Note 289 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 289: So he tells us himself: "Quo cum venissent, nullum hominem, neque christianum neque paganum, invenerunt, tantummodo fera pecora et oves deprehenderunt, ex quibus quantum naves ferre poterant in has deportato domum redierunt." Descriptio Grœnlandiæ, apud Major, p. 53. The glacial men had done their work of slaughter and vanished.[Back to Main Text]