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Show TilE LILY .A!"D THE TOTEM. of Tartary, and the northerne coasts full of fruitlcsse trees," but trees of sortcs unknowen in Europe, which yccld most swcete savours farrc t'rom the shoa.re." Nor did these constitute tho only attractions. The appearance of the forests and the land" argued drugs and spicery," " and other riches of gold c." Tho woods wore "full of many beastcs, as stags, deere and 11aros, and likewise of Jakes and poolcs of fresh water, with groat plentic of fowlos, convenient for all kinde of pleasant game." Tho air was "goode and wholesome, temperate between hot and coldc ;" "no vehement windcs doc blowe in these regions, and those that do commonly rcigne arc tho southwest and west windcs in tho summer season ;" " tho skye elearo and faire, with ''cry little raioc ; and if, at any time, the ayro be cloudio and mistic with the soutbcrne windc, immediately it is dissolved and wa:xcth clcare and fnire agnine. The sou. is calme, not boisterous, and tho waves gentle." And the people were like their climate. The nature which yielded to their wants, without exacting the toil of ever-straining sinews, left them unembittered by necessities which take the heart from youth, and the spirit from play and exercise. No carking cares interfered with their lmmanity to check hospil3lity in its first impulse, and teach avarice to withhold tho voluntary tribute which the naturnl virtues would prompt, in obedience to a acUishncss that finds its justification in serious toils which know no remission, and a forethought that is never permitted to forgot the ncccs.c:.itics of·thc coming day. V erazzani found the people as mild and grateful as their climate. They crowded to the shore as the stranger ships drew nigh, "making divers syncs of friendship." They showed themselves "very courteous and gentle," and, in a single incident, won the hearts of the Europeans, who seldom, nt that period, in their intercourse XINONESS OF TilE NATIVES. with tho· na~ives, wcr~ ~nown to exhibit an instance so beautiful, of a humamty so Chnshan. A young sailor, attempting to swim on shore,. had overrat-ed his strength. Cast among tho breakers, he was m danger of being drowned. This, when the Indians saw, they dashed into tho surf, and dragged the fair-skinned voyager to land. llorc, wl1cn l1e recovered from his stupor he exhibited signs of the greatest apprehension, finding himsc~ in ~o hands of the savages. But his lamentations, which wore piteously loud, only provoked theirs. Their tears flowed at his w.ccping. In this way they strove to u ehecre him, and to give ~lm courage." Nor were they neglectful of otllcr means. They set him on the ground, at the foot of a little bill against the 8~~ne, and began to behold h.im with groat admiration, marvelling at tho whitcncsse of his flcshc ;" "Putting off his clothes, they made him warme at a groat fire, not without one great fcare, by what rcmayncd in tho boate, that they would have rostcd him at that fire and have oaten him." Dut tho fear was idle. When tl1cy had warmed and revived the stranger they rcclothed him, and as he showed an anxiety to return to th; ship, ".they, with groat love, clapping him fast about with many em~~acmgs," accompanied him to tho shore, whore they left him, r~hrmg to a. d~l:l.ncc, whence they cou1d witness his departure Without awakcmng the apprehensions of l1is comrades. These ~eoplc were of "middle stature, bandsomo visage and delicate limmes; of very little strength, but of prompt wit." We need not pursue tho dcl3ils of those earlier historians. They suffice to direct attention to Florida, nod to persuade adventure with fanciful ideas of its channing superiority over all unknown regions. Dut tho ndYcnturers, until Coligny's enterprise was conceived, mcdil3ted the invasion of the country, and tho |