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the eighteen men fhe had on board. The prifoners were better made, and more robuftthan any we had hitherto feen. They happened to be certain chiefs of Maingdunao,and among them was the king’s brother, who aifured us he perfectly well knew thepofition of the iflands of Malucho.
Upon the account we received from him we changed our direction to the fouth-eaft.We were then in latitude fix degrees feven minutes north, thirty leagues diftant fromCavit.
We were told that at a cape on this illand near a river are hairy men, great warriorsand excellent bowmen. They have daggers a fpan long, and when they makeprifoners they eat the hearts of them raw with orange or lemon juice. They arecalled Benaians *.
We palled on our way four iflands, Ciboco, Beraham, Batolach, Sarangani, and Can-digarf* On Saturday 26th October, juft after the clofe of day, we experienced ahurricane, during which we took in our fails, and prayed to God for protedtion. Here-upon we law our three faints fettle on our malts, who difperfed the darknefs. Theyremained there upwards of two hours, Saint Elme on the main malt, Saint Nicholas onthe mizen, and Saint Clare on the foremaft. In gratitude for the favour they haddone us, we vowed them each a Have, and accordingly made them an offering each■of one.
Purfuing our courfe we entered a port about the middle of the illand Sarangani, to-wards Candigar; we anchored here, near a collection of houfes in Sarangani, whereis abundance of pearls and gold. This port lies in latitude five degrees nine minutesnorth, fifty leagues diftant from Cavit. The people are Gentiles, and go naked likethe reft of the inhabitants of thefe latitudes.
We Hopped a day here, and feized forcibly on two pilots to condudt us to Malucho.By their advice we fleered fouth-fouth-weft, and threaded eight iflands partly inhabitedand partly defert, which formed a kind of ftreet. Their names are as follow : Cheava,Caviao, Cabiao, Cumunuca, Cabaluzao, Cheai, Lipan, andNuza; at the end of thisftreet we found ourfelves oppofite to a tolerably handfome ifland} ; but having acontrary wind we were unable to double the point of it, but all night long wereconftrained to be conftantly tacking. On this occafion it was that the prifoners wehad made at Sarangani jumped overboard and made their efcape by fwimming, toge-ther with the brother of the king of Maingdunao; but we learnt afterwards, that thefon of this prince, not having been able to keep his feat on his father’s back, wasdrowned.
Finding it impoflible to double the cape of the great ifland, we palled to windwardof it, by feveral fmall iflands. This large ifland, which is called Sanghir, is governedby four kings, the names of whom are as follow: Rajah Matandatu, Raja Laga, RajaBabti, and Raja Parabu. It lies in latitude three degrees thirty minutes north, twenty-l'even leagues from Sarangani.
Continuing the fame courfe, we pafled by five iflands called Chioma, Carachita,
* Benaian is the fouthern cape of an ifland of fimilar name.
f In the chart of Beilin I find but two iflands here, one of which is called Saranga. Sarangani is namedin the note of the eighty-two iflands, which in the year 1682 belonged to the King of Ternate. Hift*Gen. des Voyages, tom. xi. p. 17. This ifland has an excellent port for veffela to vidtnal in.
f The iflands mentioned here belong to the gaoupe, among which modern geographers place Kararo-tan, Linop, and Cabrocana, after which comes Sanghir, the tolerably handfome ifland noticed by outauthor. South-fouth-weft of this ifland are many iflets mentioned as he proceeds by Pigafetta . Cabiou*Cabaloufu, Limpang, and Nouffa, are mentioned in the lift of iflands which in 1682 belonged to the Kingof Ternate.
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