That is, of

two ports of lands visited by English explorers.

the northern

8. Esquimaux Foot-ball

BY RICHARD HAKLUYT (ABOUT 1590)

I FIND that in the manner of living the people of the northeast and those of the northwest are alike. They have an olive complexion, are very active and nimble men, - and are a strong, warlike people; for even in our sight on the tops of the hills they

The Esquimaux still wear such garments.

ESQUIMAUX CHILDREN.

would muster themselves, and in a mimic skirmish scamper over the ground very nimbly. They manage their bows and arrows with great dexterity.

They go about clad in skins of beasts such as seals, deer, bears, foxes, and hares. They have also some garments of feathers, finely sewed and

fastened together. In summer they wear the hairy side of the skins outward, and in winter they wear four or five thicknesses with the hairy sides turned inward.

These people are by nature subtle and sharp-witted, ready to understand our meaning by signs and make answers that can be well understood. If they have not seen the thing whereof we ask, they will wink or cover their eyes with their hands as if to say it had been hid from sight. If they do not understand what you ask them, they will stop their ears. They are willing to teach us the names of anything in their language which we desire to know, and are quick to learn anything of us. They delight in music and will keep time and stroke to any tune which we may sing, both with their voice, head, hands, and feet, and will sing the same tune after us.

They live in caves in the earth and hunt for their dinners just as the bears and other wild beasts do. They eat raw flesh and fish.

On the twenty-first of August the captain of our ship sent a boat on shore for wood with six of our men who had friendly dealings with these Esquimaux. After that, they beckoned us on shore several times to play foot-ball with them, and some of our company went on shore to play with them; but nimble as they were, as often as they struck at the ball our men won the game.

PART II

ON THE SEA

9. The Joke of the Pilot's Boy

BY FRANCIS PRETTY (1578)

England was
at war with
Spain, Sir
Francis
Drake made

not formally

a voyage around the

FROM thence we went to a certain port called Although Tarapaca, where we landed and found by the seaside a Spaniard lying asleep. Beside him there lay thirteen bars of silver, which we took, leaving the man. Not far from thence we went on land for fresh water, and met a Spaniard and an Indian boy driving eight lamas, or Peruvian sheep, which were as big as donkeys; each one of these sheep had on his back two bags of leather, each bag containing fifty pounds of fine silver. So we brought both the sheep and their burden to the ship and found we had obtained eight hundred weight of fine silver.

world during the years 1577-1580,

with the purpose of

capturing Spanish vessels and

towns; and Elizabeth Queen refused to

punish him.

From here we sailed to a place called Arica. When we entered port we found three small brigs which we rifled, and found in one of them fifty-seven wedges of silver, each of them weighing about twenty pounds weight. In these brigs we did not find a single person, for all had gone ashore to the town, had never which consisted of about twenty houses. If our company had been larger we would have rifled the the Pacific

The
Spaniards

before seen an enemy in

Ocean.

The places mentioned here are on the west coast of South

America.

It is plain

that Drake was little

better than

a common

pirate,

robbing

innocent

and left.

town, but our general contented himself with the spoils of the ships, put off to sea again, and set sail for Lima.

To Lima we came on the thirteenth of February, and entering port, we found there about twelve ships lying fast moored to their anchors, their sails having been carried on shore. Their captains and the merchants felt most secure here, never having been assaulted

by the negroes. Our general rifled these ships and found in one of them a chest full of plate and good store of silks and linen cloth. This chest he took to his own ship. While he was on board this ship he got news of another ship, called the Spitfire, laden with treasure: hereupon we stayed there no longer, people right but cutting all the cables of the enemies' ships in the haven, we left them drift whither they would, either to sea or to shore, and with all speed we followed the Spitfire towards Paita. Before we arrived there, the Spaniards shot out again towards Panama. Our general speedily pursued. But we met a brig laden with ropes and tackling; we boarded and searched it until we found a quantity of gold and golden crucifixes set with large emeralds.

Thence we departed, still following the Spitfire, and our general promised the company that whosoever should first descry her should have his reward of gold for his good news. It happened that John Drake, going up to the top, descried her at about three o'clock. About six o'clock we came to her, shot at her with three pieces of ordnance, and struck down her mizzenmast. Next we entered the boat and found in her great riches, such as jewels, precious stones, thirteen chests of fine plate, four-score pound weight of gold, and twenty-six tons of silver.