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the latter. He quotes Mr. Luke Debes, who, in
his description of Faroe, “speaks of certain islands
which suddenly appear, and as suddenly vanish.
This is a thing nobody could comprehend; so that
one ought not to wonder at the common people,
and even those that were a degree above them, for
looking upon these moving islands to be inhabited
by evil spirits, which appeared sometimes in such
places where the seamen, by daily experience,
knew very well that there was no such thing as a
rock, much less an island; but, however, they
often found something at sea which had the
appearance of land, and consequently were
confounded, made false reckonings, and were taken
out of their course, and brought into great
inconveniences. Many seafaring people give accounts
of such appearances of land, and then suddenly
vanishing away, and particularly here in the
North Sea.” .... “These (islands) could not
possibly hold or stand against the violence of the
waves of the ocean, which break the largest
vessels; and therefore our sailors have concluded
this delusion could come from no other than that
great deceiver the devil. But, according to the
laws of truth, we ought not to charge this apostate
spirit without a cause. I rather think that this
devil, who so suddenly makes and unmakes these
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