Tales of an old sea port; a general sketch of the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, including, incidentally, an account of the voyages of the Norsemen, so far as they may have been connected with Narragansett Bay: . d all the supplies wewere in need of, and saw that they were put on board; sothat Dr. Langsdorff and myself had little else to do thanto look about and see the lions. The village consisted ofabout forty houses, of various descriptions, including achurch, school-house, storehouse, and barracks. The school-house was quite a respectable establishment, well filled withpupils, under the
Tales of an old sea port; a general sketch of the history of Bristol, Rhode Island, including, incidentally, an account of the voyages of the Norsemen, so far as they may have been connected with Narragansett Bay: . d all the supplies wewere in need of, and saw that they were put on board; sothat Dr. Langsdorff and myself had little else to do thanto look about and see the lions. The village consisted ofabout forty houses, of various descriptions, including achurch, school-house, storehouse, and barracks. The school-house was quite a respectable establishment, well filled withpupils, under the especial care, as teacher, of the Pope, *or ecclesiastic. He instructed them in reading, writing,arithmetic, and keeping accounts. Many among them wereexcellent scholars in these branches. The Doctor and my-self made an excursion to an adjacent island, where thePope had a considerable tract of land under cultivation,raising potatoes, cabbages, turnips, cucumbers, and other * In the Russian Church all the priests are called Popes, , Fathers,Papa = Father. So in the Latin Church all priests were Popes untilthe supremacy of the Pope of Rome was established. Cf. the de-velopment of the English Parson.— VOYAGE OF THE JUNO 145 vegetables. He also kept several milch cows, and appearedto live in quite a farmer-like style. We concluded to passthe night with him, and were hospitably entertained byhis wife. Having taken on board some freight of skins and sea-elephants teeth for Ochotsk, and a cask of brandy for theisland of Oonalashka, on the 23rd of July we took leaveof our friends, Mr. Bander and the Pope, and started againon our route. The wind was so strong from the southeastthat I found it impossible to weather the southern point ofthe island, and thus to get to the westward of it. I con-cluded to bear up, and pass through the Schelikoffs is a channel formed by an archipelago of islands (ofwhich Kodiak is the principal), and the peninsula ofAlashka. But by reas
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