cocoe of which they make Chocolate in Magniot and the Fruits of the Country which I have describ'd already They have very fine sort of Wood there especially that which they call the Gayac of which they make Pullies and such like things for the King's Men of War These and several other Fruits which are transported thence into France grow in this Country mighty well and Sheep Oxen and Horses multiply amongst them apace and the Ships that sail thither whether singly or in company to lade Sugar carry with them Wines Corn Salt-meats and all sorts of Merchandizes they may have occasion for so that a Man of an Estate can live there as well as in France But yet the high Scituation of the Country makes the Air unwholsome and there are but a few Ships that go thither whose Crew does not feel the Effects of it and we our selves lost about a dozen or fifteen Men who died as it were from one Day to another without any Symptom of being sick The Inhabitants besides the Inconveniency of a bad Air are much incommoded with Ants Mousticks and a kind of an Hand-worm which they call Chiques and which fix themselves in the soles of the Feet and are so much the more troublesome and insupportable in that they cannot be rooted out from thence if they have once time given them to lay their Eggs there Serpents are also very common in this Island and creep into the very Houses of which there are se●eral sorts whose stinging is very dangerous but the Negro's find Simples there that cure them presently We made ready on the 13th to go and take in Wood at St. Lucia and from thence to return to cruise on the Coast of Barbadoes but the Seditious had been ordered away for a Convoy to a Merchant-Ship bound for Guadalupa where she received Monsieur de Gennes his Commands to make the best of her way for France On the 14th about Nine in the Morning we anchored in a great Bank of Sand at St. Lucia where a very good Port may be made and convenient Habitations fixed St. Lucia is of a high Scituation covered with Wood and rendred almost uninhabitable by a vast Number of Serpents that are to be found there but for all that there are two or three Indian Carbets or Villages upon the place and some Frenchmen who fetch Tortoises from thence for Martinico You will find upon the Sea-shoar a great many Macheveliers which is a Tree that does not grow very tall whose Wood is very fine and its Leaves like unto those of a Pear-tree it bears small Apples that are of such a Smell and Colour as do invite People to eat of them but it 's very dangerous to comply with the Temptation for there is no Antidote that can secure a Man from a speedy Death that hath once tasted of them The very Leaf of it makes an Ulcer upon the place it toucheth the Dew that falls from them takes away the Skin and the very Shadow of this Tree makes a Man swell to that degree that it will infallibly kill him without speedy help On the 15th in the Afternoon we weigh'd Anchor and kept pretty near the Shoar that we might be able to get to the Coast of St. Vincent within two Leagues of which we found our selves next Morning by break of Day But it was three in the Afternoon before we could draw near tho' we had a small Gale that was favourable enough and this made us suppose that the Currents were against us but it blowing at length at three of the Clock a fresh Gale we made a little more sail and coasted within half a League of the Island where we saw a very fine Country and seemingly well cultivated The same is inhabited on the Coast by which we passed with twelve or fifteen hundred Negro's that fled thither from the Neighbouring Islands and especially from Barbadoes from whence they made their Escapes with a favourable Wind in their Masters Canoes But the other side is Peopled with two or three thousand Indians who have a great Trade with those that dwell upon the River Orenoquo that is on the Continent whither they pass in their Pirogues as they do to all the Islands scituate in the Gulph of Mexico and that which is very wonderful is That they are never overtaken with bad Weather but that on the contrary they are always aware of the Day wherein an Hurricane happens a long time before the same doth come to pass St. Vincent is also high of Scituation abounding in Fruits Fowl in Goats and Hogs There is a very fine Port there to Lee-ward which the English some Years since would have made themselves Masters of but the Indians prevented their making a Descent with Showers of poison'd Arrows and the Assistance of the Negro's who took Vengeance on them for all the ill Usage they had met with at the hands of that Nation On the 17th we doubled that Place they call the Pomgranates and next Day saw the Island of Tabago which the Mareschal d' Estre took from the Dutch in 1678. after two of the sharpest Engagements that have been heard of but this Island is now desolate and serves only for a place of Retreat to Birds About Noon we steered towards Barbadoes which we discovered on the one and twentieth and having a fair Wind on the 25th and 26th we made much of our way towards Barbadoes On the 31th we discovered by break of Day a small Vessel to Leeward and made all the Sail we could to come up with her and as she saw we were got near her and that it was to no purpose to flee she came to and staid for us She was a Vessel of forty Tuns that had been three Months sailing from Bristol for the Barbadoes and was laden with Beer Syder Herrings Cheese Butter Hats and several sorts of other Goods being valued at 20000 Livres We put eight Men on board her and sent her away for Martinico Next Day which was the first of January 1697. we discovered also another Vessel four Leagues to Windward of us and we bore up towards her till three in the Afternoon but could not come up with her which made us give o'er the Chase On the 6th we had a sight of Barbadoes As Monsieur de Gennes who had been sick for fifteen Days found himself now sicker than ordinary he thought fit to