was this same man that was present Tapnez seem'd to increase the number of the Wonderers and would not be perswaded the Revelation had been real until the Hage or Holy Man with all the Assembly earnestly requested him to try what he was able to do At last he consented to their Prayers and with his Right Hand began to stroke the Lame man He no sooner felt the others singer but he began to leap and falling at his Feet adored him as a Holy Man The Assembly taking notice of the Cure and the manner of it did really believe the Hage and without delay established Tapnez for their General and Chief Commander until they could give notice of their Designes to some of the Blood-Royal of Mahomet who only may command over them as King or Emperor It was then resolved also that they would no longer pay Tribute to the Turk Tapnez confirmed his Credit by many other feigned Miracles so that he was look'd upon in the the Countrey as some extraordinary Fellow sent from Heaven to their Assistance He had gathered together thirteen thousand Horse and Foot the Countrey People reported more and with this Army was resolved to wait for the Turkish Army that came that way to gather Contributions and to relieve the Garrison of Chinsan or Tremisen a City in the middle of the Countrey not inferiour to Fez. The Numbers of our Enemies did startle us when we heard how they were resolved to revenge themselves for all past Affronts therefore the Commanders did desire the General not to expose them to so eminent a danger until the other Armies had joined with him His Courage was great he could not yield to this wholsom advice his Hopes were greater He was resolved to get all the honour of the Victory to himself therefore he proposed to fall upon the Arabs that night he shewed it to his Captains to perswade them what an easie thing it was to rout the Enemy that was so secure and that had not any notice of their Approach and that unless they did speedily make use of the Opportunity the Horse and Baggage would be delivered into the Hands of the Arabs whose Numbers were able to oppress the small Party that came directly that way It was too late to go back we were now so near that unless we did surprize the Enemy it was impossible to escape According to our Generals Orders as it began to dawn we march'd with all speed into the Plain along the River and about two or three hours in the night we came within the Noise of the People in the Tents Our General divided us into three Parties appointing over each a skilful Leader an Acha Basha and commanded that we should fall upon the Arabs in three places Out of the Main Body he had separated a certain number to seise on certain stragling Horses which might be feeding about the Camp These he intended to employ in case he put the Army to flight Assoon as we came within a quarter of a Mile of the Enemy we found a small Party lodged in a hundred Tents which we surrounded according to our Orders We killed all that we found alive with very little noise In the Medows and by the Bank of the River great Companies of Horses were taken for our use It seems these Tents had been placed to guard them from Mountainers or Wild Beasts Our General made very good use of them in the Disorder and Confusion of the Rebels for he caused them to be mounted by some of his own Party and commanded them to pursue the Enemy Assoon as we came to the first Tents we fell upon them without Mercy and did great Execution The two other Parties entred the Camp by several ways having fetch'd a Compass about we found no resistance until we came to the middle of the Tents There was a large Spot of Ground unto which the Arabs did run together at the sound of the Alarm They had not time to put themselves in a good Order therefore at the third Volley of Shot they began to disperse and to shift for themselves by divers ways The two other Parties met several Companies of them which they either kill'd or took Prisoners The most of them recovered their Horses and fled for their Lives Our small Party of Horse was not idle in the mean whiles they ventur'd after the Enemy with more Noise than Ability to do harm In the dark their Numbers could not be well discerned but this hindred them from viewing us the next day for knowing that we had both Horse and Foot they would not hazard themselves near us until they had been informed by some Runaways of our small Numbers They fled to the next Hills where all their Substance had been stored The Plunder of the Camp was but small such things we found that Beggars would scarce lift from under their Feet a few nasty Tents we erected of such pitiful Stuff that I never saw the like It seems the Arabs delight not in rich Houshold-stuff but in numbers of Sheep and Camels Some few Horses fell into our hands the next day In this Attempt we lost about 50 men and 435 of the Arabians were kill'd in and about the Camp Our General found in some of the Tents Letters sent from the Arabians in the other Kingdoms to encourage these to resist the Turkish Power promising all assistance that they could furnish For fear therefore that the Enemy should receive from their Neighbours and Brethren such Supplies as should encourage them to revenge themselves and for fear we should lose the passage of the River which was of so great importance to the Turkish Affairs and Designs our General and his Council resolved to fortifie themselves on both sides in the best manner that the place would permit and with all speed to dispatch away some Messengers to the other Armies to hasten them in their March to his assistance for he knew himself unable to encounter the Arabs or to proceed in his Designs and March towards Chinsan with his small Number Three Trenches were drawn on the Enemies side and one on the other There we thought our selves secure for the Enemies Horse were not able to come to us their Foot were poor and miserable ten of them do not dare to look a Turk in the Face The situation of the Place did favour our Enterprize for the Ground on both sides is higher than the rest at the Ford. The River is deep in all other places and runs in a narrow Channel but when it comes there it spreads it self finding more Elbow room The Rising Ground forces it to run in a larger Stream and then again the Water is confin'd to a lesser Channel so that only in this place we may pass on foot without fear of Drowning Two days after the Battel our Cavalry and Baggage came safe to us although they had been met by several Parties of Arabs and forced to skirmish many times By this new
the Captives it lay without the Mould At that time that I was on the Sand it was dusky a French man offered me his assistance I accepted of it and went into his Boat but I was discovered before I could get off the Mould and sent back to my Master that punished me with a hundred blows on the Soles of my Feet which rendred me uncapable for his Service many days He was soon weary of my Company and sold me to the English Renegado that came on board our Ship at our Arrival I expected from him a kinder entertainment but found less He was cruel and severe to me he made me work night and day I often treated with him for my Ransom but found his Demands to be so high that I could not comply with him He abus'd me most sadly about five Moneths and then Death delivered me of his Tyranny His Executors sold me again amongst his Goods and Chattels I fell next inro the hands of an Italian Renegado named Ishmael Reiz who was not kinder to me than my former Masters my Work was painful my Diet mean my Labour continual and my Rewards the Blows of a hard Cudgel I could not suffer long this Service therefore I sought to displease my Patron and make him sell me to another He gave me next to an Officer of the Militia called Hally Hamez Reiz who was so well pleased with my Person and Countenance that he resolved not to part with me for any Money I offered unto him 800 Dollars He told me I should first go with him in the Countrey and at his return I should have liberty to be redeem'd if I behaved my self well At that time the Turks did send out a strong Army to gather the Contributions of the People and to relieve Tremsen or Climsan a strong and populous City in the Country There is a Garrison of Turks that are