His return to the Portugals : invasions of diverse countries; abuses; flight from them and living in the woods diverse months; his strange boat, and coming to Loango.

Being departed from the Gagas I came to Masangano, where the Portugals have a town of garrison. There was at that time a new Governor, which was called Sienor Iuan Coutinho, ¹ who brought authority to conquer the mines or mountains of Cambamba ; and to perform that service the King of Spain had given him seven years’ custom of all the slaves and goods that were carried thence to the West Indies, Brazil, or whithersoever, with condition that he should build three castles, one in Demba, ² which are the salt mines, the other in Cambamba, which are the silver mines, and the other in Bahia das Vaccas, or the Bay of Cows.