and throws it contemptibly on the Ground; and the other does something to himself that he thinks surpasses him, and perhaps deprives himself of Lips and an Eye: So they slash on ’till one gives out, and many have dy’d in this Debate. And it’s by a passive Valour they shew and prove their Activity; a sort of Courage too brutal to be applauded by our _Black_ Hero; nevertheless, he express’d his Esteem of ’em. In this Voyage _Cæsar_ begat so good an Understanding between the _Indians_ and the _English_, that there were no more Fears or Heart-burnings during our Stay, but we had a perfect, open, and free Trade with ’em. Many Things remarkable, and worthy reciting, we met with in this short Voyage; because _Cæsar_ made it his Business to search out and provide for our Entertainment, especially to please his dearly ador’d _Imoinda_, who was a Sharer in all our Adventures; we being resolv’d to make her Chains as easy as we could, and to compliment the Prince in that Manner that most oblig’d him. As we were coming up again, we met with some _Indians_ of strange Aspects; that is, of a larger Size, and other sort of Features, than those of our Country. Our _Indian Slaves_, that row’d us, ask’d ’em some Questions; but they could not understand us, but shew’d us a long Cotton String, with several Knots on it, and told us, they had been coming from the Mountains so many Moons as there were Knots: they were habited in Skins of a strange Beast, and brought along with ’em Bags of Gold-Dust; which, as well as they could give as to understand, came streaming in little small Channels down the high Mountains, when the Rains fell; and offer’d to be the Convoy to any Body, or Persons, that would go to the Mountains. We carry’d these Men up to _Parham_, where they were kept till the Lord-Governor came: And because all the Country was mad to be going on this Golden Adventure, the Governor, by his Letters, commanded (for they sent some of the Gold to him) that a Guard should be set at the Mouth of the River of _Amazons_ (a River so call’d, almost as broad as the River of _Thames_) and prohibited all People from going up that River, it conducting to those Mountains or Gold. But we going off for _England_ before the Project was further prosecuted, and the Governor being drown’d in a Hurricane, either the Design died, or the _Dutch_ have the Advantage of it: And ’tis to be bemoan’d what his Majesty lost, by losing that Part of _America_. Though this Digression is a little from my Story, however, since it contains some Proofs of the Curiosity and Daring of this great Man, I was content to omit nothing of his Character.