f two English Letters shewn them by the
Sultan of Mindanao. Of the Commodities, and the Punishments
there. The General's Caution how to demean themselves: at
his Persuasion they lay up their Ships in the River. The
Mindanaians Caresses. The great Rains and Floods at the
City. The Mindanaians have Chinese Accomptants. How their
Women dance. A Story of one John Thacker. Their Bark eaten
up, and their Ship endangered by the Worm. Of the Worms here
and elsewhere. Of Captain Swan. Raja Laut, the General's
Deceitfulness. Hunting wild Kine. The Prodigality of some
of the English. Captain Swan treats with a Young Indian of a
Spice-Island. A Hunting Voyage with the General. His punishing
a Servant of his. Of his Wives and Women. A sort of strong
Rice-drink. The General's foul Dealing and Exactions. Captain
Swan's Uneasiness and indiscreet Management. His Men Mutiny. Of
a Snake twisting about on their Necks. The main part of the
Crew go away with the Ship, leaving Captain Swan and some of
his Men: Several others poisoned there.

Having in the two last Chapters given some Account of the Natural,
Civil, and Religious State of Mindanao, I shall now go on with the
prosecution of our Affairs during our stay there.

'Twas in a Bay on the N. East-side of the Island that we came to an
Anchor, as hath been said. We lay in this Bay but one Night, and part
of the next Day. Yet there we got Speech with some of the Natives,
who by signs made us to understand, that the City Mindanao was on
the West-side of the Island. We endeavored to persuade one of them,
to go with us to be our Pilot, but he would not: Therefore in the
Afternoon we loosed from hence, steering again to the South East,
having the Wind at S.W. When we came to the S.E. end of the Island
Mindanao, we saw two small Islands [7] about three Leagues distant
from it. We might have passed between them and the main Island,
as we learnt since, but not knowing them, nor what dangers we might
encounter there, we chose rather to Sail to the Eastward of them. But
meeting very strong Westerly Winds, we got nothing forward in many
Days. In this time we first saw the Islands Meangis, [8] which are
about 16 Leagues distant from the Mindanao, bearing S.E. I shall have
occasion to speak more of them hereafter.

The 4th Day of July we got into a deep Bay, four Leagues N.W. from
the two small Islands before mentioned. But the