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Provifxons abound in this ifland. Befides the animals I have already mentioned, thereare dogs and cats which, like the others, are both of them eaten. . There alfo growrice, millet, panicle, and maize, oranges, lemons, fugar canes, cocoa nuts, pompions,garlic and ginger; honey alfo abounds, with various other productions; palm wine ismade ; and a great quantity of gold is collected.
When any of us went on fliore, whether it happened by day or by night, the Indiansconftantly invited us to eat and drink. They never thoroughly drefs their meat, andfait it very much, which excites them to drink, and at their meals they drink often, bymeans of hollow reeds, from the vafes which contain their wine. They commonly re-main five or fix hours at table.
In this ifland are many villages, the chiefs of each of which are one or feveral innumber, and perfons much relpected. The following are the names of the villages andtheir refpedtive chiefs: Cingapola, its chiefs Cilaton, Cighibucan, Cimanenga, Cimaticat,and Cicanbul; Mandani, its chief Aponoaan ; Lalan, its chief Teten j Lalutan, itschief Japaa; and Lubucin, the chief of which is Cilumai. All thefe villages were fub-jeft to us, and paid us a kind of tribute.
Contiguous to the ifland Zubu is another called Matan, which has a port of the famename, in which our veflels laid at anchor. The chief village of this ifland is likewifecalled Matan, over which Zula and Cilapulapu prefided as chiefs. In this ifland thevillage of Bulaia was fituate, which we burnt.
On Friday 26th April, Zula, one of thefe chiefs, fent one of his fons with two goatsto the captain-general , and obferved, that if he did not fend him the whole of what hehad promifed, the blame was not to be imputed to himfelf, but to the other chiefCilapulapu, who would not acknowledge the authority of the King of Spain : he furtherftated, that if the captain-general would only fend to his affiftance the followingnight a boat with fome armed men, he would engage to beat and entirely fubjugate hisrival.
On receiving this meflage the captain general determined on going himfelf with thefeboats. We entreated him not to hazard his perfon on this adventure, but he anfwered,that as a good paftor he ought not to be away from his flock.
At midnight we left the fliip fixty in number, armed with helmets and cuirafles. TheChriftian King, the Prince his nephew, and feveral Chiefs of Zubu, with a number ofarmed men, followed us in twenty or thirty balanghays. We reached Matan threehours before day. The captain would not then begin the attack; but he fent theMoor on fhore to inform Cilapulapu and his people, that if he would acknowledge thefovereignty of the King'of Spain , obey the Chriftian King of Zubu, and pay the tri-bute he demanded, they fhould be looked upon as friends, otherwife they fhould expe-rience the ftrengih of our lances. The iflanders, nothing intimidated, replied, they
ferme Loro dicono che le foe moglie voleno cuffi et fe foflero de altra forte non ufariano con elli Qnandoqiidti vogliono U'/are loro mediiime lo ptgliano non in ordine .... Quelli popoli uzanno quefto perclieiono di debille natura .... A tuete da fey amii' infu apoco apoco li aprono la natura per cagione, etc.It will be no matter of furprife to thofe who have read in the relations of travelleis of the manners andthe indnllry of the women of thefe iflands in matters of this kind, that their lubricity fhould have given rifeto this invention. See the letter of Amerigo Vefpucci in Ramuiio, torn. i. p 131 ; and Paw Recherchesfur les Americains, part i. Noort and Cavendilh, who failed through the fame Teas in 1600, found thispractice (till continued ; and to them it was related to be an invention ot the women to prevent the pra<R ,ceof unnatural propenfities in the men. Hift Gen. des Voyages, tom x. p 3 57- The two authors abovenoticed do not however mention that it was not occafionally removed. Tins cuftom mult have ceafed, asmodern navigators make no alluiton to it.
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