sent every year to that place and another that comes from thence for as it is a great City the Countrey round about do always submit to those that are Masters of that Place It concerns therefore the Turks to fortifie and preserve that City for themselves against the Attempts of the Arabs that are their deadly Enemies Having run through so many strange and unexpected Fortunes I did not hope to meet with less Variety in this Expedition in the which I was engaged amongst the rest my Master was a Commander of a hundred Men He was very passionate and lascivious nevertheless Valiant as I did afterwards learn We marched out in very good Order with our Flying Colours and some few Field-Pieces very small The Army was composed of Twelve Thousand Men Four Thousand were to go Westward and gather the contributions along the Sea-Coast as far as Tetuan and the Kingdom of Fez The next Four Thousand were to march towards Tunis and the third Four Thousand were to enter into the Country The Custom of the Turks is to gather the Contributions upon the Inhabitants who do not pay willingly therefore they venture not amongst them but in great Numbers well armed able to oppose an Enemy or prevent a sudden surprizal There is a Natural Antipathy between them The Moors that dwell in the Kingdom and the Arabs do hate the Turks because they are imperious and and because they are obliged to pay unto them an yearly Tribute The time that these Armies set forth was in June the Harvest when the Corn was ripe and fit for use then the Country was able to furnish the yearly Revenue either in Corn or Money The Commander of the Western Circuit was Abel Hamed Simon of the Eastern were two Chieftains Halac Rigla Reiz an old Renegado of Spain and Halec Sim Haly a young Blade that had more Precipitation than Wisdom they met with many Mischances as you shall afterwards hear and had it not been for our unexpected Approach the whole Army had been cut in pieces Our Commander was a judicious man but very unfortunate cruel bold and valiant a great Enemy of the Arabs his Name was Ben Osman Bucher he had been a great Commander at Sea and fought in many notable Encounters against the Christians never with so much success as in the Year 36. against a Portuguese Caraque near the Island of Tenerifa sayling from the East-Indies and bound for Lisbon laden with very rich Commodities to a great value His share was so considerable that he was raised from a poor and a mean Estate to a good Fortune and to the Esteem of the Divan especially because the good Success of that Fight was attributed to his Valour and Resolution For the Christians making a stout resistance the Turks were discouraged from further Attempts and not willing to continue their Enterprize longer when he with his drawn Cymeter did compel some and perswade others to try again the Portuguez Courage and so by that means won the Ship and brought great Riches into the City He was ever after highly esteemed and employed in great Affairs where any danger or difficulty did appear For that Reason he commanded the Army that was to go the middle Circuit because there are a sort of People very valiant and stout that sometimes make a strong Resistance to the Turks and when they see their advantage they refuse Tribute Our Army was composed of Horse and Foot a thousand Horse and two thousand Foot were numbred at the Musters besides Slaves and Servants The Cavalry was composed of Turks born and Moors that had quitted their Countreys interest to serve them of Argiers and for the most part they were Inhabitants of the City and had there their Wives and Children The Infantry was made up of Renegado-Christians whereof there are such number in that place that they bear all the sway and command both by Sea and Land They are as Imperious over the rest as the Janizaries in Turky over the Greeks and the Mamalukes in Egypt were over the ancient Inhabitants The Divan is composed of this sort of men who are most skilful because they are acquainted with the Affairs of Europe and better able to manage the Publick Business relating to that part of the World and to give Orders Some of them do get vast Estates others are miserable and poor and therefore are obliged to the meanest Offices With this strong Party we set forward and came to a Place the first day called Atsabah at two Leagues distance from the Sea It was a pretty little Town situate on the Decline of a pleasant Hill that was covered on the right hand with a Large Wood extream Bushy about two Miles in length The Houses were more handsom than we could expect in a Countrey Village About it were to be seen the Ruines of old Buildings that did only appear out of the Earth A Christian Renegado that had studied in the University of Salamanca informed me that this place was named anciently Stilpeia and that it had been an Episcopal See in the time of the Christian
Supply our Courages began to encrease we were better able to resist our Enemies Attempts in case they should be so bold as to force our weak Fortifications We lay not long in this Posture before we saw many resolute Parties of Horse and Foot daring us out to Battel They began to contemn those that they formerly feared when they knew our numbers Every Night we had two or three Alarms given unto us The second day after the arrival of our Cavalry a strong Party of Horse rid within Musket-shot of us calling us Cowards and Hereticks Our Generals Courage could not suffer long these small Affronts unpunished therefore he commanded the Cavalry to hasten out and to charge them stoutly It was a sad Enterprize to many of them above a thousand went out but scarce five hundred came back again The cause of their Defeat was this At the first Charge the Enemy retreats in good Order but when the Turks gave another Onset they ran away only with a Design to draw us by that feigned flight far from the Main Body and into a strong Ambuscado that was hid behind a Hill about a Mile from the River Our men perceived not the Design but with more haste than good speed pursued them without consideration of the danger Assoon as they were past the place a good Company of Foot salutes them with a Volley of shot on the left hand and then the Ambuscado of Horse rises on the Right at the same time the pursued Party turns their backs and our poor men were surrounded disordered and killed like so many Sheep Had they not had a stout Commander to lead them on and bring them off they had all perished in the place for the unequal Numbers of the Enemy did overpower them About 500 escaped from the Slaughter This Misfortune did wonderfully heighten the Courage of the Arabians and give Credit to their Arms. It made our General more wary for the future and prevented greater Destructions which might have happened unto us had we not been made wiser by our Losses The Enemy at several other times did endeavour again to catch us in the same Advantage but our General was grown wary by Experience That the Spirits of his men might not be dejected nor the Arabs too proud of their Success he drew out both Horse and Foot and put them in a readiness to fight The Enemy came to look upon us our Horse was sent to take a view of them They returned again after a light Skirmish in which the Rebels had the worst Every day we did encounter with them sometimes to our Advantage sometimes to our Loss We lay not long in this place before we heard of the approach of the Eastern Army Commanded by the two Generals They had not met with any opposition in their Circuit until they came within a days Journey of us then a strong Body of Horse opposes them and forces them to seek the shelter of a Hill where they were better able to receive the Onset of the Arabians It seems they had heard of the March of that Army towards us therefore to prevent our joining together or rather to defeat them before they came up with us a great number of them had stollen over the River secretly at a great distance from us and had expected them in their way Assoon as this News came to our Camp our General resolved to meet them in person leaving in the Fortifications a sufficient number to defend it and the same appearance of his being present It was my Masters and my Fortune to accompany the Army At a place called