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XXIV. from the Conquest, to the Death of®^M ary I.
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Water was so shallow, that the Boatcould not come to Land; And verymuch Ice, but no Appearance of anyHabitation. This Land lies East andby North, from the Coast of Seynam ,abtmt one Hundred and sixty Leagues,in the Latitude of feyenty-two Degrees.
The fifteenth, sixteenth and seven-teenth we plied to the Northward.
The eighteenth, the Wind comingto the North-East, and the Gonjidenzabeing troubled with Bilge'water , andstocked, we thought it necessary to seeka Harbour for her Relief. Therefore,we bore Room, South-South-East, a-bout seventy Leagues.
The twenty-first we sounded, andfound ten Fathom, after that we sound-ed again, and found but seven Fathom,and the Water yet shoaling, tho’ wecould fee no Land, which seemed verystrange to us. Therefore, to avoidDan-ger, we bore roomer into the Sea, allthat Night, North-West and by West.
The nextDay, we founded, and hadtwenty Fathom, then shaped our Courseand run West-South-West, untill thetwenty-third. We then perceived alow Land, to which we bore as nigh aswe could, and it seemed to us to be un-inhabited. We then plied to theWestward, along by that Land, whichlies West-South-West, and East-North-East; But the Wind blowing hard atthe West, we haled into the Sea, Northand by East, thirty Leagues. The Windthen coming about to the North-East,we failed West-North-West. Afterthat, the Wind bearing to the North-West, we lay with our Sails West-South-West, about fourteen Leagues, andthen descried Land, and bore in with it,being the eight and twentieth. Wefound shoal Water, and bore in, ’till wecame to three Fathom, and then,perceiv-ing it to continue shoal Water, and se-ing dry Sands, we haled out again,North-East, along that Land, ’till wecame to the Point of it. The Landthen turning to the Westward, we runalong sixteen Leagues, North-west; thencoming into a fair Bay, we went ashoarwith our Boat. The Place was uninha-bited ; but yet appeared unto us as ifPeople had been there, by Crosses, andother Signs we saw. From thence wewent all along the Coast, Westward.
The fourth of September , we lostSight of Land, by Reason of contraryWinds, and the eighth we saw Land a -gain. Within two Days we lost Sight
of it j Then running, West and bySouth, iSSZ”
about thirty Leagues, we got Sight ofLand again, and bore in with it ’tiNight; but then, perceiving it to be aLee-shoar, we got to Sea again.
The twelfth, we haled towards Shoaragain, having then tollerable Wind andWeather: Being near in with the Shoar,and the Tide almost spent, we came toAnchor, in thirty Fathom Water.
The thirteenth, we came along theCoast, which lay. North-West and byWest, and South-East and by East.
The fourteenth, we came to an An-chor, within two Leagues of the Shoar,having sixty Fathom. There we wentashoar with our Boat, and found two orthree good Harbours, the Land beingrocky and high ; But People we sawnone.
The fifteenth, we run still along theCoast, untill the seventeenth. Then,the Wind being contrary, we thoughtit most advisable, to return to the Har-bour which we had before found, and,therefore, bore roomer with it; Wecould not, however, reach it that Day.
The next Day, being the eighteenth,we entered into the Haven, and cameto an Anchor there, at six Fathom. ThisHaven runs into the Main, about twoLeagues, and is, in Breadth, balsaLeague. We saw a great many Seals,and other large Fishes; And, upon theLand, Bears, large Deer, Foxes, andseveral strange Beasts, to us unknown.
After remaining in this Haven about aWeek, considering the Year was farspent, and very bad Weather, withFrost, Snow and Hail, as if it had beenin the Depth of Winter, we began tothink it would be best to winter here. ^} ]ey p ut ^We, therefore, sent three of our Men toaHave nSouth-South-West, in Search of Inhabi- to winter*tants; And they went three Days Jour-ny, and then, finding none, returned.
We sent other three, four Days Jour-ney, Westward, but they, likewise re-turned, without having seen any hu-mane Creature. We then sent threeMen, South-East; three Days Journy;who returned, in the fame Manner,without having discovered any Appear-ance of a Habitation.
Thus far our Journal, which waswritten with Sir Hugh IVUloughbfs oneHand : But how he came to discontinueit, the eighteenth of September , when,by the Will of Gabriel IVilhughby ,his Kinsman, subscribed by Sir Hugh ,which was found lying before him, it
appears,