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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

again it shall be to live in the Great Canary But I can scarce prefer any thing to France it self for happiness but before I leave this Island I must not forget to tell you That it 's 30 Leagues in compass and almost round Saturday the 2d towards Evening the Wind blowing hard at North-North-East we Sailed and slacking again about Three a Clock in the Morning we Steer'd our Course in sight of the Pic a high Mountain of the Island of Teneriffe with a design to Anchor in the Road of Holy-Cross our Pilots observ'd in this Latitude that the Needle varied to the North-East three Degrees thirty Minutes Sunday the 3d being to the farthest North of the Great Canary with a scanty Wind at North-North-East we had the Cape to the West all Night Monday the 4th in the Morning we arriv'd at Teneriffe the richest of all the Canary Islands in sight of Holy-Cross a little Town on the East Point of the Island One may Anchor there in 25 or 30 Fathom Water however we did not Anchor at all and remain'd ready to Sail again all day waiting the Sloop that was sent ashore Thô the Governor of Holy-Cross permitted those who went in the Sloop to Land yet he acquainted the Governor-General whose Residence is at Laguna three Leagues from the Sea that there was some French who desir'd to come ashore to be supply'd with Provisions The Answer was To make them Prisoners if they did Perhaps the reason was That they were afraid we might have some Aboard that had the Plague thinking we came from the Levant The Pic is one of the highest Mountains in the World they say one may see it 40 Leagues off at Sea As for us we saw it but 12 or 15 by reason of the Fog which made it appear to us like a Cloud in the Point of a Diamond it 's always cover'd with Snow thô it never Snows below nor ever Freezes As for Teneriffe it 's reckon'd to be the highest Island in the Ocean and the best Peopled for its bigness containing 15000 Inhabitants it 's this which produces that excellent Wine of Malvesia which passes for the best in the World This Wine is not known in these Islands but since the Spaniards became Masters of it for they first brought the Plant from Candia and now they prefer this Wine to that of the Place from whence it derives its Original and there comes a greater quantity from thence than from Candia The Seven Canary Islands lye in a Line one by another almost exactly from East to West they are very Mountainous but well Peopled and very Fertile the least is 60 Miles in compass As I had formerly heard speak of a wonderful Tree in the Isle of Fer whose long and narrow Leaves are always green and supply'd all its Inhabitants with Water I was willing to inform my self about it and I ask'd if it was so as I was inform'd that there falls so great a Dew on this Tree that dropping afterwards as a clear Water into Stone Basons which they set a purpose to receive it it supplies both all the Men and Beasts of the Island Providence thus wonderfully supplying the want of fresh Water They told me 't was a meer Fiction yet some there were too who said there might be such a Tree in the Island but that it did not yield such a quantity Tuesday the 5th we continued our Course to the Southward in 27 Degrees 40 Minutes of Southern Latitude and in 360 Degrees of Eastern Longitude about Six in the Evening the South Point of the Great Canary lay East-North-East from us about 7 Leagues off Wednesday the 6th it blew so hard at East that we were extreamly shatter'd in our Masts and Rigging and the Main-Mast bow'd so that we expected it would come by the Board this Tempest ceas'd a quarter of an hour after and we enjoy'd a Calm again Thursday the 7th at Noon being in 23 Degrees of Southern Latitude and 28 Minutes of East Longitude we pass'd the Tropick of Cancer Wednesday the 8th we approach'd the Coast of Barbary being at Noon in 20 Degrees 47 Minutes of South Latitude the Wind blowing hard at East-North-East and observing 't was impossible to gain Cape Blanc before Night and that we were four Leagues from Land being in 28 Fathom Water we presently tack'd about Steering East-South-East And Saturday the 9th about Eight a Clock in the Morning we found our selves within a League of Land We rang'd the Coast as far as Cape Blanc where we Anchor'd in 14 fathom Water to the North-West about a League from the Point of the Cape which is according to our Elevation in 20 Degrees 30 Minutes of South Latitude and 359 Degrees 10 Minutes of West Latitude When the Portuguese first discover'd this Cape about the Year 1454. they call'd it Cape Blanc for that being Sandy and Barren they saw not the least Verdure it 's level like the Sea whence they call'd it the Sea of Sand. From Cape Cantin to this Cape which comprehends 300 Leagues one sees nothing but a Sandy Plain call'd by the Ancients the Desart of Lybia and by the Arabians Zaara it's Inhabited only by Wild Beasts as Lyons Tygers Onces Leopards and such like Creatures These Desarts reach to Mount A●las on the North and to the Country of the Negroes on the South they are of so vast an extent from East to West that they can't be pass'd on Horseback in fifty days By this way the Caravans of Fex pass to Tombut Melly Borneo and the other Kingdoms of the Negroes When a Storm rises in these Desarts the Sand Buries Men and Camels and often the Stuffs and filling up the Pits by the way the Passengers Dye with Thirst as there is no beaten Path there they make use of the Compass as at Sea There 's a sort of a Gulf in the very Point of Cape Blanc which takes its Name from the Island which it forms which is call'd Arguin this Gulf advances above 15 Leagues into the Land for which reason we lose the sight of it in passing the Point The Portuguese had a Fort formerly in this Island from whence they Traffick'd with the Azoaghes Arabs or Moors who exchange with them Gold Gum-Arabick Ivory and Ostridges Feathers which are in great Plenty there by reason of the great number of these Birds 'T is said of this Creature that its Memory is so bad that it forgets where 'thas laid its Eggs and often treads on them I can't easily believe what I am told that one of them will feed eight Men. They bring these Merchandizes to Hoden which is four days Journey up Land and where arrive the Carravans of Tombut Gualata and other places of Inward Lybia and of the Negroes Country These People observe the Law of Mahomet don't stay long in a place wandring from one place to another along the Desarts according as they find