by the Arabians Stefee we came up with the Enemy A Party of Horse charged us very stoutly with Lance Musket Not many of ours were wounded only four or five killed They met with as stout resistance which forced them from us not without loss Our Horse had the Chase of them a Mile We did not dare to adventure again after them farther besides they were more nimble than ours because they had not been tired with so long a Journey By this small Encounter and Victory we opened a way to our men that we found in no small distress for want of Provisions and things necessary They could not proceed in their Journey for fear of the Enemy that had had great advantage over them We found them entrenched in a strong place in such a manner that all the Arabians were not able to drive them from thence unless it were by Famine They informed us of what had passed between them that the Arabians had beaten them twice and kill'd above a Thousand Men. The first time they laid an Ambuscado in their way near a thick Wood and when some Companies were past the place they fell suddainly upon them without mercy and had not the Generals exposed their Persons to the Peril and maintained a Fight with the Victorious Enemy until the others had rallyed again they had been all utterly lost for they were in such a disorder that they killed one another to make way for to fly Our Men were possest with so strange a fear and apprehension that when our Vanguard came near the place they imagined them to be the Enemy their joy was no less than their fear when they perceived their errour They received us as their Protectors We supplyed them with all things that they wanted and then Marched back again to our Camp unto which the other Army soon arrived With this recruit it was resolved we should stay no longer there but beat up the Quarters of the Enemy Accordingly the next day we Marched out Bag and Baggage having left a small Guard in the place to keep it to secure our passage over again in case we should meet with the Misfortunes of War which might oblige us to a Retreat At two Miles distance from the River a small Party had the Courage to Charge us but they would not stand to it long We Marched up the Hill with a great deal of Courage and Resolution Our men were so enraged by their former Losses that they would not pardon any of the Enemy that fell by chance into their hands This Mountain is called Houlahka it is about ten miles round it reaches very high about it several Cottages are built that serve for habitation to the Natural Inhabitants of this Country the Moors they are poor and needy for the most part they feed upon such things as grow wild in the Valley for although this Mountain appears entire to the Beholders afar off with a continued Ascent there are many Valleys in it and it is composed of several little Hills The lower ground is extream fruitful watered with many pleasant Fountains that poure down their streams towards the River Tapna This place is adorned with many goodly Trees and Woods which as in most places grow naturally without planting in that ground which hath not been lately employed whereof there is very much in the Land The Earth of
it self abhors Idleness when therefore it is neglected by reason of the small Number of Inhabitants or when it hath been long without employing its innate productive virtue it then breaks forth into Trees Wood as in the West-Indies is sufficiently known Our Plantations have been forc'd to make way for their Habitations with the Axe and the Saw to hew down the Wood that did cover the Countrey and in our Island as some ancient Writers tell us Cumberland and Westmerland and all the Northern Parts of England were full of Woods Trees and Bushes especially upon the Mountains where scarce any Wood is now to be seen In this place the Arabians did think to find a safe Retreat and the rather because there were not many Advenues to the Top Nature had on all sides fenced it and distinguished it from the other Land by high and steepy Rocks Five Passages do lead into this Place the largest is a way about a hundred feet broad in most places covered on both sides with Sandy Hills Woods and Rocks that seem to threaten the Passenger The Entrance into this Place was somewhat terrible unto us not only because of the nature of the Situation but also because the Enemy had seized upon all the difficult places and passages to annoy us Our Generals were resolved to beat them from thence and to fight them in their Nest Both sides of the way were lined with Armed men that did cast upon us Stones Timber and whatsoever they could get We defended our selves with Offensive and Defensive Weapons and made a way by the Sword until we came to a very difficult Passage On both sides were raised two Bushy Woods in which the Enemy were hid when our men came near they let fly against us several Volleys of Shot which put us all to stand The Arabians thought us to be amazed at this sudden opposition of which they intended to make advantage in an instant came thundring upon us before and behind the stoutest of them so that we were in no little trouble how to oppose them Our Generals shared amongst themselves the danger and the honour of the Victory they seeing the craft and power of the Arabians separated themselves and turned their several Companies against the next Troops of the Enemy and did so handsomly behave themselves and so wisely manage their business that the Arabians were forced to leave us the Masters of the Field with the Victory One thing did very much contribute to the obtaining of it not far from that place an easie Ascent did lead to the other side of one of the woods where the Arabians had secured themselves By this one of our Generals steals up and falls upon the back of the Enemy that thought next upon nothing but how to save themselves by flight Our men pursued their advantage and left not their business half fininished they seized upon the place and drove the Arabians quite out of the Wood with great slaughter Their Fellows seeing their disorder and the Resolution of our Men that would not retire back imagined some such thing might happen on their side therefore they all ran away so strange a passion is Fear that when Men are inclinable to it the least accident causeth them to tremble all the World would not have been able to have beat them from this place had they maintained it with resolution but the sight of an Enemy behind which they least suspected frighted them away They recovered the other side where their Horses stayed for them and so saved themselves from the Turks Fury They lost here above 1500 Men. in the Valleys we found many hundred Head of Cattel Sheep Oxen Cammels and all sorts of Beasts feeding in the Pastures It was wonderful to us to meet with such a fruitful place in the midst of so many Rocks and such barren Hills For all these Losses the Arabians would not return to their former Obedience but continued still to resist us Our Camp did receive several Alarms especially in the Night so that we were all tired out with Watching Above three Weeks we were pursuing the Enemy amongst the Hills from one Hill to another They did fly continually and because we were not so strong in Cavalry as they were we did not dare to adventure against them only with our Horse our Foot were not able to pursue them so fast as they did save themselves The Plunder that we did find in these places did abundantly satisfie for the yearly Tribute The great numbers of Cattel that we got into our hands caused the Arabians to fall out amongst themselves which coming to our Ears our Generals sent a Flag of Truce to invite them to submit to the Turks Empire a part of them accepted the offer of Peace and came in to us the others with their Captain was said to have fled away so that meeting with none to oppose us we received some Hostages from the Enemy and because their Losses had been great our Generals would not exact from them any other Tribute than what they had recovered by force of Arms. They had full liberty to return to their former abode upon condition that they would Manure the Ground and pay unto them of Argiers their usual Tribute-money they promised to be alwaies obedient to the Grand Seignior and to the City of Argeirs