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hedder det om dette Lands Frembringelser: „There are Sea 

 Guls : Murres 5 Duckes 5 wild Geese, and many other kind of 

 birdes store, too long to write 5 especially at one Island named 



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Penguin, where wee may driue them on o planke into our ship as 

 many as shall lade her. These birdes are also called Penguins, 

 and cannot flie 9 there is more meate in one of these then in a 

 goose: the Frenchmen that fish neere the grand baie, doe bring 

 small store of flesh with them, but victuall themselues alwayes with 

 these birdes.'" 1. c. 172 — 73. 



1583. I den Skildring, som Edward Haies giver af den af 

 Sir Humphrey Gilbert ledede store Expedition til Newfoundland, 

 for at anlægge faste Kolonier med en kristelig Befolkning, be- 

 retter denne Deltager i Foretagendet, Eier og Forer af det ene 

 af de fem Skibe, hvoraf Expeditionen bestod, og tillige den 

 eneste af alle Deltagere, som kom tilbage frelst med sit Skib*): 



„We had sight of an Iland named Penguin, of a foule there 

 breeding in abundance, almost incredible, which cannot flie, their 

 wings not able to carry their body, being very large (not much 

 lesse then a goose) and exceeding fat: which the French men vse 

 to take without difficulty vpon that Iland, and to barrell them vp 

 with salt. But for lingering of time we had made vs there the 

 like prouision." 1. c. 191. 



Tidspunktet var enten sidste Juli eller en af de allerforste 

 Dage i August. Det siges ikke udtrykkeligt, at Fuglene da blcve 

 sete ved Oen. 



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A report of the voyage and suceesse thereof , attempted in the yeerc of 

 our Lord 1583 by sir Humfrey Gilbert knight, with other gentlemen 

 assisting him in that action, intended to discouer and to plant Christian 

 inhabitants in place conuenient, vpon those large and ample countreys 

 extended Northward from the cape of Florida, lying vnder very tempe- 

 rate Glime*, esteemed fertile and rich in Minerals, yet not in the actuall 

 possession of any Christian prince, written by M. Edward Haies gentle- 

 man, and principali actour in the same voyage, vvho alone continued vnto 

 the end, and by Gods speciall assistance returned home with his retiniie 



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safe and entire. Hakluyt III. S. 184—203. 







