A History of the Life And Voyages of Christopher Columbus
A History of the Life And Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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The inhabitants were similar in every respect to those of the preceding islands, excepting that they appeared more ingenious and intelligent. Some of the women wore scanty coverings or aprons of cotton, and others had mantles of the same, but for the most part they were entirely naked. Their habitations were very sim- ple, being in the form of a pavilion or hi^ circular tent, constructed of branches of trees, of reeds and palm leaves.
They were kept very clean and neat, and dickered under beaut...iful and spreading trees. For beds^ they had nets^ of cotton, extended from two posts, which they called hamacs^ a name since adopted into universal use among seamen.
Digitized by Google CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 163 In endeavouring to circumnavigate the island, widiin two leagues of the northwest cape, Columbus found a noble bar* bonr, sufficient to bold a hundred ships, with two entrances formed by an island which lay in the mouth of it Here, while the men had landed with the casks, in search of wa« ter, be refreshed himself under the shade of the groves, which he says were more beautiful than any he had ever be* held : ^^ the country was as fresh and green as the month of May in Andalusia ; the trees, the fruits, the herbs, the flow* ers, the very stones, for the most part, as different from those of Spain, as night from ' da}r*." The inhabitants gave the same proofs as the other islanders, of being totally unaccus* tomed to the sight of civilized man.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The inhabitants were similar in every respect to those of the preceding islands, excepting that they appeared more ingenious and intelligent. Some of the women wore scanty coverings or aprons of cotton, and others had mantles of the same, but for the most part they were entirely naked. Their habitations were very sim- ple, being in the form of a pavilion or hi^ circular tent, constructed of branches of trees, of reeds and palm leaves.
They were kept very clean and neat, and dickered under beaut...iful and spreading trees. For beds^ they had nets^ of cotton, extended from two posts, which they called hamacs^ a name since adopted into universal use among seamen.
Digitized by Google CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 163 In endeavouring to circumnavigate the island, widiin two leagues of the northwest cape, Columbus found a noble bar* bonr, sufficient to bold a hundred ships, with two entrances formed by an island which lay in the mouth of it Here, while the men had landed with the casks, in search of wa« ter, be refreshed himself under the shade of the groves, which he says were more beautiful than any he had ever be* held : ^^ the country was as fresh and green as the month of May in Andalusia ; the trees, the fruits, the herbs, the flow* ers, the very stones, for the most part, as different from those of Spain, as night from ' da}r*." The inhabitants gave the same proofs as the other islanders, of being totally unaccus* tomed to the sight of civilized man.
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