The 18. in the morning we were thwart of a land, much like Cauo verde, and it is as I iudge 9. leagues from Cauo Mensurado; it is a hill sadlebacked, and there are 4. or 5. one after another:  and 7. leagues to the Southward of that, we saw a row of hils sadlebacked also, and from Cauo Mensurado are many mountaines.

[Sidenote:  Rio de Sestos.  Cauo dos Baixos.] The 19. we were thwart Rio de Sestos, and the 20.  Cauo dos Baixos was North and by West 4. leagues off the shoare, [Sidenote:  Tabanoo.] and at afternoone there came a boate frome the shoare with 3.  Negroes, from a place (as they say) called Tabanoo.  And towards euening we were thwart of an Island, and a great many of small Islands or rockes to the Southward, and the currant came out of the Souther-boord:  we sounded and had 35. fathomes.

[Sidenote:  A French ship at Ratire.  Crua.] The 21. wee had a flat hill that bare North Northeast off vs, and wee were from the shoare 4. leagues, and at 2. a clocke in the afternoone we spake with a Frenchman riding neere a place called Ratire, and another place hard by called Crua. [Sidenote:  A current to the Southeastward.] This Frenchman caried a letter from vs to M. Newton:  wee layd it on hull while wee were writing of our letter; and the current set vs to the Southward a good pase alongst the shore South Southeast.

The 25. we were in the bight of the Bay that is to the Westward of Capo de Tres puntas:  the currant did set East Northeast.

The 28. we lay sixe glasses a hull tarying for the pinesse.

[Sidenote:  Caou de tres puntas.] The last of Ianuary the middle part of Cape de tres puntas was thwart of vs three leagues at seuen of the clocke in the morning:  and at eight the pinnesse came to an anker:  and wee prooued that the current setteth to the Eastward:  and at sixe at night the Vttermost lande bare East and by South 5. leagues, and we went Southwest, and Southwest and by South.

Saturday the first of February 1588. we were thwart of a Round foreland, which I take to be the Eastermost part of Capo de tres puntas:  and within the saide Round foreland was a great bay with an Island in the said bay.

[Sidenote:  The Castle of Mina.] The second of February wee were thwart of the Castle of Mina, and when the thirde glasse of our Looke-out was spent, we spied vnder our Larbord-quarter one of their Boates with certaine Negroes, and one Portugale in the Boate, wee haue had him to come aboord, but he would not. [Sidenote:  Two white watch-houses.] And ouer the castle upon the hie rockes we did see as it might be two watch-houses, and they did shew very white:  and we went eastnortheast.

[Sidenote:  Monte Redondo.] The 4 in the morning we were thwart a great high hill, and vp into the lande were more high ragged hilles, and those I reckoned to be but little short of Monte Redondo.  Then I reckoned that we were 20 leagues Southeastward from the Mina, and at 11 of the clocke I sawe two hilles within the land, these hils I take to be 7 leagues from the first hils.  And to sea-ward of these hilles is a bay, and at the east end of the bay another hill, and from the hils the landes lie verie low.  We went Eastnortheast, and East and by North 22 leagues, and then East along the shore.