Excerpt from An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels and Discoveries, Vol. 8: From the Time of Columbus, to the Present Period We spent the night very agreeably at this gentleman's mansion, and taking our leave next morning, returned to Christiana. After a few days' stay in that part, we weighed anchor for Bergen but being becalmed in our passage, we employed ourselves in catching fish, in which we were so successful, that we were enabled to keep Lent some time after. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.