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A VOYAGE FROM LONDON
[REL. IV
of Soldania [Saldanha], soe called by some, and by others
Table Bay1. Hard by it is the Sugar loafe, a very high
Peeke2. Within 3 leagues lyes Penguin Island4, and
;! Leagues to the Northward, Conie Island. Theis
places wee only sawe, but put not in to the road, by reason
our men were in Good health, soe passed by. This Cape
is accounted the most famous in the world. Its discription,
with the People, their Manners and Trade is amply sett
downe in divers places of Purchas his Pilgrimage5.
St Lawrence, antiently called Madagascar, is held to
bee one of the greatest Islands that are yett discovered11.
The Land about Augustine Bay is faire, round and pleasant
to see to, aboundinge with woods and a large freshwater
river7, both which are replenished with foule and fish of
severall sorts, differinge from those in our parts. The
people black, well proportionedstrongly lym'd, active,
Mount. To the Northward against the Bay of Soldania is another
small hill called James Mount. To the Northward of that, some
leagues off, is Conny Island, where are a number of little Beasts,
which our people call Connyes, although much different in shape.
There are allsoe Penguns and Seales." James Mount is described by
Mundy in Relation xix. Conie (now Dassen Island) is 35 miles north
of Cape Town. See Herbert, p. 13, for the "Conies (or Cats rather)
great and rammish."
1 The term Saldanha Bay is now restricted to the small inlet due
north of Cape Town, but in the 17th century "Soldania" and Table
Bay were synonymous.
- During his homeward voyage {Relation xix.) Mundy gives a full
description of the Cape of Good Hope, Table Mt., Table Bay and the
Sugar Loaf.
' There are blanks here in the original.
4 Penguin Island, now known as Robben (Seals) Island is described
by Mundy in Relation XIX.
6 See pp. 761—764 of Purchas, His Pilgrimage, ed. 1626.
c The copy in Hail. MS. 2286 adds—"Soe much I can say of my
owne experience." Madagascar retained its Portuguese name of
S. Lorenzo (St Laurence) for more than a century.
7 The Onitahy. St Augustine's Bay on the S.W. of Madagascar
was the usual port of call for ships outward bound to India.
8 The copy in Harl. MS. 2286 has—"The people verie black, and
not soe black as well proportioned."
A VOYAGE FROM LONDON
[REL. IV
of Soldania [Saldanha], soe called by some, and by others
Table Bay1. Hard by it is the Sugar loafe, a very high
Peeke2. Within 3 leagues lyes Penguin Island4, and
;! Leagues to the Northward, Conie Island. Theis
places wee only sawe, but put not in to the road, by reason
our men were in Good health, soe passed by. This Cape
is accounted the most famous in the world. Its discription,
with the People, their Manners and Trade is amply sett
downe in divers places of Purchas his Pilgrimage5.
St Lawrence, antiently called Madagascar, is held to
bee one of the greatest Islands that are yett discovered11.
The Land about Augustine Bay is faire, round and pleasant
to see to, aboundinge with woods and a large freshwater
river7, both which are replenished with foule and fish of
severall sorts, differinge from those in our parts. The
people black, well proportionedstrongly lym'd, active,
Mount. To the Northward against the Bay of Soldania is another
small hill called James Mount. To the Northward of that, some
leagues off, is Conny Island, where are a number of little Beasts,
which our people call Connyes, although much different in shape.
There are allsoe Penguns and Seales." James Mount is described by
Mundy in Relation xix. Conie (now Dassen Island) is 35 miles north
of Cape Town. See Herbert, p. 13, for the "Conies (or Cats rather)
great and rammish."
1 The term Saldanha Bay is now restricted to the small inlet due
north of Cape Town, but in the 17th century "Soldania" and Table
Bay were synonymous.
- During his homeward voyage {Relation xix.) Mundy gives a full
description of the Cape of Good Hope, Table Mt., Table Bay and the
Sugar Loaf.
' There are blanks here in the original.
4 Penguin Island, now known as Robben (Seals) Island is described
by Mundy in Relation XIX.
6 See pp. 761—764 of Purchas, His Pilgrimage, ed. 1626.
c The copy in Hail. MS. 2286 adds—"Soe much I can say of my
owne experience." Madagascar retained its Portuguese name of
S. Lorenzo (St Laurence) for more than a century.
7 The Onitahy. St Augustine's Bay on the S.W. of Madagascar
was the usual port of call for ships outward bound to India.
8 The copy in Harl. MS. 2286 has—"The people verie black, and
not soe black as well proportioned."