A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . evon, then of the first importance in the country forits commerce and sea-ports. The family seat was not far from theport of Torquay, looking out upon the English channel.^ The fatherwas Otho Gilbert, whose name is remembered because he was thefather of such sons and the husband of their mother. Humphrey, thesecond son, was educated at Eton and
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . evon, then of the first importance in the country forits commerce and sea-ports. The family seat was not far from theport of Torquay, looking out upon the English channel.^ The fatherwas Otho Gilbert, whose name is remembered because he was thefather of such sons and the husband of their mother. Humphrey, thesecond son, was educated at Eton and Oxford, and was des- j-amiiy oftined for the law. But Devon influences were stronger than phr^^Sii-those of scliool and college. Let him ride where he would ^^^*-from his fathers castle, within a circuit of not many miles, he would 1 Hakluyt, vol. iii., p. 143, et seq. 2 Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, by Edward Edwards, vol. i., p. 76. 234 ENGLISH ATTEMPTS AT SETTLEMENT. [Chap. X. come upon Torquay, Dartmouth, Brixham, Teignmouth, Exeter, theirports filled with vessels of all kinds, from the tall ship that sailedsouthward in pursuit of Spanish galleons, to the little craft that ven-tured into northern seas to load with cod upon the coast of Bacca-. Dartmouth Harbor. laos. About the quays of thebusy sea-ports loitered mari-ners and soldiers, come homefrom foreign voyages or for-eign service, with tales oftravel in strange lands and of deeds of war ; and to a young man ofcourage and imagination these would have an irresistible charm in anage when the lure to ambition was romantic adventure. On the maternal as well as paternal side Gilbert was of good blood,for his mother, who was the mother also, by a second marriage, of SirWalter Raleigh, was of a family distinguished at various periods ofEnglish history, — the Champernouns. She was, says John Fox, themartyrologist, a woman of noble wit and of good and godly opin-ions. Not much is known of her, but it is enough to know that shewa
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