[Works] . BooFi IPIIII. 165. Cbapter IT. VOYAGE TO THE EAST END OF CUBA.[I494-] THE expedition of Columbus, which weare now about to record, may appearof minor importance at the presentday, leading as it did to no grand dis-covery, and merely extending along the coastsof islands with which the reader is sufficientlyfamiliar. Some may feel impatient at the de-velopment of opinions and conjectures whichhave long since been proved to be fallacious,and the detail of exploring enterprises under-taken in error, and which they know must endin disappointment. But to feel these voyagesproperly, we must
[Works] . BooFi IPIIII. 165. Cbapter IT. VOYAGE TO THE EAST END OF CUBA.[I494-] THE expedition of Columbus, which weare now about to record, may appearof minor importance at the presentday, leading as it did to no grand dis-covery, and merely extending along the coastsof islands with which the reader is sufficientlyfamiliar. Some may feel impatient at the de-velopment of opinions and conjectures whichhave long since been proved to be fallacious,and the detail of exploring enterprises under-taken in error, and which they know must endin disappointment. But to feel these voyagesproperly, we must, in a manner, divest our-selves occasionally of the information we pos-sess relative to the countries visited; we musttransport ourselves to the time, and identifyourselves with Columbus, thus fearlessly167 i6S Xlbe %ite an& Wogages of launching into seas where as yet a civilizedsail had never been unfurled. We must ac-company him, step by step, in his cautious butbold advances along the bays and channels ofan unknown c
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