[Sidenote:  Land in 64 degrees 15 min.] The 29. of Iuly we discouered land in 64 degrees 15 minutes of latitude, bearing Northeast from vs.  The winde being contrary to goe to the Northwestwards, we bare in with this land to take some view of it, being vtterly void of the pester yce and very temperate.  Comming neere the coast, we found many faire sounds and good roads for shipping, and many great inlets into the land, whereby we iudged this land to be a great number of Islands standing together.  Heere hauing mored our barke in good order, we went on shoare vpon a small Island to seeke for water and wood. [Sidenote:  The sound where our ships did ride was called Gilberts Sound.] Vpon this Island we did perceiue that there had bene people:  or we found a small shoo and pieces of leather sowed with sinewes, and a piece of furre, and wooll like to Beuer.  Then we went vpon another Island on the other side of our shippes:  and the Captaine, the master, and I, being got vp to the top of an high rocke, the people of the countrey hauing espied vs, made a lamentable noise, as we thought, with great outcries and skreechings:  we hearing them, thought it had bene the howling of wolues.  At last I hallowed againe, and they likewise cried.  Then we perceiuing where they stood, some on the shoare, and one rowing in a Canoa about a small Island fast by them, we made a great noise, partly to allure them to vs, and partly to warne our company of them. [Sidenote:  Musicians.] Whereupon M. Bruton and the Master of his shippe, with others of their company, made great haste towards vs, and brought our Musicians with them from our shippe, purposing either by force to rescue vs, if need should so require, or with courtesie to allure the people.  When they came vnto vs, we caused our Musicians to play, our selues dancing, and making many signes of friendship. [Sidenote:  The people of the countrey came and conferred with our men.] At length there came tenne Canoas from the other Islands, and two of them came so neere the shoare where we were, that they talked with vs, the other being in their boats a prety way off.  Their pronunciation was very hollow thorow the throat, and their speech such as we could not vnderstand:  onely we allured them by friendly imbracings and signes of courtesie.  At length one of them pointing vp to the Sunne with his hand, would presently strike his breast so hard that we might heare the blow.  This hee did many times before hee would any way trust vs.  Then Iohn Ellis the Master of the Mooneshine was appointed to vse his best policie to gaine their friendship; who strooke his breast, and pointed to the Sunne after their order:  which when he had diuers time done, they beganne to trust him, and one of them came on shoare, to whom we threw our cappes, stockings, and gloues, and such other things as then we had about vs, playing with our musicke, and making signes of ioy, and dauncing.  So the night comming, we bade them farewell, and went aboord our barks.