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be Cape Farewell. It is also certain that he went into 

 Davis' Gulf, and coasted the land on the east of this gulf. 

 He discovered a number of good harbours, a beautiful coun- 

 try, and large verdant plains. The savages of this country 

 bartered with him, in the same manner as the savages of the 

 other did with Gotske Lindenau. They were much more 

 timid and mistrustful than the others, for they had no sooner 

 received their exchange from the Danes, than they fled to 

 their boats as if they had robbed them and were being pur- 

 sued. The Danes were anxious to land in some of their 

 ports, and armed themselves for this purpose. The country 

 appeared pretty good when they landed, but sandy and 

 stony like that of Norway. They judged by the smoke 

 from the ground that there were sulphur pits, and found a 

 great many pieces of silver ore, which they took to Den- 

 mark, and from one hundredweight of ore they extracted 

 twenty-six ounces of silver. The English captain, when he 

 found so many fine ports all along the coast, gave them Danish 

 names, and before leaving made a map of them. He also took 

 four savages, of better mien than those which the Danes had 

 been able to take; and one of these four was so enraged at being 

 taken, that the Danes, finding they could not secure him, 

 beat him with the butt-end of the muskets, which so intimi- 

 dated the others that they followed willingly. At the same 

 time the savages formed themselves into a band to revenge 

 the death of the one and to recover the others. They 

 cut off" the passage of the Danes from the sea in order 

 to engage them in combat in the harbour, and to prevent 

 their embarking ; but the Danes discharged their muskets, 

 and the vessels fired cannon, with such effect that the 

 savages, astonished at the noise and the fire, fled on all sides 

 and left the passage free to the Danes. The latter went back 

 to their vessels, weighed anchor, and returned to Denmark 

 with the three savages, whom they presented to the king 

 their master, who found thcni much better made and more 



