Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . e transfixed with lances, others hewndown with swords, and others torn to pieces by the advanced hardly seven miles a day, but at last reached a 205 village lying at the foot of the mountain that commanded thelong wished for prospect. Only sixty-seven men out of twohundred remained to make this last grand effort. Balboaordered them to retire early to repose, that they might be readyat the cool hour of dawn. They set forth at daybreak on themorning
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . e transfixed with lances, others hewndown with swords, and others torn to pieces by the advanced hardly seven miles a day, but at last reached a 205 village lying at the foot of the mountain that commanded thelong wished for prospect. Only sixty-seven men out of twohundred remained to make this last grand effort. Balboaordered them to retire early to repose, that they might be readyat the cool hour of dawn. They set forth at daybreak on themorning of the 26th of September. In a short time theyemerged from the forests, and arrived at the upper regions ofthe mountain, leaving the bald summit still to be ordered them to halt, that he might himself be aloneto enjoy the scene and the first to discover the ocean. Hereached the peak, and there the magnificent sight burst upon hisview. The water was still at the distance of two days journey ;but there it lay, beyond the intervening space, grand, bound-less, and serene. He fell upon his knees, and returned thanks. BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN. to God. He summoned his followers to ascend, and thus ad-dressed them:—Behold, my friends, he said, the glorioussight which we have so ardently longed for. Let us pray toGod that he will aid and guide us to conquer the sea and landwhich we have discovered, and in which no Christian has everentered to preach the holy doctrine of the Evangelists. By thefavor of Christ you will thus become the richest Spaniards thathave ever come to the Indies. The priest attached to theexpedition chanted that impressive anthem, the Te Deum; andthe Spaniards, in whom religious fervor and the thirst for pillage 206 MAN UPON THE SEA. seemed to be mingled in equal proportions, joined in the choruswith heart and voice. Balboa now called upon all present to witness that he tookpossession of the sea, its islands and surrounding lands, in th
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