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land and reported what he had seen to queen Elizabeth, she 

 thought, from the accounts, that she had gained that un- 

 known land. Accordingly the following spring she gave Fro- 

 bisher three vessels, with which he set out, and having found 

 the country, landed on the east coast. The inhabitants 

 of the part where he landed took to flight on seeing the 

 English, and left their houses to conceal themselves wher- 

 ever they could. Some climbed to the tops of the high- 

 est rocks, whence they threw themselves over into the sea. 

 The English, who could not tame these savages, entered the 

 houses which they had abandoned. These were, properly 

 speaking, tents, made of the skins of sea-calves or whales, 

 stretched upon four large poles cleverly stitched with sinews. 

 They noticed that all these tents had two doors, one on the 

 west, the other on the south side, and were so placed as to 

 shelter them from the most severe winds — the east and the 

 north. They found there only a hideous old woman, and a 

 young woman enceinte, with a child, whom she was holding 

 by the hand. They took them away with them. They took 

 them by force from the old woman, Avho howled horribly. 

 On leaving, they coasted along the eastern side, and saw a 

 monster in the water about the size of an ox, which had at the 

 end of the muzzle a horn, an ell and a half in length, which 

 they thought was an unicoi n. They sailed from thence towards 

 the north-east, and discovered a laud of so pleasant an aspect 

 that they were persuaded to go on shore; and as this was in the 

 continent of Greenland they called it Anauavich, in order to 

 distinguish it by another name. They found that this coun- 

 try was subject to earthquakes, which overturned large rocks 

 into the plains, and while they lasted were very dangerous. 

 They remained there some time, as they found some gravel 

 pits, where there was a plentiful supply of gold, with which 

 they filled three hundred casks. They did all in their power 

 to tame the savages of the country, M'ho appeared to be will- 

 ing to become friends. They answered by signs to those of 



