parts of the coast when they saw us anchored.  Wherever we happened to anchor on this coast from our first watering place, we always found the tide [of flood?] running to the westwards, and saw many rocks close along shore, many others being a league out to sea.  This day we ran 12 leagues.  The 21st though we sailed all day with a brisk gale, yet so strong were the tides against us that we were only able to make out 6 leagues.  This day likewise some negroes came off to us, offering to deal in grains if we would land.  The 22d we ran all day and night to a double point called Cabo das Palmas[237].

[Footnote 237:  Reckoning the course run as expressed in the text, the distance measured back from Cape Palmas brings us very nearly to Sangwin for the river St Vincent of Towerson, as formerly conjectured.—­E.]

The 23d about 3 o’clock we were abreast of the point, and before we came to the western part of it we saw a great ledge of rocks which lie out to the west of it about 3 leagues, and a league or more from the shore.  We soon after got sight of the eastern side of this cape, which is 4 leagues from the west side.  Upon both corners of this cape there are two green spots like meadows, and to the westwards of this cape the land forms a bay, by which it may be easily known.  Four leagues farther on there is a head-land jutting out to sea, and about two leagues farther on there is a great bay, seemingly the entrance to a river, before which we anchored all that night, lest we should overshoot a river where, in the voyage of last year, 1554, they got all their elephants teeth.  Cape Palmas is in lat. 4 deg. 30’ N. between which and the river Sestro the greatest abundance of grains is to be had, while beyond this cape very little is got.  Where we anchored this night, we found that the tide now ran to the eastwards, while on the other side of the cape it went to the N.W.  This day we ran about 16 leagues.

While continuing our course on the 24th about 8 o’clock, some boats came off to us bringing small soft eggs without shells, and made signs that we might have fresh water and goats by going on shore.  As the master judged this might be the river of which we were in search, we cast anchor and sent our boat on shore with a person who knew the river.  On coming near the shore he perceived that it was not the river, and came therefore back again, and went along shore by the help of sails and oars, upon which we weighed and sailed likewise along shore.  Being now 13 leagues past the cape, the master observed a place which he believed might be the river, when we were in fact two miles past it.  At this time the boat came off to the ship, reporting that there was no river; yet we came to anchor, after which the master and I went in the boat with five men, and on coming near the shore he saw that it was the river for which he sought.  We then rowed in with much difficulty, the entrance being very much obstructed by a heavy surf.  After entering, several boats came off