I thought I could see floating on the surface of the waters enormous chelonia, pre-adamite tortoises, resembling floating islands.
Being all come aboard, they consider where to get provisions, especially flesh, seeing they scarce eat anything else; and of this the most common sort is pork; the next food is tortoises, which they salt a little: sometimes they rob such or such hog-yards, where the Spaniards often have a thousand head of swine together.