Taking
Therefore Our Departure, We Sailed Twenty Days To The Eastwards, Without
Seeing Any Land; On Which We Shifted Our Course To The South-East, And
After Five Days, We Came In Sight Of The Island Of Neome[3], So That We
Passed Iceland Without Seeing It.
We here procured refreshments from the
inhabitants, who were subject to Zichmni, and sailed thence in three days
to Frisland, where we were received with great joy, as the people
thought, in consequence of our long absence, that their prince and the
whole armament had been lost.
As to the particulars concerning the people and their customs, the animate,
and the productions of these countries, I have written all these in a
separate book, in which I have described the country, and the wonderful
fishes of Frisland, Estland, Norway, Estoitland, Drogio, Icaria, and
Engroveland, on both its sides. I have composed likewise, the life of my
brother Nicolo Zeno, with an account of his discoveries; and a history of
the life and acts of Zichmni, a prince as worthy of immortal fame as any
that ever lived, having been famous for his valour, enterprising spirit,
and humanity.
[1] Or Icarus, for the language in Forster is ambiguous, and does not
clearly fix this important historical fact! - E.
[2] The expression is here so equivocal as to leave in doubt whether the
killed and wounded were Icarians or Frislanders, or part of
both. - E.
[3] Neome seems to be the isle or Stromoe, one of the Faro Islands; as it
is in fact to the southward of Iceland, and only three days sail from
the Orkneys, the Faras-islands, or Frisland of this author.
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