Sunday following, being the 4th of June, we saw other lands at about twenty-two leagues east-south-east from Newfoundland, and as the wind was contrary we went into a harbour which we named the Bay of the Holy Ghost. We remained there till the Tuesday following, when we sailed along the coast to St Peters Islands, passing many very dangerous rocks and shoals, which lie east-south-east and west-north-west, stretching about twenty-three leagues out to sea. While at St Peters Islands, we saw many French and British ships, and remained there from the 11th to 16th of June, after, which we sailed to Cape Race, where we went into a harbour named Rognoso, where we took in a supply of wood and water to serve us on the voyage home, and at this place we left one of our boats. We left that harbour on Monday the 19th of June, and had such excellent weather and fair winds, that we arrived in the Port of St Maloes upon the 6th of July 1536.
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In Hakluyts Collection, III. 286-289, there is a short imperfect fragment of a third voyage by Jacques Cartier to Canada, Hochelega, and Saguenay in 1540; but as it breaks off abruptly and gives hardly any additional information respecting the country and its inhabitants or productions, beyond what is contained in the two voyages already inserted, it has not been deemed necessary to adopt it into the present collection. –E.
Specimen of the language of Hochelega and Canada.
1. Secada. 2. Tigneni. 3. Hasche. 4. Hannaion. 5. Ouiscon. 6. Indahir. 7. Aiaga. 8. Addigue. 9. Madellan. 10. Assem.
Aggonzi, the head.
Hegueniascon, the brow.
Higata, the eyes.
Abontascon, the ears.
Esahe, the mouth.
Esgongay, the teeth,
Osnache, the tongue.
Agonpon, the throat.
Hebelim, the beard.
Hegouascon, the face.
Aganiscon, the hair.
Aiayascon, the arms.
Aissonne, the flanks.
Aggruascon, the stomach.
Eschehenda, the belly.
Hetnegradascon, the thighs.
Agotschinegodascon, the knees.
Agouguenehondo, the legs.
Onchidascon, the feet.
Aignoascon, the hands.
Agenuga, the fingers.
Agedascon, the nails.
Aguehum, a man.
Agrauste, a woman.
Addegesta, a boy.
Agniaquesta, a girl.
Exiasta, a child.
Conda, woods.
Hoga, leaves.
Cabata, a gown.
Caioza, a doublet.
Hemondoha, stocking.
Adogne, a hatchet.
Ahencu, a bow.
Quaetan, a dart.
Canada, a town.
Agogasy, the sea.
Coda, the waves.
Cohena, an island.
Agacha, a hill.
Hounesca, ice.
Camsa, snow.
Athau, cold.
Odazani, hot.
Azista, fire.
Quea, smoke.
Canoca, a house.
Addathy, my father.
Adauahoe, my mother.
Addagrim, my brother.
Adhoasseue, my sister.
Atha, shoes.
Amgoua, a shirt.
Castrua, a cap.
Osizi, corn.
Carraconny, bread.
Sahe, beans.
Ame, water.
Quahouascon, flesh.
Honnesta, damsons.
Absconda, figs.
Ozoba, grapes.
Quahoya, nuts.
Esgueny, an eel.
Undeguezi, a snail.
Hueleuxima, a tortoise.
Sahomgahoa, a hen.
Zisto, a lamprey.
Ondacon, a salmon.
Ainne-honne, a whale.
Sadeguenda, a goose.
Aionnesta, a stag.
Asquenondo, a sheep.
Saurkanda, a hare.
Agaya, a dog.
Achide, to-morrow.
Cudragny, God.
Quenhia, heaven.
Damga, the earth.
Ysmay, the sun.
Assomaha, the moon.
Stagnehoham, the stars.
Copoha, the wind.
Quaza hoa quea, Give me some drink.
Quaza hoa quascaboa, Give me my breakfast.
Quaza hoa quatfriam, Give me my supper.
Casigno agnydahoa, Let us go to bed.
