The fleet entered the Port of St. Julian. It was winter, and for a long time no human beings appeared.
The world according to the Ptolemy of 1548.
Suddenly one day a most extraordinary sight met the eyes of some of the adventurers. Our Knight's description of this being is very vivid. He says:
"One day, without any one's expecting it, we saw a giant who was on the shore of the sea, quite naked, and was dancing and leaping and singing, and, while singing, he put sand and dust on his head." The Captain of one of the ships, who first saw this extraordinary creature, said to one of the sailors:
"Go and meet him. He dances and sings as a sign of friendship. You must do the same. Beckon him to me."
The Captain himself was on a little island.
The scene that followed must have been comical indeed.
The giant danced and sung and sprinkled his head with sand. The sailor did the same, danced and sang, and the two approached each other.
So the giant was made to think that he was among friends. The sailor led him on to the island, where he met the Captain.