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North Virginian (New England) coast, and his observations on 
the Gulf Stream. He was greatly astonished at this warm ocean 
river, observed its direction and expansion towards the northeast, 
and calls it with great truth ‘‘a matter to set some subtle inven- 
tion at work.” 
11. On what route the French arrived at La Cadié, (Nova Scotia,) 
and the country of Arambec, (New England,) at the beginning of = 
seventeenth century. DEMONTS, 1604.—It is only necessary to 
- observe “that we find them at this time on the true and shortest 
- ocean route from Europe to our coasts,” the same route which Gil- 
bert had proposed, and more correct ‘because more northerly than 7 
that introduced by Gosnold. ae 
12. First Routes from we, d io Chesapeake Bay. NEWPORT, 
oes Soe Christopher Newport was the first who ever sailed 
a special destination for “the Bay of Chisiapiacke.” He, 
so his immediate successors imitated him in this—went some 
20° of latitude out of his way, Bane 3 jouthward to the Cana- 
ries, ee islands, whence he coasted 
north to the mout of the Bay “Why he did so, remains a ques- 
om the more difficult to answer, as Capt Gosnold accompanied 
at Discovery of the “‘ Ready Way” from England to Chesapeake : 
Bay. ARGALL, 1609.—Capt. Samuel Argall was the first who =~ 
shortened this tedious route. His course is not exactly known 
but “it is nearly certain that he went by way of the Azores and 
north of the Bermudas.” In a colonial letter of this date we 
read that his ship had been sent out from England “to goe the 
ready —: without tracing through the torrid zone, and shee 
perform 
14. First tie instruction to go by a shorter route to Sa 
dred Tog to the eastward at least and to tteor mse for Vir- 
a touching at the West Indies .” Little is known 
they were fulfill The fleet of nine vessels was broken 
up an ad Spee tics destroyed by “the tail of a — India burri- 
cane,” and n a Ger accounts preserved fo: 
ie “IB. Lord Delnsord piloted drial tess the central pats “of the Atlan- 
a. land to Virginia, by Captain — 1610. te 
‘did this 3 “by way of the Azores,” as we learn from 
“Delaware himse himself, foal — ‘sleds to Caps Henry 
weeks,—an me, and probably to be dae to 
This r¢ route “ss not liked nor generally adopted at 
Trucks of the First Voyages s to and from the Harbor of 
and to the Netherlands, at the beginning of the Seven- 