afterwards they were dismist There were about 1600 Families that did return to their Duty with all their Leaders Our Army took another way out of these Mountains than we came No Enemy appear'd all the way until we came to a narrow passage between two high Hills the way was a difficult Ascent Here we found it stopt up in such a manner that no Horse could pass Before we imagined our business had been done when we saw so many of the revolted Arabians return to their Obedience it did not therefore a little surprize us when we found so many left to oppose us at this Passage it was not possible for us to come near Several of our Companies did endeavour to storm the place but the Enemy was so strongly fortified on all sides and so well furnished with Weapons that we were forced to sit down and consider what to do A Council was called of all the Commanders where it was resolved not to go back or seek any other passage because if they did leave such a powerful Enemy unpunished and on foot in the heart of the Kingdom it might very much endanger their interest there for assoon as they should be gone they would endeavour to corrupt the rest and draw them from their Allegiance either by force or fair means besides they did consider that they that had submitted unto them were forced unto it and that they were as inclinable to stand out as these were there any hopes of prospering in their opposition against us and that it would be no small Disgrace to a victorious Army to be overcome by a vanquish'd Enemy the least News of this
Gun that commanded us to strike Sail. Some of our Company well acquainted with such Tricks of Pirates advised our giddy headed Skipper not to trust their Appearance but to continue still his Course But his ill Fortune and ours would not suffer him to follow such wholsom Counsel which might have put him and us out of all danger For although it was the Morning when the Chase began and that the Enemy had won much upon us that day they could never have come up to us until Evening and in the Night we might have made our Escape and got into the Harbour But he had a Design which we never could well understand Therefore 〈…〉 he commanded to lay by the Wind until the Ships came within Call They came too soon for us at half a League distance they discovered themselves to be Turks Men of War by their bloody Colours which they put out instead of the White Then began our Skipper to be amazed our Company to be frighted and every one to bestir himself I observed a Fellow who before had some Disease in his Legs and hands much like unto the Gout which made him unprofitable all the time of the Voyage when he saw the danger he began to skip about and handle the Guns as if nothing had ever ailed him We had then aboard about a hundred Men with the Passengers of several Nations and thirty great Pieces of Ordnance with other smaller Guns It had been an unworthy Act to deliver our selves into the Enemies hands without a stroke being so well provided for our Defence About seven of the Clock in the Afternoon the Turks overtook us and the formost Vessel gave us a Broad Side the other followed and saluted us in the same manner We stood not still in the mean while but returned them the like The Fight was furious and bloody on both sides for four hours Our men hehaved themselves gallantly neither Death nor Wounds could force them from their Charge and Posts Some when their Limbs were all bruised their Bones shattered and their Bodies torn with Splinters did obstinately continue to handle and manage the Guns Every one resolved to die with his Weapons in his hand rather than to shrink in the least from the Fight In the space of four hours we received near fifty Broad sides and our Enemies were as obstinate as our selves At last our Number was reduced to 18 men and those were wounded in several places the rest were either dead or disabled The Skipper was shot through the Thigh my self through the right Arm so that we could no longer resist the Numbers and Fury of our Enemies that continued still to poure upon us great and small Shot Besides we had another Misfortune that happened unto us happily as it fell out our Ship was wounded with a great Shot between Wind and Water so that being in such a crasie Vessel and with such crasie Bodies we made but a faint resistance which the Turks perceiving and fearing that the Sea would at last swallow us and deprive them of their Booty they resolved to venture to board us On both sides they grappled with us and entered their men which we from our Fore-Castle and Steerage did force aboard again with our Murdering Pieces at last for fear our Obstinacy would cause our Ship to sink under us and deliver us into the hands of a more merciless Enemy the raging Sea we called for Quarter which the Turks were glad to grant having almost lost all Courage and hopes of forcing us to a Surrender therefore they willingly accepted of the first Motion We found that near 300 of their men had been killed and their Ships were miserably torn and maimed One thing passed during the Fight worthy our Notice and which I did then look upon as an ill Omen at a Broad Side one great Shot was forced back again and split in pieces we did conceive that it had met with a more violent one which had driven it upon us The Turks treated us very generously that we expected not from Enemies which we had angered by so long a Resistance They commended our Courage and wondered at our Resolution And when they saw the rich Loading that they had got into their hands they quickly pardoned us the Injuries we had done them The Captains and Owners of the Turks Ships called me our Skipper to an Account for the Bills of Loading which when there was no remedy we delivered into their hands I made some Reflections upon my former Condition and wished my self upon some Christian shore as poor as Job Liberty was sweet to me that was taken a Slave I remembred then that excellent advice Trust not unto uncertain riches c. I then condemned the joy I had felt for the rich Patrimony that was left me and the earnest desire for to see Foreign Places Now to my sorrow I began to remember my former Condition but all these Reflections and Regrets could not turn the Wind nor stop our Course from Argiers where we were bound next for when our Ship had been seized we that were alive were disposed of into the Enemies Ships and stript of our best Attire which some lusty Rogues did us the kindness to wear for our sakes before our eyes Our dead Bodies and those that were wounded desperately of whom there was small hopes were stript naked and sent in that condition to feed the Sharkes and other Ravenous Fishes of the Sea some we saw at that Instant waiting upon us as we did conceive for that intent It may be they were as sensible of dead Bodies amongst us as Vultures are who constantly hover about a House or Tent in these Countries where the Sick are contained that will infallibly die in hopes to enjoy the Prey when it is to be exposed and carried out During our stay a shipboard we were as civilly treated as we could expect from Turks and did feed as they did upon Garlick Rusk poor John Rice such like food I observed them very inquisitive to find out our Qualities and the Estates that we had remaining our Friends and what Assistance and Favour we might expect from them To know these Particulars we were examined apart We had been forewarned of this Proceeding and therefore we had prepared our Answers that we might not be found in a contradiction I had desired our Company to make me pass for a poor Fellow whose Industry had obtained the Trust of that considerable Cargo which as we did give out did belong to my Master This Answer satisfied them for a while but meeting in the Ship with some English Renegadoes by an inconsiderate Discourse about several Particulars one of them began to have some suspition and knowledge of me because he had seen me at the unloading of some Goods by the Water side and did remember that then more respect was paid to me than such a poor Fellow could expect or claim I laboured to excuse my Rashness and
