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Suitable bay there.

and those arriving from the East Indies refresh themselves, as the Portuguese Kraaken large carracks usually come along this coast to S. Paulo and take in their water and refreshments here. The inhabitants of this coast are called Endallanbondos and have no government at all, which
Treachery and cowardice of the inhabitants.

is the reason that one cannot rely on this people, and anyone who trades there must be on his guard: they are innocent and cowardly people, so that 30 or 40 men may go inland without fear and take whole herds of cattle from there. We bought the cattle for blue corals, one thumb long, which they call Mopindes, and gave 15 such corals for a cow.

Dombe.

This landscape is called Dombe; in it is a row of high Serras mountain ranges that stretch to the mountains of Cambambe and lie South-Southwest along the coast. Here are copper mines from which fine copper can be extracted, but they take no more out than they need to adorn themselves. The men here have
And live very sloppily.

a hide hanging around their middle and corals around their necks, and are always provided with throwing spears, arrows, and bows. They live like beasts, for they have Maimen male concubines among them, whom they treat as wives and mingle among their women.

Attire of the women.

The women wear a copper ring around their necks that weighs at least 15 pounds, and around their arms small copper rings that hang down to the elbow; around their waists they have a small cloth made from the Insandie-Tree, which is neither woven nor spun, and around their legs copper rings that hang over their ankles.