The captain, however, had a boat lowered; which, pulling towards shore, and waving a white flag in token of amity, met with no resistance.
There were on board some who could speak Spanish, and one of these shouted aloud to the Indians to have no fear, for that they were friends, and haters of the Spaniards; whereupon the natives came out from the woods, and greeted them.
They were a fine race of men, but gentle and timid in their demeanor They were copper in color, and wore headdresses of bright feathers, but the men had but little other clothing; of which, indeed, in such a climate, there is but slight necessity.
In exchange for some trifles from the ship they brought many baskets of fruits, such as none of those who had fresh come from England had ever before seen.

Great was the joy on board ship, especially among the four boys, at the profusion of strange fruits; and they were seen, seated together, eating pineapples, bananas, and many other things of which they knew not so much as the name, but which they found delicious, indeed, after so long a voyage upon salted food.
Then, sailing on, they dropped anchor in the bay which Captain Drake had himself christened, during his last voyage, Port Pheasant; for they had killed many of this kind of bird there.

Here the admiral purposed waiting for a while, to refresh the crews and to put the pinnaces together.

Accordingly the anchors were put out, and all was made snug.
A boat's crew was sent on shore to see that all was safe, for there was no saying where the Spaniards might be lurking.

They returned with a great plate of lead, which they had found fastened to a tree, close to the water's edge.