full view therefore I shall not adventure to describe them I had almost forgot one of a strange Nature it appear'd unto us as a White Lamb something differing in the shape as we were marching through a Valley but when it perceived us to approach in such Numbers it fled before us our Captain thought it had been some stragling Lamb belonging to some Mountainous People and because we were not well provided with good Victuals he sent some of us to overtake it before it got into the neighbouring thickets of a rising Hill I had Order to pursue it and accompany the Hunters As we came within a hundred Paces of it it made more haste than ordinary and began to shift for it self amongst the Trees but as it could not well escape from us because it was already weary and very fat we overtook it at the entry in of the Bushes but perceiving us so near it ran under one and that we might not find it it changed in an instant its white colour into the same with the Bush which unexpected alteration gave us a great deal of trouble We had never found it again had not one of the Company discharged a Musket at the Noise it rose up in a fright and began to run for its Life we little thought it to be the same nevertheless some of us did venture after it and some remained in the place seeking the white Beast The Pursuers shot off one of its Legs and then cried to us to forbear seeking and that the counterfeit Lamb was caught We went to be Eye witnesses of the Wonder it was the same shap'd Beast but the colour was no more White as before the Milky Colour was changed into a Blackish Gray Its Coat was a fine Wool the Head was like a Wolf not altogether so long it had very sharp Teeth and a fierce Look the Hinder-parts were like a Sheep It is one of the strangest Creatures I ever saw I wondred how it could alter its White Wool into a Colour so different I imagined this to be the Beast mentioned by the Learned that takes the Colour of the place where it lays a good Emblem of an Hypocrite We spent three days climbing over these mountainous places and fighting with strange and unknown Creatures to me But as this was not the business we intended we made haste into the plain Countrey our Horse and Carriages we had sent by another way a little about so we arrived at the Passage of the River before them The Arabs slept in great security little thinking that we would adventure over the Mountains and Rocks Our General Commanded us to rest and fit our selves for Action for he imagined that assoon as we should come into the Plain our arrival would be known to the Enemies and that they would not fail to make Attempts upon us on a suddain We refreshed our selves all that Evening until the next Morning when an Alarum was sounded at the which we all ran to our Arms and put our selves in order expecting the Onset of some Arabs but no Enemy appeared unless it was a company of Apes pursued by a few Jaccals who made such a noise in the Wood that was near us running up and down the Branches that those upon the skirts of the Army thought them to be the Enemy that took the advantage of the place to fire upon us their needless Fear did assoon appear as the nimble Creatures recover'd the tops of the highest trees to whose protection they did dare to commit themselves nevertheless the Allarm continued and ran as nimbly as the Apes all over the Army it could not be stopt until every one was informed of the cause of the Fright We Marched all that Morning until Noon and then came to the foot of the Hills where our General was resolved to stay till Evening intending with a Party at Midnight to fall upon the Enemy who was not above six Miles distance from us as it began to dawn we advanc'd and found some few Tents stragling from the rest the Arabs that were in them told us that the main Body was at the Ford of the River Tafna expecting our Arrival that they had broken down all the Bridges all along and were resolved to fight us they further informed us of the cause of their Revolt A Person of a Noble Family of one of their Tribes named Isha Muker whose Parents had been very considerable in the Kingdom of Fez was that year come amongst them with all his Substance that he was look'd upon as an Eminent Commander skilful in Affairs of War and Peace and that he was therefore well received because also that he was very rich That this was the man had perswaded them to shake off the Turkish yoke At first they were timorous and fearful to revolt but at last he encouraged them by representing how imperious they were the poverty of the Year that could not furnish the Tribute-Money and to their subsistency Besides he told them that the Turks were not true Mahometans that they were Heretical in their Opinions and prophane in their Practices and that it was not lawful to submit to and own such for their Masters These Reasons had work'd upon the multitude but could not cause them to take up Arms until he had advis'd himself of this Stratagem A Fellow was lately come into those Parts from Mecha and feigned to be lame His Pilgrimage was much more esteemed because of the pretended Impediment of his Feet Before he was arrived Elmswar Tapnez for that was the Noble Mans Name had sufficiently instructed him how he should behave himself He brought with him a Letter which was directed to the Chief Leading men of the Countrey from the Keeper of Mahomet's Temple the Contents were That Mahomet had appear'd unto him in a Dream and commanded him to signifie unto them that it was his Pleasure to assist them this year in a notable manner and free them from the Slavery of the Turk It promised besides the rewards of Heaven to those that should be valiant and eternal punishment to the Cowards and Disobedient This Letter was given almost at the same time to the Grandees and divulged all abroad amongst the Arabs in the Kingdom some did give credit to it others did look upon it as an Imposture Nevertheless an Assembly was called of the Chief of them where the Letter being again produc'd in the presence of Tapnez the Hage or Religious Pilgrim seeing him come in fell on his Face and kiss'd the hem of his Garment the Assistants wondred at this humility not usual in persons of that Holy Order until he had told them the Cause He affirmed that the Great Prophet had appeared that night unto him and in consideration of his great pains he had suffered in his Travels to Meccha he would cure him of his Lameness that he had shew'd him the Person in his shape that should lay his hand upon him and cure him and that it
would be able to encourage the rest of the Turks Subjects to revolt For these and many other Reasons they thought it necessary to make way through that place and no other The difficulty was to find out the means of compassing their Design By plain force they did see it impossible We had given several Attempts to no other purpose but to discourage our men with the loss of their Companions My Master was wounded with a Stone cast from a Sling It Seems some of these Arabians are excellent Marks-men and very dexterous at this old kind of Weapon There was no other way to come to fight with these People but one which was also so well fortified that we lost our Labour and Men to attempt it Our Generals were afraid that this small Party that held out against us would encrease by degrees if they did once oblige us to a stand and that they would lessen the reputation of our Men in the Countrey if we could not overcome them First they resolved to send a Flag of Truce to try whether they could win them to a peaceable complyance without Arms The Arabians were glad to see this expression of our Weakness which they might have improved to their advantage had they accepted the Offers that would have been made They had been received again at their own terms but as people that relie upon their own strength they took this as an open acknowledgment of the impossibility of our passage without their leave and thought themselves sufficiently secure against all our Attempts therefore when our Messenger came with Offers of Peace they were ready to beat him and would not read the Letter sent to their General but contemptuously before him trod it under feet telling him that they knew our Demands without reading the Letter and that they would speedily return an Answer in the Company of Thirty thousand men This unexpected Return to the Civility of our Leaders did not a little trouble