_ 18 _ which they fanned their faces. It was there that I bought a sheath, that one of them wore on his privates, for one ceitil. Because some of them wore beads made of copper in their ears, it seems that they valued it highly. On this same day, a certain Fernão Veloso, who was with the captain-major, was very keen on going with them to their houses, so as to find out the way they lived and ate, and what kind of life they led. As a favour, he asked the captain-major to give him permission to go with them to their village. After continuously pestering the captain-major to allow him to accompany them, he left him go. We returned to the captain-major's ship to have supper, while he went off with the negroes. When they were some distance from us they caught a sea-lion and they then proceeded to some open ground at the foot of a hill and roasted it. They gave some of it, with the roots of plants that they ate, to Fernão Velosos, who was accompanying them. When they had finished eating, they told him that he should return to the ships because they did not want him to go any further with them. Fernão Veloso made his way straight to the ships and immediately began to call out, while the natives remained hiding in the bush. We were still having supper, and when
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