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Excerpt from The Founding of a Nation, Vol. 2: The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, Their Voyage on the Mayflower, Their Early Struggles, the Ships and Early Struggles, Hardships and Dangers, and the Beginnings of American Democracy; As Told in the Journals of Francis Beaumont, Cavalier
During this night the soft winds swerved from the mildness into a chill that made me shiver under my rugs and sent crystals Of ice floating upon the harbor. After a fearful night I decided I would go ashore if for no other reason than that I might get out Of the cold. The ship, being well unloaded, rolled heavily in the seas. One Of the men coming in, a cold blast swept through the door making my teeth chatter. This cold left me undaunted for I had made up my mind I would go as soon after breakfast as possible. 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.
