ordered thus:--First, the powder we divided into little leather bags, that
is to say, bags of dried skins, with the hair inward, that the powder might
not grow damp; and then we put those bags into other bags, made of
bullocks' skins, very thick and hard, with the hair outward, that no wet
might come in; and this succeeded so well, that in the greatest rains we
had, whereof some were very violent and very long, we always kept our
powder dry. Besides these bags, which held our chief magazine, we divided
to every one a quarter of a pound of powder, and half a pound of shot, to
carry always about us; which, as it was enough for our present use, so we
were willing to have no weight to carry more than was absolutely necessary,
because of the heat.

We kept still on the bank of the river, and for that reason had but very
little communication with the people of the country; for, having also our
bark stored with plenty of provisions, we had no occasion to look abroad
for a supply; but now, when we came to march on foot, we were obliged often
to seek out for food. The first place we came to on the river, that gave us
any stop, was a little negro town, containing about fifty huts, and there
appeared about 400 people, for they all came out to see us, and wonder at
us. When our negroes appeared the inhabitants began to fly to arms,
thinking there had been enemies coming upon them; but our negroes, though
they could not speak their language, made signs to them that they had no
weapons, and were tied two and two together as captives, and that there
were people behind who came from the sun, and that could kill them all, and
make them alive again, if they pleased; but that they would do them no
hurt, and came with peace. As soon as they understood this they laid down
their lances, and bows and arrows, and came and stuck twelve large stakes
in the ground as a token of peace, bowing themselves to us in token of
submission. But as soon as they saw white men with beards, that is to say,
with mustachios, they ran screaming away, as in a fright.