DISCOVE'RY



ready to burst out into an open mutiny.
the agitation and solicitude of his mind, C
ed to be ignorant of their machinations, L
fore them with a cheerful countenance,
tied with the progress he had made. Sc
ployed all the arts of insinuation to soothe
times he endeavoured to work upon their
rice, by magnificentt descriptions of the
-which they were about to acquire. On
he assumed a tone of authority and three
vengeance fromn their sovereign, if by ti
haviour, they would defeat this noble el
Spanish name above that of every othe
with seditious sailors, the words of a ma
been accustomed to reverence, were wei
sive, and not only restrained them from
which they meditated butprevailed cn t]
ny him for some time lonaer.
  As they proceeded, the indications of
seemed to be more certain, and excited so



rfhe bi
south-'
naviga
coverie
due we
flioht.
directic
hopes
risen.
counter
officers
opinior
the Dr



rds be
vest*



Notwithstanding
oluhimbus pretend-
and appeared be-
like a man satis-
)metimes he em-
his men. Some-
ambition or ava-
fame and wealth
other occasions,
Ettened' them with
Leir dastardly be-
Tort to exalt the
r nation. Even
a whom they had
igbty an(I persua-
i violent excesses,
Len to acoompa-



approaching land
me in proportion.



gan to appear in flocks, making towards the
Columbus, in imitation of the Portuguese



tors, who had been guided in several of their dis-
s, by the motion of birds, altered his course from
,st towards that quarter whither they pointed their
But, after holding on for several days in this new
)n, without any better success than formerly, the
of his companions subsided faster than they had
Impatience, rage, and despair appeared on every
nance; all sense of subordination was lost, and the
w who had formnerly concurred with Columbus in
1, and supported his authority, now took part with
ivate men: thev assembled tumultuously on the



    1           , I  v
deck, expostulated with the commander, mingled threats
with expostulations, and required him instantly to tack
about and return to Europe. Columbus perceived that it
would be of no avail to have recourse to his former arts,
which bav iwr been tried so often, had lost their effect ; and



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