‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎8] (47/470)

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frjzY. weft, on the Weft-fide, is a Bay, and a fmall Caftle feated at
1648, the foot of a hill: but the violent courfe ofjjthe ftream , raiders
the haven unapt to receive any Shipping. Thofe that would enter
the Bay muft fteer their courfe to the North of thislfland, aad fo
about.
About 4 leagues South-weft of llhx lies llha Br Ay a,
that is j Wild, or Dtfertljltnd, with two or three fmall Iflands, on
the North thereof. On the Weft-fide is a Creek, very convenient
for fuch as have occafion to takein water: but the beft haven is on
the South-eaft fide where it is 15 fathom deep , and a Ship of the
greateft burthen may come to anchor clofe to the Kay. Above this
Harbour is a Hermitage, and a Village very well peopled. This
Ifland is alio fruitfull enough t having good ftore of figs, Mulberrys,
Water-Melons, and Indian wheat, but far inferiour to Mayo and St.
I Ago for cattel.
The Air of thefe Iflands is generally unwholfom, fo that the in
habitants are very fubjeft to Feavers, Aches and Fluxes. Thefe
lllands lying between the and the of C«»w,afFoard the
People two Summers every year, the Sun pamng twice directly over
their heads. When the fun enters into Cancer , which is in the end of
June, the feafon is very intemperate, with Storms, Winds, Thun
der and Lightning , continuing fo till the midle of Oftober; thefe
the Fortagueezes call the Rain moneths. They have certain tokens,
whereby they know when this Seafon approaches, as, high Souther
ly Winds which blow along the Coaft, and the Salt, which begins
tb diffolve, with the Billows rolling out of the Sea.
On the 14 we left the Salt Islands , and fet fail , for Sierra Liones,
and made land on the 2of x^4u hearing at a great diftance the
Wind roaring from the Mountains, which by thereafon of their
Concavity, do make a great buzzing when it blows hard, that per
haps has given them the name of , or Lionefs
Alitle before the evening we came with our Boat clofe to the fliore,
where we heard a moft terrible Noife, occafioned by an impetuous
and continual beating of the billows through the cleft of a Rock,
which was fo loud that we could hardly hear one another fpeak.
Sierra Liones takes it's beginning from Cabo de Virgin , and ftretches it
felf fo far out as Cabo Tagr 'm , or Lede , which is alio by fome called