several Families; he kept them with him three years, and observing in them an inclination to vertuous Designs, and Spirits above the Vulgar, he gain’d information from them what great Rivers ran up into the Land, what Men of note were seated on them, what Power they were of, how Ally’d, what Enemies they had, and the like; and taking some light from thence, sent away a Ship, furnish’d with Men, and all kind of Necessaries convenient for the Service intended, under the Command of Captain _Henry Chaloung_, a Gentleman of a good Family, and very capable for Undertakings of this nature; and giving him sufficient Instructions what to do, sent along with him two of the said Natives for his better Conduct and Direction, ordering him by all means to keep the Northerly Gage as high as _Cape Briton_, till they had discover’d the Main, and then to beat it up to the Southward as the Coast tended, till they found by the Natives they were near the place to which they were assign’d. By that time they were about a hundred Leagues off the Island of _Canara_, the Captain fell sick of a Feaver, and the Winds being Westerly, his Company shap’d their Course for the _Indies_, and coming to _St. John de Porto Rico_, the Captain went ashore for the recovery of his Health, whilst the Company took in Water, and such other Provisions as they had present need of, and spent some time in Hunting, and other Recreations; after which steering their intended Course, they were met with by the _Spanish_ Fleet that came from the _Havana_, taken Prisoners and carried into _Spain_, the Ship and Goods being confiscated, the Voyage overthrown, and the Natives lost. Not long after the setting out of _Chaloung_, _Thomas Haman_ was sent by Sir _John Popham_, Lord Chief Justice of _England_, towards the River of _Sagadehoc_, to the succour of _Chaloung_, if need were; but not finding him, after he had scowr’d the Coast all about, he return’d back into _England_. Captain _Prinne_ was likewise sent from _Bristol_, who arriving happily in those Parts, brought back with him at his return the most exact Discovery of that Coast that ever had been gain’d till then.