Casigno donnascat, Let us go a hunting.
Casigno caudy, Let us go to play.
Casigno casnouy, Let us go in the boat.
Assigni quaddadia, Come speak with me.
Quagathoma, Look at me.
Aignag, Good morrow.
Aista, Hold your peace.
Buazahca agoheda, Give me a knife.
BOOK III.
CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN THE EAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY VOYAGES OF OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS TO INDIA
CHAPTER I.
DISCOVERIES, NAVIGATIONS, AND CONQUESTS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN INDIA, FROM 1505 TO 1539, BOTH INCLUSIVE: RESUMED FROM BOOK I. OF THIS PART62
We have formerly in the First BOOK of this Second PART of our general arrangement, given a historical account of the Portuguese Discoveries along the Coast of Africa, with their Discovery of and early Conquests in India, from the glorious era of DON HENRY prince of Portugal in 1412, down to the year 1505. Necessarily called off from that interesting subject, to attend to the memorable Discovery of the NEW WORLD by the immortal COLUMBUS, we have detailed at considerable, yet we hope not inconvenient length, in the III. IV. and V. Volumes of our Collection, the great and important Discovery of America, and the establishment of the principal Spanish colonies in that grand division of the world, with some short notices of the earliest American Discoveries by the Portuguese, English, and French nations. We now return to a continuation of the early Discoveries and Conquests in India, taking that word in its most extensive signification as comprehending the whole of southern Asia, from the Persian Gulf to Japan and Eastern China. In the present portion of our Collection, we propose chiefly to direct our attention to the transactions of the Portuguese; adding however such accounts as we may be able to procure of the early Voyages to India made by other European nations.
It is not necessary to particularize the various sources from which the different articles to be contained in this Book or division of our work has been collected, as these will be all referred to in the several chapters and sections of which it is composed. Indeed as the introductions we prefix, on the present and other similar occasions, are necessarily written previous to the composition of the articles to which they refer, contrary to the usual practice, it would be improper to tie ourselves too strictly on such occasions, so as to preclude the availment of any additional materials that may occur during our progress, and therefore we here beg leave to notify that we reserve a power of including the earliest voyages of other European nations to the Atlantic and eastern coasts of Africa, together with Arabia and Persia, among the early voyages to India, if hereafter deemed necessary; which is strictly conformable to what has been already done in PART II. BOOK I, and what must necessarily be the case on the present occasion. It may be proper however to mention, that the present chapter, containing a continuation of the early Discoveries, Navigations, and Conquests of the Portuguese in India, is taken from the PORTUGUESE ASIA, of Manuel de Faria y Sousa, taking that author up in 1505, where we had to lay down Castaneda at the end of our Second BOOK. Faria63, who is designated as a member of the Portuguese military order of Christ, was a celebrated historian among his countrymen, and his work, entitled ASIA PORTUGUEZA, contains an account somewhat in the form of Annals, of the Transactions of his countrymen in India, from their first going there in 1497, to the year 1646. This work contains all the Portuguese Voyages and Discoveries, from their first attempt to extend along the western coast of Africa, to their final discovery of the farthest parts of China and Japan: All their battles by sea and land, with their expeditions, sieges, and other memorable actions: The whole interspersed with descriptions of the places and countries they discovered, visited, or conquered; including accounts of the manners, customs, government, and religion of the natives. This author is remarkable for a concise and clear narrative, and for judicious reflections on the conduct of the Portuguese kings, ministers, governors, and commanders, as well as for his remarks on many other occasions. These are always just, and have often an air of freedom that might not have been expected under an arbitrary government: But in matters regarding religion, he often discovers a surprising reverse of character, full of weak and puerile credulity, the never-failing consequence of education and publication under the influence of that eternal and abominable stain of the peninsula, the Inquisition.
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Portuguese Asia, by Manuel de Faria y Sousa-Astleys Collection of Voyages and Travels, I. 58. et sequ.