them for they imagined that so proud and confident an Answer did proceed from some powerful assistance expected by the Enemy from their Brethren of the neighbouring Provinces Their Conjecture was not in vain for they had lately received the promises of a speedy supply from them of Fez Angad and Snatta three Provinces very large where several of the Tribes of the Arabians do inhabit with the ancient Natives the Affricans the one in Tents the other in small Villages They were upon their March when they heard of the first Defeat that the Turks had given to their Brethren at the difficult passage Fame had encreas'd the Number of the slain and represented the slaughter to them ten times worse than really it was Some time before they had dispatch'd a Messenger with News of their coming which Messenger did according to his Orders give an Account of the Numbers and Resolution of them that sent him to the Besieged They relied upon his words not knowing of the contrary intentions that the change of Affairs had produced in them for assoon as they heard of the Turks Successes and their own Misfortunes they returned back again leaving their Friends and Brethren to our Mercy and their own Protection This we knew not when the Messenger returned with such a resolute Answer Therefore our Leaders thought it their Interest to overcome the Enemy before any Supply might come to them We lay several days not knowing what course to take until the Arabians themselves furnished us an occasion to overcome them They sent out about Fifty Men to steal Cattel these we trapand took every one of them Assoon as news came to our General of their surprisal he commands 50 choice Men to be pickt out of the Army some of them spoke the Arabian Tongue well so that they could not be distinguished these he causes to be habited as the Arabians were and to be armed with four Pistols a piece which were hid in their Bosoms then he gives them about an hundred Head of Cattel to drive before them towards the Arabians Having sufficiently instructed them what to do and informed them of the signal to be given in case they did succeed he Commands them to March They accordingly ascend up to the narrow Passage where the Enemy kept a strong Guard assoon as they came within Call they were ordered to pronounce Mahummed i shur the Word that was given the Thieves to distinguish them from others at that the Passage was opened and they drove in the Beasts without any opposition the Purchase did not a little please our Enemies because they had been put to some straits for want of Victuals they had some a coming from the other side but it was not yet arrived but when the Drivers of these Cattel proved to be none of their Friends their joy was turned into fear Our Men were no sooner entered but they left the Conduct of the Beasts to some other Body and fell to their work they kill'd and surprised all the Guards thereabouts and possessed themselves of the Advenue giving notice thereof by a sudden flash of Gunpowder to the Turks who presently ascended the Hill and entered the place had they not arrived in time all our Men had been cut to pieces for they were mightily oppressed with numbers but we came opportunely to their assistance and forced the Arabians to seek safety in their heels Our Army passed into the Plain Countrey again in pursuance of their Enemies who being tired with so many Misfortunes and Losses and seeing none come to their assistance they sent some of their chief Men to treat with us about Peace their Message was acceptable to the whole Army That which most perswaded them to submit unto the Turks was because many of them had left their Wives and Children in the last Engagement behind them to the Turks disposition Their Captivity did highly concern their near Relations therefore they sought all means to recover them again by a firm Treaty They excused unto us the impertinent Answer and the great Contempt of the Turks first Offers upon a certain number of them that were then amongst the dead assuring us that those that were alive had been led into this Rebellion against their Wills by meer necessity because they had a depency upon the Chief Men of them that were kill'd For they have several strong Factions amongst them the chief Disposers of all the rest according to his pleasure they swear by Mahomet to maintain and follow him whither soever he goes Our Generals received them into Favour again upon condition that every Year they should pay a double Tribute as a punishment to their Rebellion Elmswar Tapnez their Chief Captain fled with all speed towards Angad that lies full South of the Kingdom of Argiers so that he could never come into the Turks power We dismist those that yielded unto us and returned them their Wives and Children Our Generals having so happily made an end of this War that threatened the Turks Interest
in those Parts began to separate again and to proceed in their Journey over the Kingdom to gather the Tribute-money The People pay by the Head two Dollars that is nine Shillings a Head Men Women and Children those that are very rich in Cattel are forced to part with more when the Army goes the Rounds and if any is extraordinary poor in a Family his Neighbours and near Kinsfolks must supply his wants and pay for him so that the total Sum of this Tribute is very great I have heard some speak of ten Millions of Dollars besides the Expences of the Army This Money is brought into Argiers some part of it is sent to Constantinople to the Grand Segnior another part defrays the Expences of the Militia and Officers of Church and State and another part is cast into the Publick Treasury Our Army proceeded right to Chinsan or Tremisen a strong and populous City kept by the Turks with a numerous Guard that is relieved every year Our General was designed Governour of this place and was sent thither with his Army to Command it We had a very pleasant Journey from this Mountain to that City thorough a fruitful Countrey that did furnish us both with Money and good Entertainment some of them had been in the Rebellion but the Turks would not deal with them more severely than with the others to oblige them to a greater Fidelity for their is no greater tye to Obedience than Love and the sense of former Obligations Our Army might have treated them as Enemies sold their Goods taken their Wives and disposed of them as Bond-slaves but they knew that this dealing would serve to no other purpose but to exasperate the Spirits of the rest who might then have reason to seek an occasion of a Revenge It is never good to deal with Men as with Beasts the latter are awed into obedience but the first must be perswaded The Magistrates sword may scare me but it shall never win me This Practice of the Turks was very commendable They thought it unworthy their Courage to tread on the Neck of a vanquish'd and yielding Enemy Our General to oblige the Chief of the Families and Tribes did invite several of them to eat with him he bestowed Gifts upon some of the Arch Rebels imitating the practise of those Princes that bestow their Favours upon those that are suspected or that have been rebellious to oblige them to be more faithful to their Interest for the future At a small Town called by the Turks Canatudi and by the Moors Canahaal there was a great Feast kept for the Marriage of one Elmswar Bidow Ben hemmed an Alcalde of one of their Tribes our General coming to the place at that time honoured the Solemnity with his presence and caused all his Captains and Chouses to pay their respects to the Bride and Bridegroom I cannot pass further until I take notice of what is observed by this People in such occasions the young man that hath a mind to marry demands the Daughter from her Father or next Kindred if they grant her he never troubles himself to win her consent this is an excellent way to spare a great deal of hypocrisie and to save the poor men much Courtship The man makes a great Feast according to his Quality some do treat their Friends seven days the first day he sends to his future Spouse by some Kinswoman a Vail to recommend unto her Modesty the second day a Suit of Apparel such as they wear the third day a Mill to grind Corn and Instruments to spin to remember she may not be