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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

English spent several Years in building this Fort which was situated in the middle of a fine River where the Traffick is very considerable and the Revenues which they receiv'd from thence are computed to amount to a Million so that the Loss of the Place cannot be easily repair'd This River is navigable even so as to bear large Barks 200 Leagues up the Country where it is join'd with that of Senegal in that place where the Niger forms its famous Arms Its Sides are flat and cut with many Channels to which the Sea runs up and the Soil along its Banks is fertil in Millet Rice Tobacco and divers sorts of Fruits affording also good Pasture for the feeding of numerous Herds of Oxen. The principal Fruits that we observ'd in those Parts are the Banana the Tabakomba and the Plougue The Banana is a long Fruit cover'd with a yellow and tender Skin the Pulp of it being soft like Cotton and of a very good taste It grows on a tender Stalk about two or three Fathoms high its Leaves are a Fathom long and of a proportionate breadth This Stalk bears only one single Bunch or Cluster round which there may be forty or fifty Banana's and when the Bunch is gathered the Stalk is to be cut by reason that otherwise it cou'd not bring forth any more Fruit. The Tabakomba is almost of the same Shape as a Bon-Chretien Pear its Peel or Rind is like that of a Pomegranate and opens when the Fruit is ripe It contains five or six small Fruits of a Rose-Colour the Pulp of which is insipid and the Stone very large The Plougues or Medicinal-Nuts contain three small Kernels that are call'd Indian Pine-Apple Kernels and which are us'd by the Apothecaries in the composition of their Medicines P 32. Ptougues or Indian Pine apple kernels Cahouar Taba Komba M. Vander Gucht Scul P 33. How Monkeys carry Infants up Trees The Habit of the Circumcised A Negro playing on ye Balafo The Apes are larger and more mischievous than in any part of Africa The Negroes dread them and cannot travel alone in the Country without running the hazard of being attack'd by these Animals who often present them with a Stick and force them to fight I have heard the Portugueses say that they have often seen them hoist up young Girles about seven or eight Years old into Trees and that they could not be wrested from them without a great deal of difficulty The most part of the Negroes imagine them to be a Foreign Nation come to inhabit their Country and that they do not speak for fear of being compell'd to work The Air about this River is very unwholsom by reason of the Rains that continually fall during six Months in the Year that is to say from June till November insomuch that Strangers can scarce avoid its malign Influence for this Air causes lingring Feavers by which Men are extremely wasted before they die We experimentally felt these direful Effects departing from thence with about 250 sick Persons of whom above two third parts dy'd a little while after These Rains sometimes come with terrible Blasts of Wind which are so much the more formidable in regard that a Vessel may be suddenly surpriz'd and over-set with them P 35. The Balafo an Instrument of the Negroes The Sticks A Brasil Cherry The great Trade which is manag'd in that River has render'd the People much more polite and civiliz'd than those of Gorea They are better Mahometans and have a greater Veneration for their Commanders whom they never accost but with one Knee on the Ground and throwing Sand over their Heads as a mark of their Submission Their Hutts are neat and well built being made of a fat binding Earth which soon hardens They are cover'd with Palm-Tree Leaves so well fitted that they cannot be penetrated either by the Rain or the Heat of the Sun They are of a round Figure and cannot be better compar'd than to our Ice-Houses The most part of the Negroes divert themselves therein with discoursing about the Alcoran or with playing on a certain Musical Instrument which they call Balafo whilst their Wives are employ'd in tilling the Ground The Balafo is nothing else but several Pipes of very hard Wood set in order which diminish by little and little in length and are ty'd together with Thongs of very thin Leather These Thongs are twisted about small round Wands which are put between every one of those Pipes to leave a small Space This Instrument very much resembles one of ours in that particular but that of the Negroes is compos'd of many more parts in regard that they fasten underneath ten or twelve Gourds the different Sizes of which perform the same effect as our Organ-Pipes They usually play upon it with Sticks the Ends of which are cover'd with Leather to render the Sound less harsh The Portugueses told us that the Negroes who live further up the Country with whom they have but small Dealings are altogether Savage boast of being great Sorcerers and have little Religion That when a King or one of the principal Commanders dies they lay them in a new Hut kill his best belov'd Wife with a certain number of Slaves to serve him in the other World and lastly having said particular Prayers and put Provisions and Tobacco sufficient to last a long time into the Hutt they cover it with Earth On the 24th Instant at Noon we passed down the River and the next Day about 8 a-clock in the Morning we prepar'd to set sail The Free-booter passing by us saluted us with five Guns and we answer'd her with one We were stearing our Course for Brasil and that Pickeroon for the Red-Sea We gave the Ship 's Crew two Pieces of Ordnance with Powder Ball and some Oxen on condition that in the Passage they shou'd set the Negro Prince of Assiny a-shore in his own Territories M. de Gennes had the charge of him but cou'd not perform it without interrupting the Voyage he had undertaken On the 26th and 27th we had a great Calm and on the 28th a Barrel of Brandy took Fire in the Hold but it was soon put out by the care that was taken in applying a great quantity of wet Clothes The Number of our sick Men increasing every Day and the most part of them dying for want of necessary Refreshment a Council was held on the 30th to know whether it were most expedient to continue our Course to Brasil or to stand in for some Port The latter Advice was follow'd and it was determin'd that we shou'd go in quest of the Islands of Cape Verd where the Air is much more healthful than on the Coast of Guinee On the 3d. Day of September we had boisterous Winds which being contrary wou'd have driven us off from the Islands and perhaps wou'd have hinder'd us from making them Wherefore we steer'd our Course for Gorea to take in fresh Provisions