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Page 115
Hakluyt Society. from fear of being frozen . To - day we broke open our vinegar - cask , which was entirely frozen . On the 7th , wind and weather as before , wherefore some of us drew their bunks towards the stove ; others remained ...
Hakluyt Society. from fear of being frozen . To - day we broke open our vinegar - cask , which was entirely frozen . On the 7th , wind and weather as before , wherefore some of us drew their bunks towards the stove ; others remained ...
Page 132
... to flight . We aimed at the other , who was standing by the piece of meat that we had previously hung to the mast ; but , as the gun missed fire , he also escaped . We saw bears three or four times more that day , but captured none of them ...
... to flight . We aimed at the other , who was standing by the piece of meat that we had previously hung to the mast ; but , as the gun missed fire , he also escaped . We saw bears three or four times more that day , but captured none of them ...
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... to - day , it froze so hard that in some places the bears walked across the newly - frozen ice . To - night , the wind was all over the compass , with clear weather . On the 3rd , variable wind , with darkness and drift - snow . This ...
... to - day , it froze so hard that in some places the bears walked across the newly - frozen ice . To - night , the wind was all over the compass , with clear weather . On the 3rd , variable wind , with darkness and drift - snow . This ...
Contents
Facsimile or Chart of De Hollantsche ofte MauritsBay | 4 |
Introduction to Troubles at Spitsbergen in 1618 | 39 |
Introduction to JACOB SEGERSZ van der BRUGGE Journael | 75 |
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