idle the fourth an Alcoran the fifth a pair of Slippers handsomly made and guilded the sixth day he sends a Cock and a Dog to teach her Diligence and Watchfulness and the seventh a Ring of that Countrey Fashion with a Dish of Meat and a Staff with this Motto about it I will punish all Offenders All this while the Bridegroom hath not so much as seen his future Spouse but sends to visit her often with some course Complements as as is usual amongst Moors On the eighth day which is that of the greatest Solemnity the Bridegroom comes to the Fathers house accompanied by all his Friends and Kindred and there in the presence of them all the Father delivers all his right title and interest in his Daughter to the man by giving unto him her hand and saying some words proper to the business in hand They go next to the place of Prayer which in Tents is near the middle and there a Thaloub blesseth the married Couple adding several Prayers to God and Mahomet and to the Angel Zadiel that governs as they say the Planet Jupiter to favour this Conjunction by some happy influence Then they all march in order to the Fathers House where a great Feast is prepared for them The men by themselves in one Room make merry the Women in another are jolly until the Evening Then the Bride in all her State with all her Houshold-stuffe Servants Gifts and Money is carried to the mans House she usually sits mounted on a Camel glittering in Gold and Silk and about her are all her Kindred and Friends When she comes to her Husbands House she then pulls off her Vail because Modesty is no longer in season nor proper to that place Some do keep several Feast days afterwards and spend much of their Estate according to their abilities or the love they bear to the Spouse I was an Eye-witness of several Ceremonies observed in this occasion which are related in other Travels We stayed in this place several days to refresh our selves and then we continued our Journey towards Chinsan where we arrived on the third of October It is a large and populous City inhabited by a kind of People called Lhebdiah round about are most pleasant Gardens and Orchards The Soil is good the Climate wants nothing but People worthy to receive and enjoy the good things that it affords We found here great store of Fruits Apples Pears Melons of divers kinds Grapes for although the Mahumetan drinks not Wine he loves the Grape and a kind of Drink that is made of Water and Raisins called Africana it is very pleasant and proper for this Climate Here is a strange sort of Tree made up of Leaves one Leaf grows on the top of another the Leaves are thick two or three inches in the middle they are above a foot large and long an excellent Fruit grows upon them which the Arabs call Asholoch our English Prickle Pear the Substance is cold and refreshing it is ripe about Midsummer and of a yellowish colour Every Garden is furnished with such a Tree The Rind is full of little Prickles undiscernable therefore it is not to be handled with naked hands I have since seen some in other parts Here is also a beautiful Tree of divers Colours that the Great Men cause to grow in the midst of their Gardens it serves as an excellent
We were attended by many of his Officers When we came to the Palace the Guards that were at the Gate obliged us to leave our Sandals behind It is a very large House built of Marble and Brick the white and red Colours do yield a pleasant sight We entred into three Courts very handsomly adorned with curious work at the first my Master was complemented by the Princes Secretary at the second by his Brother and led into the third where He Himself was lying in State In the middle of it was erected a great Tent of green Silk at the four Corners and on the top were Flags of red Silk having the Arms of Mahomet and of the Princes Family very neatly wrought At the Door my Master was met by the Prince himself who is bound to pay that respect to any that comes in the Name of the Grand Seignior Some Discourse and kind Expressions passed between them which I could not approach to hear they went next both together and ascended three Steps at the further end of the Tent and sate upon a large Table my Master at the left hand of the Arabian Prince over their Heads a stately Canopy was hung and round about Persons of the greatest Quality stood to honour and encrease the Solemnity My Master acquainted him with his Business and Design and received from him a very favourable Answer with a Promise to endevour his speedy satisfaftion I saw here nothing of that rudeness which our People imagine to be in all the Parts of Africa The Place and Attendance of the Prince had as much of State and Glory as is usual amongst the little Princes of Europe I found nothing barbarous but their Language which I could not well understand The Arabs all about Africa are People very polite and well bred they have nothing of that baseness and uncivil carriage which other more remote Nations have They are imperious amongst the People that they have Conquered because otherwise they could never retain them in subjection to their Empire but to Strangers that come amongst them they are affable hospitable courteous kind and very liberal If any harm is committed to a Forreigner it is not by them but by the rascally sort of People the ancient Inhabitants that look upon all Strangers for the Arabs sake as Enemies by Race of Black-Mores whereof there are here great Multitudes subject to the Arabians My Master was about three hours in Conference with the Prince and we as long waiting at the Door of the Tent all the time a rough sort of Musick plaid five men with several sorts of Instruments made a Consort of Tunes very harsh to our Englist Ears When the Discourse was ended my Master was led to the Door of the Tent by the Prince and then by his Grandees he was conduced back to his Apartment with much Pomp and Joy Before I proceed I must give a further Account of the Prince that Commands so far in the Land his Name is Moyses Zim Kush a man of about forty years of Age of a middle Stature not so swarthy as the ordinary Moors his Body is straight and slender his Face full of Majesty nevertheless he hath a very loving Aspect his people have a great respect for him He hath the Command of three great Tribes that have seated themselves in these innermost Countries amongst the Sands and Mountains He had formerly some dependency upon the King of Fez and Morocco but now by the death of the last Emperour he became absolute as I did then understand And as he commands a great Compass of Ground and hath no little power in regard of the Number of his Men and good Incomes all his Neighbours have sometimes need to seek his Favour My Master went not so much to Court it as to treat with him about the publick Concerns Several Commodities do grow in his Countrey in a great abundance which the Kingdome of Argeirs do want My Master had a Commission to procure from him the Liberty of free Trading and to suffer them to be sent out of his Dominions without such excessive Tribute as he did formerly require to the great prejudice of the Turks that were obliged to buy them for want of others at any Rate He had Order also to complain of several Violences committed by the Princes Subjects upon the Borders for some few Tents had lately been pitched in the Turks Confines by these Arabs that would not acknowledge their Jurisdiction and had robbed others that were under their Command of about a hundred Head of Cattel under pretence that the Owners did suffer them to go out of their Limits and graze where they should not There were other Robberies done of late by them of Angad for which my Master was to make complaint and demand restitution of the Goods His business was also to desire this Prince not to suffer his People again to send any assistance to them of the Turks Dominions as they had done of late and to settle a firm Peace and Amity between the two Kingdoms of Argeirs and Angad These several Affairs did require much time and pains to bring to a Conclusion for great difficulties did present themselves that had almost cast my Master into a despair of accomplishing his Design The Princes Interest did apparently oppose it self and perswade him not to listen to the Ambassadors