. Un archer avec Columbus;. À Felix, et mendigedpour être pris avec lui. Il était certainement le plus brillant des sept,— doux, affec-tioné, et obligeant. Felix bientôt taughthim parler un peu espagnol, et réchauffdedhis efforts avec des biscuits et le miel. Après avoir touché plusieurs belles îles, et en cherchant en vain de riches royaumes, et des mines d'or et de pierres précieuses, Columbus a mis à naviguer pour une grande île au sud, qui croyait hearful être la magnifique Cipangoof qu'il avait longtemps rêvé. Le matin du vingt-huitième octobre, il a éclaté sur sa vue une île grandilote et étendue, avec lo

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. An archer with Columbus;. to Felix, and beggedto be taken with him. He was certainlythe brightest of the seven, — gentle, affec-tionate, and obliging. Felix soon taughthim to speak a little Spanish, and rewardedhis efforts with biscuits and honey. After touching at several beautiful islands, and seeking in vain for rich kingdoms, andmines of gold and gems, Columbus set sailfor a great island to the south, which hefully believed to be the gorgeous Cipangoof which he had long dreamed. On the morning of the twenty-eighth ofOctober there burst upon his view a grandand far-extending island, with lofty moun-tains, green plains and valleys, and vastforests. Clear and sj)arkling rivers flowed 150 AN ARCHER WITH COLUMBUS. gently into the blue and tranquil sea. Thebeautiful wooded shores were fragrant withflowers and fruit. Birds of brilliant plu-mage flitted among the trees, and glitteringinsects flashed amongst the luxuriant ver-dure. It was Cuba, the Queen of theAntilles. The fleet coasted aloii.ii- tliese delightful. shores, and succeeded in opening communi-cation with the inhabitants, but they weremerely naked Indians, and brought little be-sides cotton to barter. There was no gold.Again Columbus eagerly listened to thehalf-understood tales of the natives. Theyseemed to tell of a great king who dwelt athis magniflcent capital in the interior of theisland. Surely this must be some mightyAsiatic potentate. Columbus resolved to THE NEW AVORLD. 151 send envoys to communicate with the mon-arch. Two men were chosen for this service, one of whom could speak Hebrew, Chaldaic, and Arabic. With Pablo and a CubanIndian for interpre-ters, they set out ontheir adventurousjourney, and disap-peared in the denseforest. The next day Felixaccompanied Colum-bus on an expeditionup the large river inthe mouth of which the fleet was anchored. When the partylanded to explore the adjacent country, they were attracted by a group of Indianhuts in a beautiful grove not far away, and went to visit th

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