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110.1646.December 15. Received letter from CRAA that the Fiscalhad again been to GREAT CRAA, where he hadfound the King of OQUY, and devised means how best the waysfrom AQUIMANA might be opened and the gold might convenientlycome to the beach, without hindrance or injury to thetraders. It had also been/iffcllgea,through the help ofGIcFAT CRAA, with the people of ER&NG PRANG, where theshells have been fetched from there by the frigate "Eendracht",over the rascality committed by them of demandingmore expenses than when the first agreement was made,They have promised to arrange for another ship's lead efon the beach; but fear not much w i l l come of i t .December 16. (Sunday). ...December 22. ... See a sail,wh;ich appeared to be notfar off but it was very drizzly frdi^oioh)weather. At 11 'oclock, comes a Black from SMALL COMMANY,named Insou, and tells me that the sail we see is a Portuguesehaving some women on board; which makes us suspectit is a'^fftair* who wants to go to the Coast of Angola orBrazil and has been driven here by contrary currents. TheFiscal Caerlof had arrived here at 10 oclock from CRAA.,with his accounts,... and. hereupon found good, with theothers' to send 24 soldiers to the ship, and at once to gounder sail to the Portuguese. The Fiscal goes on board(i.e. presumably, thd "Eendracht") to carry this out. andwhen the "man" comes, to compel him to s a i l with him tobefore del Myna, and there to make his "proces". Shortlyafterwards the Fiscal writes that tne current had shifted,and could not set sail before the coming night with theland wind; with which alteration, found good to send 2-3large canoes at once on board the frigate, with orders thatin the coming night (to sail) between us and the Portugueseship, with experienced men, in order to come and givewarning, so that i f the Portuguese should, set sail, coursemight be set; and thus await what the ALnighty God w i l lgrant. The Equippage Master went also for the purposeaforesaid.December 23. In morning at day-break the frigate set s a i lwith the land wind but freshens^soberly. TheEquippage Master returns and says last night he h^d beenclose by the Portuguese, and at 3 o'clock, they went^from*' flHf>»Klln6!l »«m full uf L.upLj) lauaej »-jj»4Bntien?-? ?k v ' 7y^-*VS 3 " ir Ji-'',U Lboud fui^wmigr./fxhe ship wi .itha B r a w h u htheir boat f u l l of empty casks. So he understands from theBlacks, they are much distressed for water. Hereupon I