The United States From the Earliest Times to the Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
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John's, the expedi- tion doubled Cape Race, sailed along the west coast of Newfoundland as far as Placentia Bay, and then headed for Cape Breton and Sable Island, meaning to land upon the latter. But the vessels were beaten about by contrary winds ; and after struggling for 174 THE UNITED STATES. more than a week, were driven upon a lee shore on the dangerous coasts of Nova Scotia. The Delight, which was the largest ship, struck and went to pieces, and all upon her were drowned, save seventeen ...men who got away upon a raft, and of whom fifteen reached Newfoundland. The death of Maurice Browne, the captain of the Delight, showed the stuff of which these old mariners were made. He refused to leave his ship ; but " mounting upon the highest deck, he attended imminent death and unavoidable. " Those who perished were the men who had dispossessed the crew of a French fishing vessel and left them to perish, so that this was regarded as God's judgment upon them. Meanwhile, the Golden Hind and the Squirrel hauled off the shore and stood out to sea.
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