our Stay, but we had a perfect, open, and free
Trade with 'em. Many Things remarkable, and worthy reciting, we met with
in this short Voyage; because _Caesar_ made it his Business to search out
and provide for our Entertainment, especially to please his dearly
ador'd _Imoinda_, who was a Sharer in all our Adventures; we being
resolv'd to make her Chains as easy as we could, and to compliment the
Prince in that Manner that most oblig'd him.

As we were coming up again, we met with some _Indians_ of strange
Aspects; that is, of a larger Size, and other sort of Features, than
those of our Country. Our _Indian Slaves_, that row'd us, ask'd 'em some
Questions; but they could not understand us, but shew'd us a long Cotton
String, with several Knots on it, and told us, they had been coming from
the Mountains so many Moons as there were Knots: they were habited in
Skins of a strange Beast, and brought along with 'em Bags of Gold-Dust;
which, as well as they could give as to understand, came streaming in
little small Channels down the high Mountains, when the Rains fell; and
offer'd to be the Convoy to any Body, or Persons, that would go to the
Mountains. We carry'd these Men up to _Parham_, where they were kept
till the Lord-Governor came: And because all the Country was mad to be
going on this Golden Adventure, the Governor, by his Letters, commanded
(for they sent some of the Gold to him) that a Guard should be set at
the Mouth of the River of _Amazons_ (a River so call'd, almost as broad
as the River of _Thames_) and prohibited all People from going up that
River, it conducting to those Mountains or Gold. But we going off for
_England_ before the Project was further prosecuted, and the Governor
being drown'd in a Hurricane, either the Design died, or the _Dutch_
have the Advantage of it: And 'tis to be bemoan'd what his Majesty lost,
by losing that Part of _America_.

Though this Digression is a little from my Story, however, since it
contains some Proofs of the Curiosity and Daring of this great Man,
I was content to omit nothing of his Character.

It was thus for some Time we diverted him; but now _Imoinda_ began to
shew she was with Child, and did nothing but sigh and weep for the
Captivity of her Lord, herself, and the Infant yet unborn; and believ'd,
if it were so hard to gain the Liberty of two, 'twould be more difficult
to get that for three. Her Griefs were so many Darts in the great Heart
of _Caesar_, and taking h