Demoine courier., 1856-07-24
From Littell's Living Age.
Early English Explorers.

1.-The Historic of Travsile into Viz
sinia Britannia" is one Of the most en-
tertaining volumes. The following des.
cription of a Virginian woman Of dis,
iinclion, who had been stolen away BY
one Pipisco, reads like a bi, of Hiamutha
translated into old prose:
"sa-- Yet is Pipisco suffered to
retain in this his counHie a liIlle small
kaasun, or village, upon the rlvadge .oi
the s,reame, with some few people about
him, keeping The said roma stilI, whom
he makes his best beloved, and she iray-
ellis with him upon any remove, in hunt
ing tyne, or in his visi,acion Of US, by
which meanes, twice or jhrice in q som
err, she hath come into our ,owhe; nor is
she 80 handsome a savsdge woman ss |
have scene amongst them, vet with a
klnde of pride. can take upon her a
sleeve OF g%reatnesse; for we have scene
her forheare.fu come on. Of her quinian
or boat through the water, as the other.
bo;h mayds and married women sraIly
doe. u~nfesse she was carryde forth be
tween two OF her servants. was once
early al her bowse yt being summer
tyme), when she, was layd withou! dores,
under the shadowe Of a brad -leayed
tree. upon a pallet Of osiers, spfead oyer
hn.h four or five tyne grey mats, herself
covered with a faire white drest. deare
tknpr two; apd when she rose, she had
a usryd who fetched her. a ~fron,alt Of
wbfss coral. and pendants Of grea, bu,
lDpsTiect colored and worse drilled
pearles, which sae put into her es,es,
and when thus alfred, with some variety
OF fsathers and flowers. stick into their
fasres they seem as %deboDnaire, quaint,
and well pleased as. | wiz, a daughter Of
Tie howse Of Austria,
In "The- Discovery and Conquest OIL
| Terra Florida" we have she following
"yarns." Firs. concerning the Inalans
Of Duharhe.
These people have a king Of gian,
IKE slaiore AID height, called Daiiia,
and. they say that the queen his wife is
not mach. shorter than himself. This
Lord being demsnded why he alone and
his wife should a,,ain IN thai ~;aliness and
helgh, of body says thai il proceedeih
Elrom violent art, after this manner
While the ihfanls aye in. the cradle, and
under The breasts Of the Rurse., IN,
stnss,srs.of that ar, are sen, for, who an.
.sftlnt- the seRfIaI members of .,he infan,
for. ceEtsyGe .dayes with MEDICINES oil
csrtay ne herbs, which molhiis lie tender
bones, So That the boRes beiIg presently
CONVERTED 10 The softnesse of lukewarme
tWaxe,' they ofien,imes so slrelche them
sols IN tengthe thai they leave the poor
WtseSsb!e.lnfaRt half dead; and after Ina,
tthsy.feed the nurse with certa;ne meats
-Qf Ps$sriul virtue,".&c.
sine fecond' story relates to a country
Iicshsd by aslIou lnziguaniu: :.
The inhabitants, by :rspors, Of their
e-cest6rs, ga. lb~aLa;people as tail nj the
length Of a mans arm, with tayles of a
span iorg. sometime arrived there. bro'l
shither by The sea, which ,syle was nol
movable or wavering, IS in fourfoo,sd
beas!es, bui solide, broad above, and
sharpe benealh,'a as we seen ia fishes and
er9codlles, aud extended into a bouy
h%ardnssse. WHEREFORE when they de.
sire 10 ell, they used seats with holes III
theta, Or, wanting them, uiggec up The
earth a span dsepe or . little more: they
must conway taeir tayle INTO the hol,
when they rest ihemsr