. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. â â â 11 â ,â 1 â 1. ; 'i ' siiif t, is! it ,» . 'i ^ipr^^ u. I ,-! i â ) , n 1 ; i' 1'{ § 82 y^ DeferiptioH of the Coajls Book! Rba an;1 Gamliu ; but at iiiTi'-nt, ^^'V^ thvy hivc in a Icrtk-d it ;U (,V;- f/.w«, or 'c, on tiic riser of St. nkk, contcntin;^ t
. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes with a general preface giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. â â â 11 â ,â 1 â 1. ; 'i ' siiif t, is! it ,» . 'i ^ipr^^ u. I ,-! i â ) , n 1 ; i' 1'{ § 82 y^ DeferiptioH of the Coajls Book! Rba an;1 Gamliu ; but at iiiTi'-nt, ^^'V^ thvy hivc in a Icrtk-d it ;U (,V;- f/.w«, or 'c, on tiic riser of St. nkk, contcntin;^ thcmlclves with llndinjj now and then i'onie or to Rbiy up ih:.' waters, to parchall' n.'.ves fur Sjaiiijb wine, Brandy, Oil, Dry fr '' of" , Iron, tne belt commodity. Fine linnen, Tlireai), and g(jld and fiiver laces; Cloth, , Needles, Thread, Silk, '.niery of leveral fort man tiie following account of it. The o\ the ri\'cr /.amoict; arc inhabitcil by levered forts of Blihks ; thofe at the mouth of it call themfelvcs Irlatfcs, a people extremely (, with wliom no nation lias any commerce. They are all Gci:!icf, every one having his peculiar god, according to liis own fincy. One worfliips a bullock's horn ; a b;all, or a tree â¢, and to them they o'7er facrificc after their man- ner. Their habit i, like tiiofc of l'n-(h\ and the p ople ;;bout the river Gambo:K Tlie boldelf an 1 moll wcikhy man is g,- nerally ( over all the nation or tribe. Tlv y imp'o\e th. ir land well, for producing mu-h inill'i, anil rice. Their wealth confids in bullocks, cows, and Croats, of which fome have great numbers. All the coall as far as the river Gamboiu and about (ix leagues up the inland, is in th'.ir ['ofl'Jlion. Their towns are populous, and not above a quarter of a league di- llant from each other. Thofe /v/s-v/c.; who dwell along fouth-fide of this rivor Za- w;/(r, are exceeding bar
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