De Faria Continued Here Five Months, Entertained In Great Splendour,
Having Dogs And Horses To Go A Hunting, As The Environs Abounded In
Game.
The time being come for going to the mines of Quamgiparu, Quiay
Panjau who was to have accompanied him thither was carried off by
sickness.
After this another Chinese named Similau dissuaded Antonio
from attempting the adventure of the mines, as attended with too much
difficulty and danger, and proposed to him to undertake an expedition to
the island of Calempluy, in which were the tombs of the ancient kings
of China, which were said to contain great treasures. To this Antonio
gave ear, as covetousness had great sway even upon his generous mind.
Happy had it been for him if he had returned to India, satisfied with
the victories he had already achieved. About the middle of May 1542, he
set sail accompanied by Similau in two galliots with 146 men, 52 of
whom were Portuguese, and among these the priest Diego Lubato. Next
day they discovered the islands of Nangnitur, and then entered upon
seas till then unknown by the Portuguese. Having crossed a gulf of 40
leagues, they discovered the high mountain, of Nangalaci, and held on
their course northwards. At the end of ten days they anchored in a river
where they saw white people like the Chinese, but differing in language,
and could never prevail to have any intercourse with them. After eight
days sailing they entered the strait of Silcapaquim, in which they
spent five days in sight of many populous towns.
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