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hedder det om dette Lands Frembringelser: jjThere are Sea 
Guis, Murres, Duckes, vvild Geese, and rnany other kind of 
birdes store, too long to write, especially at one Island named 
Penguin, where wee may driue them on a flanke into our skip as 
many as shall lade her. These birdes are also called Penguins^ 
and cannot flie, there is more meate in one of these then in a 
goose: tbe Frenchmen that fish neere the grand baie, doe bring 
small store of flesh with them., but victuall themselues alwayes with 
these birdes.'^ I. c. 172—73. 
1583. I d en 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 Fdrer 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 allerfdrste 
Dage i August. Det siges ikke udtrykkeligt, at Fuglene da bleve 
sete ved Oen. 
*) A report of the voyage and sueeesse tliereof, attempted in the yeere of 
our bord 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 ampie countreys 
extended Northward from the cape of Florida, lying vnder very tempe¬ 
rate Climes, esteemed fertile and rich in Minerals, yet not in the actuall 
possession of any Christian prince, written by M. Edward Haies gentle¬ 
man, and principal! actour in the same voyage, who alone continued vnto 
the end , and by Gods speciall assistance returned home with his retiniie 
safe and entire. Hakluyl 111. S. 184 — 203. 
