TO BRAZIL.

this sad place. The Egyptian was as inclined to it as I was myself and promised to persuade 10 of his companions to take flight with us. We then gathered 3 Egyptians and 7 Portuguese on our string a chain or rope.

Put into action, with 11 others alongside him.

Arrive in the Land of Mani-Cabech.

The following night, we went down the River Coanza in the best canoe we could find, until we reached the territory of Mani, Lord of Cabech, who is a nobleman in the region of Elamba. There, we 12 in number stepped onto land with our muskets, powder, and lead, and sank our canoe so that no one could notice where we had landed. We lit a fire in the woods on which we roasted some Guinean wheat likely a local grain like millet or sorghum that we had brought from Massangano to eat, as we had nothing else.

Lack of water.

The liquid sucked from the roots of trees.

We walked on throughout that entire night, as well as the following day, but found no water. But in the second night we could go no further and had to dig tree roots from the earth, which we sucked on to save our lives.

On the third day, we found an old Negro who was going to Mani-Cabech. We tied his hands behind his back and forced him to lead us on the path to the Lake of Casanfa.

At Mani-Casanfa they pass the inhabitants, to get water from them.

Having marched all that day in this unusually hot land, we arrived at the Bansa, or city of Mani-Casanfa, lying 12 miles inland from the city of St. Paulo. Arriving here, we were forced to ask for water, but it was refused to us, whereupon we decided to drive them out of their houses with our weapons. Seeing this, they called their Lord, Mani-Casanfa, who gave us water and good words and asked us to stay there that night, which was however only deception. But we departed immediately and took our rest that night at the Lake of Casanfa.

On the fourth day, toward evening, we came to a river that