. 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 to the 1 ivcr y^Voyage to Congo-River. sop I,-;./, 1 Zair, before we would fail out of it for C<i- binde, whtrc we had a better profpeft of getting our compliment. Purl'uant to this refolution, we brought down all our goods from Sonho,on the twenty third, paying all our charges at a double rate, as wel
. 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 to the 1 ivcr y^Voyage to Congo-River. sop I,-;./, 1 Zair, before we would fail out of it for C<i- binde, whtrc we had a better profpeft of getting our compliment. Purl'uant to this refolution, we brought down all our goods from Sonho,on the twenty third, paying all our charges at a double rate, as well as anchorage, and foine very iinreafonable charges, which the 5Aif/tj there extorted from us liuough Ipight, feeing we had broke up our faftory; but they being an hundred lo one, we thought it prudence to Iwallow the pill calmly. 'liie town of Sonho confifts of about four hundred houfes, built alter the country manner, and takes up a large compals of â¢ground, the houles being buili at dillanie (rom each other, in a llraggling, irregular h lies about a mile inland from the end of the rivi-r, or ratiier creek of Soiibo, which is very narrow, and coveiM all along the banks with fmall trees and Ihrubs, very thick and dole together i lo that boats cannot well pais up to the end of ic, near StiiIjo town. Our faitory Hood on a rifing ground net far from it. The inhabitants here are generally of a middle lldture, and have commonly fouie faces, their legs antl arms fleiider â¢, lb very crafty and cunning, thai it is impoffible to deceive them ; they undi rlland the way ot meafuring doth .mtl linen lb nicely, and arc fo liifpicious, that when we meafure it, they conlfantly obferve us with fuch at- tention, that their eyes feem to pierce into the hearts of the//X;7(.'j, and often can le us to meafure it over again ; and in their dealing will afk often double the price of a Have, or .\Lnfi, and llariil two hours con- telling to have .i knife or two above the let pr
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