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ward,; round a point o f land inft>. a fmall harbour,.. ^xd)frjap, thy
fliip into ajjC^ekj.^
^ This country,.appeared to them to be very agreeable and fertile,
which induced them to winter there. Befidesrall. other kind
o f fj/h which th e , fea- and frcfh-waters a<Jonlyd,‘ii»4*t'.if<it ph nt\|
they found there .a .very large kind ' o f felmon. I T h e winter. ;was
not fev.cre, iior was;,thpre fo much froft ..and fnpwas, in Iceland
pn,Greenland,, and. .they could fee:theTun & l f fix bouts. inthe
Ihorteft, day.r . flheyJikeydfe found both vines and grapes, which
the. Greenland.ers. had neyer feen before ; liut. they, had a Gernian
with them/' :vvho,,was hqjftranger to that forti o f '.fruit,. and._.faid
he ty^Sjborn in a cpuntry .where,, great. qu^titiesAof...vines.grew,
Le if flayed there all the; winter, and returned.; to,Greenland in
the ipring, giving.this, cpuntry the name o f Vimland * ,, /
Leif, found. thefe; countries, viz., Hellelanef -Markland, and
Vinland, uninhabited at, his. arrival ; but this is denied, by-the
nett adventurers who failed to the fame countrie s.Thorvald,
Le if’s brother, was ; the next that madeta. voyage? tq-^iijdandi; with
thirty, men, and-wintered-.where Inis.- brother Leif; had been .before,
and. lived in the fame, huts; that he bad, built when he wintered
there.-. During the winter 'rhc)wal..rec{Min(d.trcd tlie weftern. part
o fth e country,, and in: the rJfojmner foflowinghe.toohJa dtir&eyr-.of
the; eaflern ;part. The. third flimmeh he _ vi’ewed:.all the hlands. to
the weftward,; which were: Uninhabited. .-- Mis {hip -was'damaged,
by running a-ground on a, large . promontory,\ f o ithati.; hefwas
obliged:to-repair-ft-there. found:that fhedfceed.-had -.received
fome damage,. and .toped :hi%, yeffel jbegtom jppwafdsp atthgyextref
mityrof that promontory,., iwhich -they therefore-, called .Kiailarnhs,
in Danifli .ICiolnass. In fearching the, pattern ’’parts,-,-,they .gave
names to many plages,, rivers,-t&c. One.place they; called. Krof-
]&nas,t.; or .Kaarlnas, r,[vymm,fhall>be _£akenih.@|iee o f ;hereafter, -..v.
. Not, -far,;from -thence they [difcovered ; three fmall. .boats,: which
they called. Hudkeiper 5 there \yere- three, men in each, boat ; i of
thefe .gv.ery .third man .,was afleep... T h e ir . manner,;of bnllrling
.■ * :That?ancien8;w?f-ery AtiarriusfBremenfisi;talcesIJn'i3fie§^c|the yoyage^d>Timiand’-
in the; foUowing^pr^j^hiGh he theard? wbl-.d.of mo'iith :
“ * Praeterea ifnam adhac .Infulam recitay.it, a- muiuSf r^ r tam in i& , p^ahO, .mi®
dfeitoi^iiWinlatfd'j eo'itjiiddiibi viifes IpWte-nafe^tufi:^-yiirroKli^HSatn feiefttes ; riam
« " |roges_;ibinpn feminatK.-;ahimdare noii fabulofi p^i^pne,; -tpdj:ei;ta Daaor.umieo^if
perimm 'Aarratiohe.’ft'^ d am ; Bretneof. libf^e^tu Dani®, p. 16, ?Si:f.iElzeyir.- • ',
m l r a iaeH m w © furiee. 0 0 0 m k d
ycflels.in thofe aneient times is 'entirelynnkhowh atipreient;. they
werc p f l ° f ikins and ribs,, ,or bones,which they tied together
with twigs. Thefe,kind o f boats, they called. Hudkeipa. They
efcaped. /.Soon, after they
found prodigious nunibers o f the linhabitantsi’ chmihg-TOwards
bqws and arrows fhofratothe Greenlanders*
By:this.;lhoryald'was;convinced- that this was
l^SPWit^undyr/-rf^hefepe^ln-were.formerly’(edi,edi‘SkF£elin^er1
^knfhftPi- Bygiaaeos bieubitale^jfays,' .-that they
f$F twmcbrni^ that- hate--ho ftrengtHCpurage.
£hem, ^mHilgers nnB addsjothat ithey
liKejtp thejivefl: o f Greenland? ^.jthdtfif thpy 'weile revenfc niany in
• '^ f e ; ^ % eApqlJwH6httK beJIf^rpd' ^om.them:: aipwieri
f i f t ^^r t^i^db oSwsbag&ts .made
m,ufcde?ed eighteeti-'''::h f! thd
whilfl Jthig^hiultD
S f eM 9^iStmwk into
. wfch Avhich
^githeiiijwhth; ^
' hi'a -veryfKort tlhid
-and-thetiutedfed
* w.. ^g»df9r>. 4 «ihg apy-fatther darn^ec ;
f e A x fo r
^ ^ ii^ sh g ild ifed d i m
^ f % ti^M«idefir^rrrheyvdjfe(%d
^ e(9tS.r.'ahihisiffeeti andflom th a^
u S f e 9r| ^ i !his!fti^fi&cldhg:ytidf
f c H » sahd <&id;tha*iMd^-
% s jl® Femaihingrpart^dret^nt-#
%jp I f t eM e d i lh a n ^ ip qvrtih din^artd
w ifh g ra p e s , , a p d fa5 led .l»c }4 t o , G re fe n la n d l n g o o d cd ti~
jfe d fk v ahdhrbther.to L e if and
Thdrvald, wholh name was Thorften, failed from Greenland
- K | | i %n ily,3inrafl:t^ventyifive
peffpns,; ,#ith an. intent to fetch.his brother’s;!eo;tpfe,’i iji order- to
iriterr it iii his native country.... But meeting .with,fcontrary winds,
'■ priTl Ti i - - ; ' ’v ' " r le -he': :