NA BRASILIEN.

III. SECTION.

The meeting 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 has never been able to be known by a Christian as well as it has been by him.

Benguele.

The River Coua.

Where they find the Gagas.

And conduct profitable trade.

As we sailed along this coast for the second time, we came to the Morro, or the reef of Benguele, lying at 12 degrees South latitude. Here we saw on the South side of the River Coua a large field full of people: we, desirous to know who they were, went with our boat to the land, where immediately a troop of 500 people came to the water's edge to meet us, whom we asked who they were, and received the answer that they were the Gagas, Jagges, or Gindes, coming from Serra de Lion through Congo, and moving Eastward toward the great city of Angola, named Dongo. The great Gaga, their General, also came to the water's edge to see us, as he had never seen white people before. He asked us what we came here to do? To which we answered that we came to conduct trade on that coast; he, having heard this, bade us welcome and said we should come to land with our wares. We did so, and in 7 days loaded our ship with slaves, which we bought so cheaply that several cost us only one real, and were worth at least 12 millie-reys thousand-reis in the city of St. Paulo.

The Gagas want to invade Benguele.

When we now thought to depart, we were held back by the Gaga, who requested our boat to transport his people across the River Coua, as he intended to overrun the Kingdom of Benguele, which lay on the North side of the river. We then followed him to his encampment, which