Proposals His Honour and Word were also engaged not to suffer his Brethren to be crush'd in pieces without assistance and besides some of the Rebels were fled out of fear to his Court where they had made a strong Party to oblige the Prince to favour them and their Concerns to the prejudice of the Turk These Difficulties that did appear in this Negotiation were not to be overcome by an ordinary Judgment and Courage Four persons of the Sultans Council were appinted to receive and answer the Ambassadors Proposals At first they would not listen to them but returned a Smile and a Jest to his Demands as if they had been ridiculous My Master did often treat with them but could not have any satisfaction They answered for the Robberies that were done they could not be prevented that the persons demanded were not be found in those parts that if any such had done such violences it was without the Princes knowledge against his Will and that the persons were removed far into the Countrey from whence they could not be fetch'd with ease The truth was that the Prince himself had received some presents and a considerable part of the Booty which he was not willing to let go again Unto all the other Demands they gave unsatisfactory Answers which did oblige my Master to patience and a resolution First he laboured within a few days to consider the divers Interests that did rule and the present Estate of that Court which did help him on in his business for he made use of those persons that were able to serve him and did work upon them according to
for he did not treat me as a Slave but as a Friend granting me as much Liberty as I could desire After this Expedition we remained about a year in Climsan during which time several Accidents hapned the great Mosque of the City fell to the ground by a terrible Earthquake and frighted the rest of the City a few Houses joining to this Religious place with their Inhabitants were buried in the Ruines Two Stars of a good bigness flew over the City they were followed by several other little Lights they met all together in one point and made a great Star that hung over the City about three days The Astrologers and Negromancers of the Countrey were consulted about the meaning of these Meteors they all agreed that they were significant and Prophetical All the little Lights that joined to make a great one they said were several little Principalities that would unite together to compose a great Monarchy that would not favour the Turks in those parts The Inhabitants are very superstitious when any such Wonders do appear in the Firmament they run to their Mosquets and fall to their Devotions neglecting all other business many days for they never interpret such Signes to their advantage they look upon them as dreadful forerunners of publick Calamities The people of this place were so much the more concerned because these Signes did appear only to that Region and did hang over their City in a threatning manner Another thing very extraordinary hapned about the same time A strange Monster was born of a Morisco Woman it had the Head of an Ape the Feet of a Goose the Body of a Man the Hands like the Claws of a Lion many persons went to see it Several Reports were spread about the Town concerning these unusual Accidents which terrified the common people susceptible of fear upon the least occasion Many Dreams also were divulged at the same time by the Turks Enemies concerning the same business tending to the destruction of the Turks Empire in those parts So that there was likely to be a great Commotion had not our Governour kept good Orders and clapt one of these busie Prophets in a deep Dungeon to expect his Release from that Power that was to destroy and drive away the Turks but the silly Rascal would never expect that Hour he grew impatient in his Chains so that he employed several of his Friends to mediate for him and procure from our Governour his Liberty which was granted upon condition that he would be more discreet for the future and keep his Dreams within the Circumference of his Couch Our Governour could not so well order his business but that the Arabs forward enough to catch at all Occasions of ruining the Turks made several Parties in the Territories of this Kingdom assuring the Inhabitants that now was the time that they should pay no more Taxes to entertain the Pride and Luxury of Argiers and that if they would lend their helping hand it was possible to recover from thence what they had sent from year to year Some as it alwaies happens on such occasions were so silly to believe them they formed therefore several little Parties up and down they were inconsiderable separated but had they been together they might have created us much trouble and business Several Companies of our Souldiers were sent out to disperse them The greatest Body was composed of two thousand Horse and Foot met together about six Leagues from Climsan at a Town called Tezrim which is stony by situation and Art These had killed some that favoured the Turks and were resolved to wait there to see whether any more would happily join with them My Master was sent out with about 1200 men only but chosen out of the Garrison We laid siege to this strong place and at the end of six days it was surrendred to us by Composition The Conditions imposed were favourable the Inhabitants were condemned to deliver up their chief Leaders and part with a Sum of Money The Leaders were sacrificed to the Turks vengeance and sent into the other world to raise Tumults there One thing I cannot omit very memorable in this place At some distance from Tezrim in a little Meadow where excellent Grass grows I saw the perfect Stature of a man Buggering his Ass it was so lively that at a little distance I fancied they had been alive but when I came nearer I saw they were of a perfect Stone I enquired wherefore the Moors or Arabs that naturally hate all sorts of Representations should shew their Skill by making such Beastly Figures odious to Nature I was informed that this was never made by man but that some body of former years had been turned into this Representation with the Ass in the very moment of the Beastly Act. God by his power had changed the fleshly Substances of the Man and of the Ass into a firm Stone as an eternal reproach to Mankind and a Justification of his severe Judgments against us I did further search into the Appearances of this Report and found the Stone to represent not only the perfect shape but also the colour of every part of the Man and of the Beast with the Sinews Veins Eyes Mouth in such a lively manner that no Artist with all his Colours could express it better so that I was convinced of the Truth of this Report I did labour to move it but some that were in company did forbid me telling me that some have laboured to transport it from thence but could never away that Monument of mans shameful Lust Some have endeavoured to their peril either their Persons or their Cattel that did attempt it were struck dead in the place Gods Justice will not suffer that to be hid or destroyed that he hath placed there for all to example by it It is necessary that the Moors should have such signal Tokens of Gods Displeasure always before their Eyes for they are enraged to commit such filthy Actions more frequently than other Nations * An Account of this was Printed 14 years since under the name of Sir Kenelm Digby I was informed by some of my Acquaintance that have been at Tripoly that there is some such Monument of Gods Justice near that Town about five days Journey from it towards the South-East amongst the Mountains called Gubel far more notable than this Many of our English protest they have seen some pieces of it brought by the Moors to Tripoly and heard it confidently reported in Town as an undeniable Truth Some of our Merchants have had the Curiosity to have gone to that place and they also protest it to be true that in the Mountains about five days Journey from Tripoly there is a whole Town full of these Representations stones representing all manner of Creatures belonging to a City with the Houses Inhabitants Beasts Trees Walls and Rooms very distinctly shap'd Our people have entered into the Houses and there they have found a Child in