. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. lass. a contrivance then ice found moat im- lonths were put on bably from his age, w out a series of conduct to be ob« oinutely laid down, ivate conduct and prayers be read on iplain or master; ^odly talk, dicing, ; He pro- lach of discipline, tions, false tales, ts of ; t age onlyimper- icy to mutiny ex- were most neces- ins respecting the :ided
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. lass. a contrivance then ice found moat im- lonths were put on bably from his age, w out a series of conduct to be ob« oinutely laid down, ivate conduct and prayers be read on iplain or master; ^odly talk, dicing, ; He pro- lach of discipline, tions, false tales, ts of ; t age onlyimper- icy to mutiny ex- were most neces- ins respecting the :ided by a council ly a double vote, each ship, to keep lavigation, the ce.^ ' the lands along er interesting oc ;rent ships were to Is, and, after com> * Uiem in a com- o^ven for keeping a cook-room ana i preventing any .. The natives of ere " to be consi- h gentleness and lugning, or con- sre to bie made by board, where he 1, BO as to allure B^plaud the hint. I HiTiiittiri. NORTH-EAST T0TA0E8. 95 that" if he be made drunk with your wine or beer, you shall know the secrets of his ; The mari- ners are exhorted, however, to use the utmost cir- cumspection in their dealings with these strangers, and it invited to dine with any lord or ruler, to go weU armed, and in a posture of defence. The liveries furnished to the sailors were to be carefully kept by the mercantile agents, and to be worn only when their captain,considered it an object to show them "in good array for the advancement and honour of the ; He warns the mariners not to be too much alarmed when they saw the natives dressed in lions' and bears' skins, with long bows and arrows, as this formidable appearance was often as- sumed merely to inspire terror. However, he seems to suggest a still more chimerical fear, when he tells them, that there are persons armed jvith bows, who swim naked, in various seas, havens, and rivers, " desirous of the bodies of men, which they covet for me
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