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mity and weakness , Columbus ordered some grape shot to be fired on them , by which about seven of them were wounded , and the rest put to flight ; . after which a large dog was let loose , which pursued and frighted them exceedingly , so that not one of them appeared the whole of the day . On the following morning , however , they seemed to resume their courage ; they advancedat first in small parties successively , and , at last , a large body approached bv land and waterfor the purpose of barter . They resembled in
, general tht Haytites , and the inhabitants of Cuba . Most of them were black , some with their skins painted iu various colours . Many of them wore feathers on their head , their breasts and loins were shaded with palm-tree leaves-. Some of their canoes were ornamented with carved work , and paintings on the sterns . Stveial of these boats were of considerable size , each made out of a single trunk . One of them was measured , and found to be ninety-six : feet long , and eig ht broad . Their food , though of the same kind with that
of the other islanders , was much more palatable . The natives were also much more ingenious and industrious than the rest , and the arts more advanced . The Admiral took possession of the island , and honoured it with the name of Santiago . ' <&
The sixth book , which relates occurrences from 14 . 96 to 1500 " , is taken up with a minute statement of Columbus ' s negotiations at the Court of Spain , after his return from his second voyage , the history of the colony at Hispaniola in his absence , and the Admiral's third voyage to the New World , during which he discovered the island of Trinidada and the continent . A long account is given of the rebellion which broke out in the colony , and the spirit of disaffection excited against Columbus , and the consequent
dedecay of his influence . With just introducing the subject of his disgrace this volume concludes ; and the translator in a note judiciously observes that , ' As Columbus , after all his promises , was not able to send any thing from the New World but slaves and dye-wood , with insiignificant quantities of gold ; as the equipment of fleets , the support of the colonists at St . Domingo , and the salary of so many persons who were then in the King ' s service 5 as soldiers , magistrates , and other officers , cost the crown large sums , and the insurrection ^ of Roldan having protracted the hopes of finding out at last the real gold countries ; the court thought proper to adopt other measures . Columbus himself had recommended the propriety of permitting the trade and
the equipment of shipping to be carried on by merchants , or other wealthy individuals , to relieve the crown from a portion of the expence . The court , therefore , or rather Fonseca , the adversary of Columbus , permitted private persons in 1 + 9 ; to embark , at their own risk , in voyages to India , to seek and subject new countries to the crown , but not to touch either on the possessions of the Portuguese , or the discoveries of Columbus . Ojeda was the first who obtained this permission . He had accompanied the Admiral on his
first voyage , resided for a long time at _ St . Domingo , and was sent in 14 . 99 , without Columbus ' s knowing it , to Paria , to examine more closely the pearl islands , so that his arrival was quite unexpected by the Admiral . The ho ? - tilities which he committed in St . D-. imingo arose from his not being subordinate to Columbus , and tint Fonseca had stirred him up against the Admiral . Amei ico Vespucci sailed with him in this voyage . ' We should have given some more extracts from this volume ; but that it h our intention , in some ensuing numbers , to present our readers with a life of Columbus , more copiousl y written , than any that has hitherto appeared .
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Review Op New Publications.
mity and weakness , Columbus ordered some grape shot to be fired on them , by which about seven of them were wounded , and the rest put to flight ; . after which a large dog was let loose , which pursued and frighted them exceedingly , so that not one of them appeared the whole of the day . On the following morning , however , they seemed to resume their courage ; they advancedat first in small parties successively , and , at last , a large body approached bv land and waterfor the purpose of barter . They resembled in
, general tht Haytites , and the inhabitants of Cuba . Most of them were black , some with their skins painted iu various colours . Many of them wore feathers on their head , their breasts and loins were shaded with palm-tree leaves-. Some of their canoes were ornamented with carved work , and paintings on the sterns . Stveial of these boats were of considerable size , each made out of a single trunk . One of them was measured , and found to be ninety-six : feet long , and eig ht broad . Their food , though of the same kind with that
of the other islanders , was much more palatable . The natives were also much more ingenious and industrious than the rest , and the arts more advanced . The Admiral took possession of the island , and honoured it with the name of Santiago . ' <&
The sixth book , which relates occurrences from 14 . 96 to 1500 " , is taken up with a minute statement of Columbus ' s negotiations at the Court of Spain , after his return from his second voyage , the history of the colony at Hispaniola in his absence , and the Admiral's third voyage to the New World , during which he discovered the island of Trinidada and the continent . A long account is given of the rebellion which broke out in the colony , and the spirit of disaffection excited against Columbus , and the consequent
dedecay of his influence . With just introducing the subject of his disgrace this volume concludes ; and the translator in a note judiciously observes that , ' As Columbus , after all his promises , was not able to send any thing from the New World but slaves and dye-wood , with insiignificant quantities of gold ; as the equipment of fleets , the support of the colonists at St . Domingo , and the salary of so many persons who were then in the King ' s service 5 as soldiers , magistrates , and other officers , cost the crown large sums , and the insurrection ^ of Roldan having protracted the hopes of finding out at last the real gold countries ; the court thought proper to adopt other measures . Columbus himself had recommended the propriety of permitting the trade and
the equipment of shipping to be carried on by merchants , or other wealthy individuals , to relieve the crown from a portion of the expence . The court , therefore , or rather Fonseca , the adversary of Columbus , permitted private persons in 1 + 9 ; to embark , at their own risk , in voyages to India , to seek and subject new countries to the crown , but not to touch either on the possessions of the Portuguese , or the discoveries of Columbus . Ojeda was the first who obtained this permission . He had accompanied the Admiral on his
first voyage , resided for a long time at _ St . Domingo , and was sent in 14 . 99 , without Columbus ' s knowing it , to Paria , to examine more closely the pearl islands , so that his arrival was quite unexpected by the Admiral . The ho ? - tilities which he committed in St . D-. imingo arose from his not being subordinate to Columbus , and tint Fonseca had stirred him up against the Admiral . Amei ico Vespucci sailed with him in this voyage . ' We should have given some more extracts from this volume ; but that it h our intention , in some ensuing numbers , to present our readers with a life of Columbus , more copiousl y written , than any that has hitherto appeared .