ng herrings
who died in 1397. Professor Sprengel has shewn that herrings were
caught at _Gernemue_, or Yarmouth, so early as 1283. In Leland's
Collectanea we meet with a proof that pickled herrings were sold in
1273; and there are German records which speak of them so early as
1236. Vide Gerken, Cod. Diplom. Brandenb. I. 45. and II. 45l.--Forst.

[8] This is certainly a place in the isle of Sky called Pondontown.--Forst.

[9] Britannia in this place is assuredly put for Britany in France.--E.

[10] Estland is probably meant for Shetland, formerly called Yaltaland or
Hitland, and afterwards changed into Zet-land and Shetland. This will
appear more distinctly in the sequel, when the names given by Zeno to
the particular islands of the group, come to be compared with, the
modern names.--Forst.

[11] Grisland seems to be the island which lies to the eastward of Iceland,
called Enkhuyzen; perhaps the island of Grims-ey to the north, of
Iceland.--Forst.

[12] Probably Hamer, a place on the north of Mainland.--Forst.

[13] Engrgroneland, Groenland, or Greenland.--Forst.

[14] The poultry here mentioned in the text; must have been ptarmagans and
the flesh that of the reindeer.--Forst.

[15] The lime or mortar here described, appears to be the terra puzzuolana
or terras, a compound of lime and oxid of iron, which forms an
indestructible cement, even under water; and the remarkably light
stones ejected from the volcano, and used in the construction of their
vault, were probably of pumice.--E.

[16] The greater part of this concluding paragraph must necessarily be in
the language of the editor; perhaps of Ramusio. It contains, however,
some palpable contradictions, since Nicolo Zeno could hardly be
supposed to mention the _rest_ of the Zenos, descendants of his
grand-nephew, while still living himself; neither does it appear how
the sons of Nicolo got back to Venice; and there is no account of
Antonio ever being allowed to return at all.--E

SECTION II.

_Sequel of the Narrative by Antonio Zeno_.

Twenty-six years ago, four fishing boats, which had been overtaken by a
violent storm, were driven out to sea for a great many days; and on the
cessation of the tempest, they discovered an island called _Estoitland_,
which lay above a thousand miles to the westward of _Frisland_. One of the
boats, containing six men, was cast away upo