Excerpt from A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Vol. 8: Many of Which Are Now First Translated Into English; Digested on a New Plan E. By S. Whence the current fets fwift s.s.w. April the 14th we cut the line, May the '2d the tropic of Capricorn, and on the sth of June came to anchor in the bay of Saldanha, next the Cape of Good Hope. The land is fruitful, but divided by high inacceffible rocky mountains covered with fnow, the river Dulce falling into the bay on the call fide. The people are the molt barbarous in the world, eating carrion, wearing the guts of lheep about their necks for health, and rubbing their heads, which are curled like the Blacks, with the dung of beafls and dirt; and having no cloaths but {kins wrapped about their lhoulders, the flelh fide next the body in fummer, and the hair in winter. Their houfec are but a mat rounded at the top like an oven, which they turn as the wind changes, having no door to keep it out. They have left off their cufiom of fiesling, but know no God or religion. The air and water are very whole. Fome. Here are abundance of cows, antelopes, baboons, pheafants, partridges, larks, wild goefe, ducks, and many other forts. On the ille of Penguin is a fort of fowl of that name, that goes upright, his wings without feathers, hanging down like fleeves faced with white. They do not fly, but only walk in parcels, keeping regularly their own quarters; they are a fort of mixture Of beall, bird, and fifh, but molt bird. The commodities here are cattle, nangin roots, and I believe there is a rock yielding quick. Film. The table mountain is eleven thoufand eight hundred and fifty three foot high. The bay is full of whales and feals: the latitude is 33 deg. 45 min. The 2 Ill: we came up with the Cape of Good Hope; July the 8th with the ifle of Madagafcar, and the and with that of Molalia: thisis one of the illands of Comera, the other three are Angarefia, Juanny, and Mayotta, lying almofl: call and weft of one another, in the fame meridian with Cape St. Auguflin. Angarefia bears N. By W. From Molalla; it highefl: land that I ever law, inhabited by Moors trading with the main, and the Other three eallern iflands, with their cattle and fruit for callico's, and other clothes to cover them. It is governed by ten petty kings, and has plenty enough of kine, goats, cows, oranges; and lemons; The people are counted falfe and treacherous. Juana. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.