sight very high and ragged Land. The Norther side of this Bayes mouth being high land, is a small Iland, the which we called Collins Cape, by the name of our Boat-swaine, who first saw it. In this Bay we saw many Whales, and one of our company hauing a Hooke and Line ouer-boord to trie for Fish, a Whale came vnder the Keele of our ship, and made her held, yet by Gods mercie we had no harme, but the losse of the hooke and three parts of the line. At a South-west Sunne from the Northwest and by North, a flood set into the Bay. At the mouth of this Bay we had sounding thirtie fathoms, and after sixe and twentie fathoms, but being farther in, we had no ground at an hundred fathoms, and therefore judged it rather a Sound then a Bay. Betweene this high ragged, in the swampes and vallies lay much snow. Heere wee found it hot. On the Souther side of this Bay, lye three or foure small Ilands or Rockes.

In the bottome of this Bay, Iohn Colman my Mate, and William Collins my Boat-swaine, with two others of our company went on shoare, and there they found and brought aboord, a payre of Morses teeth in the jaw, they likewise found Whales bones, and some dosen or more of Deeres Hornes, they saw the footings of Beasts of other sorts, they also saw Rotegeese, they saw much drift Wood on the shoare, and found a streame or two of Fresh water. Here they found it hot on the shoare, and dranke water to coole their thirst, which they also commended. Here we found the want of a better Ship-boate. As they cer tified me, they were not on the shoare past halfe an houre, and among other things brought aboord a Stone of the Countrey. When they went from vs it was calme, but presently after we had a gale of wind at North-east, which came with the Flood with fogge. We plyed too and againe in the Bay waiting their comming; but after they came aboord we had the

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wind at East and by South a fine gale, we minding our Voyage, and the time to performe it, steered away North-east, and North North-east. This night proued cleerc, and we had the Sunne on the Meridian, on the North and by East part of the Compasse, from the vpper edge of the Horizon with the Crosse-staffe, we found his height 10 degrees 40 minutes, without allowing any thing for the Semidiameter of the Sunne, or the distance of the end of the staffe from the Center in the Eye. From a North Sunne to an East Sunne, we sayled betweene North and North North-east, eight leagues.

The fifteenth, in the morning was very cleere vveather, the Sunne shining vvarme, but little vvind at East Southerly. By a South-east Sunne vve had brought Collins Cape to beare off vs South-east, and we saw the high land of Newland, that part by vs Discouered on our starboord, eight or ten leagues from vs, trending North-east and by East, and Southwest and by West, eighteene or twentie leagues from vs to the North-east, being a very high Mountaynous Land, like ragged Rockes vvith snow betweene them. By mine account, the Norther part of this Land which now vve saw, stretched into 81 degrees. All this day proued cleere vveather, little Wind, and reasonable vvarme.

The sixteenth, in the morning warme and cleere weather, the vvinde at North. This morning we saw that vve vvere compassed in with Ice in abundance, lying to the North, to the North-vvest, the East and South-east, and being runne toward the farthest part of the Land by vs discouered, which for the most part trendeth nearest hand North-east and South-west, vvee saw more Land ioyning to thesame, trending North in our sight, by meanes of the cleernesse of the vveather, stretching farre into 82 degrees; and by the bowing or shewing of the skie much farther. Which when I first saw, I hoped to haue had a free Sea betweene the Land and the Ice,

and meant to haue compassed this Land by the North. But now finding by proofe it vvas vnpossible, by means of the abundance of Ice compassing vs about by the North, and ioyning to the land, and seeing God did blesse vs with a faire wind to sayle by the South of this Land to the North-east, vve returned, bearing vp the Helme, minding to hold that part of the Land, vvhich the Hollanders had discouered in our sight, and if contrary vvindes should take vs, to Harbour there, and to trie what vve could finde to the charge of our Voyage, and to proceed on our Discouerie, as soone as God should blesse vs with Winde. And this I can assure at this present, that betweene 78 degrees and a halfe, and 82 degrees by this way there is no passage: but I thinke this Land may bee profitable to those that will aduenture it. In this Bay before spoken of, and about this coast, we saw more abundance of Seales then we had seene any time before swimming in the water. At noone, this day hauing a stiffe gale of wind at North, we were thwart of Collins Cape, standing in 81 degrees and a halfe and at one of the clocke the Cape beare Northeast off vs. From thence I set our course West South-west, with purpose to keepe in the open Sea free from Ice, and sayled in that course 16 leagues. At ten this night we steered away Southwest, with the wind at North a hard gale, vntill eight the next morning 18 leagues.

The seuenteenth, in the morning a good gale at North: at eight, we altered our course, and steered away South till eight in the Eeuening, and ranne 12 leagues. This day proued reasonable cleere and warme. The eighteenth, in the morning the wind encreased at South and by East, with thicke fogge. All this after-noone and night proued close weather, little fogge, and reasonable warme.

The nineteenth, at eight in the morning the wind at South, with thicke fogge, we stecred South-east

wind at East and by South a fine gale, we minding our Voyage, and the time to performe it, steered away North-east, and North North-east. This night proued cleere, and we had the Sunne on the Meridian, on the North and by East part of the Compasse, from the vpper edge of the Horizon with the Crosse-staffe, we found his height 10 degrees 40 minutes, without allowing any thing for the Semidiameter of the Sunne, or the distance of the end of the staffe from the Center in the Eye. From a North Sunne to an East Sunne, we sayled betweene North and North North-east, eight leagues.

The fifteenth, in the morning was very cleere vveather, the Sunne shining vvarme, but little vvind at East Southerly. By a South-east Sunne vve had brought Collins Cape to beare off vs South-east, and we saw the high land of Newland, that part by vs Discouered on our starboord, eight or ten leagues from vs, trending North-east and by East, and Southwest and by West, eighteene or twentie leagues from vs to the North-east, being a very high Mountaynous Land, like ragged Rockes vvith snow betweene them. By mine account, the Norther part of this Land which now vve saw, stretched into 81 degrees. All this day proued cleere vveather, little Wind, and reasonable vvarme.

The sixteenth, in the morning warme and cleere weather, the vvinde at North. This morning we saw that vve vvere compassed in with Ice in abundance, lying to the North, to the North-vvest, the East and South-east, and being runne toward the farthest part of the Land by vs discouered, which for the most part trendeth nearest hand North-east and South-west, vvee saw more Land ioyning to thesame, trending North in our sight, by meanes of the cleernesse of the vveather, stretching farre into 82 degrees; and by the bowing or shewing of the skie much farther. Which when I first saw, I hoped to haue had a free Sea betweene the Land and the Ice,

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