BRIEF CONTENTS OF THE SECTIONS

INCLUDED IN THIS VOYAGE.

First SECTION. Andries Battel’s Voyage, to the River Plate; He is taken prisoner, on the Coast of Brazil, and sent to Angola. Page 1

II. Battel’s Trade on that Coast; wishes to flee, is taken prisoner and banished; he escapes, and is taken again; he is sent to Elambo, and Bahia des Vaccas. Strange occurrences. 6

III. Encounter with the Gagas; their Wars, Cannibalism and overrunning of Lands; Battel falls among the Gagas and others, and what befell him there. As also the way of life of the Gagas or Jagges, which could never be as well known from a Christian as from him. 13

IV. He comes again to the Portuguese; overruns several Landscapes with them; deceives and escapes them, and lives some months in the woods. He makes a wonderful Boat and comes to Longo. 25

V. Of the Landscape Engoy, and other Lands of Longo or Loango; and several particulars of the King and the nature of that Land. 29

VI. Of the Provinces of Bongo, Calongo, Mayombe, Manikefocke, and Motimbas: of their Ape-monster Pongo; their hunting, Idolatries, and several other observations. 35

VII. Of the Zebra and Hippopotamus. The Portuguese manner of War in these Regions. The Fishery, how it is done here. The grain-crop, and other remarkable matters. 42