 He saw mighty deer that seemed to be mankind, which ran at him, and hardly he escaped with his life in a narrow way, where he was fain to use defence and policy to save his life. / In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of the peoples resorting...  The History of North America - Page 475edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | John Barrow - 1845 - 540 pages
...afterwards the Pacific. Here the party discovered at some distance certain things floating, which they took to be porpoises or seals, or some kind of strange fish, but which, on a nearer approach, they discovered, with great surprise, to be human beings in small boats... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1868 - 666 pages
...defence and policy to save his life. In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of the people's resorting thither. And being ashore upon the top of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in the sea afar off, which he supposed to be porpoises or seals, or some kind of strange fish... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1893 - 344 pages
...escaped with his life in a narrow way, where he was fain to use defence and policy to save his life. In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of...top of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in the sea afar off, which he supposed to be porpoises, or seals, or some kind of strange... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1893 - 350 pages
...escaped with his life in a narrow way, where he was fain to use defence and policy to save his life. In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of...top of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in the sea afar off, which he supposed to be porpoises, or seals, or some kind of strange... | |
 | 1902 - 510 pages
...where he was faine to use defence and policie to save his life. In this place he saw and perceyved sundry tokens of the peoples resorting thither, and being ashore upon the toppe of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in the sea afarre off, whyche hee supposed... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1904 - 494 pages
...escaped with his life in a narrow way, where he was faine to use defence and policy to save his life. In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of...top of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in the sea afarre off, which he supposed to be porposes or seales, or some kinde of strange... | |
 | 1906 - 476 pages
...escaped with his life in a narrow way, where he was fain to use defence and policy to save his life. In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of...top of a hill, he perceived a number of small things Bating in the sea afar off, which he supposed to be porpoises, u, .,.,,1,, or some strange kind of... | |
 | Arthur Bennett Archer - 1915 - 228 pages
...his name to the waterway he had discovered. The "strait" is now marked on the map as Frobisher Bay. "Being ashore upon the top of a hill, he perceived...discovered them to be men in small boats made of leather." Frobisher bartered with these men, obtaining skins of seals and bears in exchange for bells and looking-glasses.... | |
 | Alexander Philip F. (Philip Frederick) - 1915 - 246 pages
...escaped with his life in a narrow way, where he was fain to use defence and policy to save his life. / In this place he saw and perceived sundry tokens of...top of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in the sea afar off, which he supposed to be , porpoises or seals, or some kind of strange... | |
 | Cecil Fairfield Lavell, Charles Edward Payne - 1918 - 470 pages
...was fain to use defense and policy to save his life. In this place he saw and perceived sundry token of the peoples resorting thither. And being ashore...which he supposed to be porpoises, or seals, or some strange kind of fish; but coming nearer, he discovered them to be men in small boats made of leather."... | |
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