. New France and New England. ngular a distance of a league and a half from the shore theyfound the depth of water rapidly diminishing to less than afathom, while on every side the waves leaped and gambolledin the wildest confusion. They got their bark across thisugly shoal with a broken rudder, little dreaming that onlyfour years before the same spot, proudly rearing its headabove the sea, had been described by Bartholomew Gosnoldunder the name of Nauset Island. It had lately been beatendown and submerged by the angry waters, but nearly threecenturies were consumed in washing aw
. New France and New England. ngular a distance of a league and a half from the shore theyfound the depth of water rapidly diminishing to less than afathom, while on every side the waves leaped and gambolledin the wildest confusion. They got their bark across thisugly shoal with a broken rudder, little dreaming that onlyfour years before the same spot, proudly rearing its headabove the sea, had been described by Bartholomew Gosnoldunder the name of Nauset Island. It had lately been beatendown and submerged by the angry waters, but nearly threecenturies were consumed in washing away the sea is now six fathoms deep there.^ After getting clear of this dangerous place Poutrincourtput into Chatham Harbour for repairs, and there he re-mained a fortnight, closely watched from the bushes bypeering red men who one morning before daybreak came^ De Costa, Pre-Colutnbian Discovery of America, p. 97. THEr/ NEW YORK,P1JELIC LIBRARY,! Astor, Lenox and Tiiden\ Fcvn ^-??j«^#^!si - ssj wf,,. MAP OF THE UULF OF ST. L
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