the happiness to descry it and the Sentinel whom we had plac'd on the Top-gallant no sooner cry'd Land but we hoist our Flag to give the welcom news to the other ships who were behind which caus'd a vast and universal joy especially amongst the Sick who would needs come above-board to behold the Land where they hop't for recovery Being now late we durst not come too nigh so having lain By half the night Wednesday the 21st of June we came to an anchor before the Isle of Moelly between nine and ten in the morning CHAP. XII Monsieur Duquesne treats with the King of the Isle of Moelly for refreshments who furnishes him in abundance Its Situation Fertility Religion and Manners of its Inhabitants THe Commandant gave the Gun of Assurance the common practice amongst strange Nations when War is not intended and sent in a sloop with Monsieur Voutron and the Scrivain to know if upon presenting the King we might be furnish'd with Refreshments and other necessaries they were receiv'd as well as could be immagin'd by these Savages who seem'd very well pleas'd to exchange their Fruits and Cattel with us This great present consisted of two pieces of Indian cloath and an old Musket which the latter carried who had been in the Country before and spoke some Portuguese he presented them to the King who was then in a sweet and pleasant Valley call'd the Queen's Creek lying by the sea side about 7 Leagues from where we anchord If one may judge of his Condition by his Brother and Sons whom I have seen selling Hens for paper it can be none of the greatest this little Prince was charm'd with our Present and signify'd to the Scrivain by an Indian Portuguese who had liv'd some time in the Country and was his Interpreter and Intendant of his Affairs that he thanked the Commandant and that he would give Orders to his subjects to furnish us with whatever we had occasion for our Money Upon which Monsieur Duquesne went a shoar that very day to regulate every thing that there might be no disorder or difference on the landing and orderd the Captains of the several ships to command the seamen on pain of death to offer no violence to the Negro's Next morning we debarkt our sick to the number of about fifty most ill of the Scurvy for whom we made Tents by the Sea side the Negro's came from all parts with provisions vix Oxen Cows Kids and almost all other kinds of provisions which we had plenty every day and at very easy rates Our Commandant finding he could at an easy rate refresh his men here after their vast fatiegues allow'd them while they stai'd every day as much fresh provisions morning and evening as they could eat which were so plentiful and cheap that a fat Ox cost but four Livers and a half a Cow but a Crown and Pullets Kids Eggs Milk and Fruits we had in exchange for Knives Paper and bits of Linen Of all other they were fondest of Knives and Linen Being generally Magicians they made use of the first to make characters and with the last they cover'd their nakedness and some of our men have bought an Ox for an old tatter'd Shirt They were no less careful to supply us aboard than a shoar coming every day in their Pirogues which are little Banows made of the hollow'd trunk of a Tree bringing us Ananas Bananes Cocos Lemons Oranges and divers other excellent sorts of fruits which we had in plenty as well as of the other provisions while we lay at anchor Every meal seem'd a feast and indeed we had no less than four or five several sorts of meat at each as much water as we would drink besides our ration of wine at dinner and supper instead of Aqua-vita which we were forc'd to drink for two months we had great plenty of Oranges and scarce eat or drank any thing without them so that our present happiness mads us forget all our past miseries which lasted three whole months without so much as sight of land and having no more than was just necessary to keep us alive Moelly is an Island of Arabia which may be about 30 Leagues in compass scituated in 12 degrees of south Lat. and 63 Degrees 40 Minutes of Long. it s very fertil through the frequent rains that fall and hedg'd in with steep rocks both its vallies and high mountains are cover'd with woods in which fat Oxen are found differing from those of France by a bunch of fat on their backs like a wenn as likewise Kidds Poule Pindades Ring-doves and a great deal of other game and there would be excellent fowling if it were not for the inaccssible Mountains The Orange and Lemon Trees are not its least glory they stand so thick in some places that one may smell them at a great distance and distinguish them amongst crowds of other odorifirocous Trees not inferiour even to them there 's scarce a sweet Orange to be found but all of a delicat tartness except some of a smaller growth that have neither the form nor size of a true natural Orange The Island produces besides excellent Rice and Mill thrice as large as that of France and were it more even and compact would be very fit to live in It seems to be but thinly peopl'd for I saw but one Village of about threescore or fourscore cottages made and cover'd with branches of Palm under which the Negro's lie the entrance into them is so low that one must creep to get into them they sleep on Mats of rice straw which they lay on the ground one sees nothing here which does not argue the miserable life these Savages lead Taking a view of this Village I had the curiosity to enter into a wretched Hutt built of stone and sand which they told me was a Pagod or Temple in which these wretches worship an Oxe's head the forehead being inscrib'd with Arabick characters they made him a grot in the wall adorn'd with shell work where they plac'd this reverend Divinity and which they remov'd a little after we went in whither 't was they believ'd us unworthy to look on 't or that they observ'd we slighted it as much as it deserv'd The middle of the Pagod was matted and on the right side as you enter there was a pole stuck in the ground forkt at one end supporting some mother of pearl burnt on the inside which I suppose serv'd for a lamp and a little lower of the same side was a stair-case of 5 steps leading to the place where the King sits To so many superstitions they joyn a great many of the Mahometan so true it is that the Author of that infamous Religion has sprea'd his follies at so great a distance When we arriv'd it was the time of their Ramadam or Lent during which they mayn't eat drink or smoak 'till the sun's set and they are so exact in 't that no perswasions or threats can make 'em