shaftman long; and it was boggie ground in some places, there are many streames of Snow water nigh, it was very hot on the shoare, and the snow melted apace, they saw the footings of many great Beares, of Deere, and Foxes. They went from vs at three a clocke in the morning, and came aboord at a Southeast Sunne; and at their comming, wee saw two or three companies of Morses in the sea neere vs swimming, being almost calme. I presently sent my Mate, Ladlow the Carpenter, and sixe others a shoare to a place where I thought the Morses might come on the shoare, they found the place likely, but found no signe of any that had beene there. There was a Crosse standing on the shoare, much Drift-wood, and signes of Fires that had beene made there. They saw the footing of very great Deere and Beares, and much Fowle, and a Foxe; they brought aboord Whale finnes, some Mosse, Flowers and greene things that did there grow. They brought also two peeces of a Crosse, which they found there. The Sunne was on the Meridian on the North North-east, halfe a point Easterly, before it began to fall. The Sunnes height was 4 degrees 45 minutes, Inclination 22 degrees 33 minutes, which makes the Latitude 72 degrees 12 minutes. There is disagreement betweene this and the last observation; but by meanes of the cleernesse of the Sunne, the smoothnesse of the Sea, and the neernesse to Land, wee could not bee deceiued, and care was taken in it.

The eight and twentieth, at foure a clocke in the Morning our Boat came aboord, and brought two dozen of Fowle, and some Eggs, whereof a few were good, and a Whales finne; and wee all saw the Sea full of Morses, yet no signes of their being on shoare. And in this calme, from eight a clocke last Eeuening, till foure this Morning, we were drawne backe to the Northward, as farre as wee were the last Eeuening at foure a clocke, by a Streame or a Tide; and we chose rather so to driue, then to aduenture

the loss of an Anchor, and the spoyle of a Cable. Heere our new Ship-boate began to doe vs seruice, and was an incouragement to my Companie, which want I found the last yeere.

The nine and twentieth, in the morning calme, being halfe a league from the shoare, the Sea being smooth, the Needle did encline 84 degrees, we had many Morses in the Sea neere vs, and desiring to find where they came on shoare, wee put to with Sayle and Oares, towing in our Boat, and rowing in our Barke to get about a point of Land, from whence the Land did fall more Easterly, and the Morses did goe that way. V Vee had the Sunne on the Meridian on the South and by VVest point, halfe a point to the VVester part of the Compasse, in the latitude of 71 degrees 15 minutes. At two a clocke this after-noone we came to anchor in the mouth of a Kiuer, where lieth an Iland in the mouth thereof, foure leagues: wee anchored from the Iland in two and thirtie fathomes, blacke sandy ground. There droue much Ice out of it with a streame that set out of the Riuer or Sound, and there were many Morses sleeping on the Ice, and by it we were put from our Road twice this night; and being calme all this day, it pleased God at our need to giue vs a fine gale, which freed vs out of danger. This day was calme, eleere and hot weather: all the night we rode still.

The thirtieth, calme, hot, and faire weather, we weighed in the morning, and towed and rowed, and at noone we came to anchor neere the Ile aforesaid in the mouth of the Riuer, and saw very much Ice driuing in the Sea, two leagues without vs lying South-east and North-west; and driuing to the North-west so fast, that wee could not by twelue a elocke at night see it out of the top. At the Iland where wee rode, lieth a little Rocke, whereon were fortie or fiftie Morses lying asleepe, being all that it could hold, it being so full and little. I sent my companie ashoare to them, leauing none aboord but

my Boy with mee: and by meanes of their neerenesse to the water, they all got away, saue one which they killed, and brought his head aboord; and ere they came aboord they went on the Iland, which is reasonable high and steepe, but flat on the top. They killed and brought with them a great Fowle, whereof there were many, and likewise some Egges, and in an houre they came aboord. This Ile is two flight-shot ouer in length, and one in breadth. At mid-night our Anchor came home, and wee tayld aground by meanes of the strength of the streame, but by the helpe of God, wee houed her off without hurt. In short time wee moued our ship, and rode still all night; and in the night wee had little wind at East, and East South-east. VVee had at noone this day an obseruation, and were in the latitude of 71 degrees 15 minutes.

The first of Iuly, we saw more Ice to Seaward of vs; from the South-east to the North-west, driuing to the North-west. At noone it was calme, and we had the Sunne on the Meridian, on the South and by VVest point, halfe a point to the VVesterly part of the Compasse, in the latitude of 71 degrees 24 minutes. This morning I sent my Mate Eueret, and foure of our companie to rowe about the Bay, to see what Riuers were in the same, and to find where the Morses did come on land; and to see a Sound or great Riuer in the bottome of the Bay, which did alwaies send out a great streame to the Northwards, against the tide that came from thence: and I found the same in comming in, from the North to this place before this. VVhen by the meanes of the great plenty of Ice, the hope of passage betweene Newland and Noua Zembla was taken away; my purpose was by the Vaygats to passe by the mouth of the Riuer Ob, and to double that way the North Cape of Tartaria, or to giue reason wherefore it will not be : but being here, and hoping by the plentie of Morses wee saw here, to defray the charge of our Voyage;

and also that this Sound might for some reasons bee a better passage to the East of Noua Zembla, then the Vaygats, if it held according to my hope conceiued by the likenesse it gaue: for whereas we had a floud came from the Northwards; yet this Sound or Riuer did runne so strong, that Ice with the streame of this Riuer was carried away, or any thing else against the floud: so that both in floud and ebbc, the streame doth hold a strong course; and it floweth from the North three houres, and ebbeth nine.

The second, the wind being at East South-east, it was reasonable cold, and so was Friday; and the Morses did not play in our sight as in warme weather. This morning at three of the clocke, my Mate and companie came aboord, and brought a great Deeres horne, a white locke of Deeres haire; foure dozen of Fowle, their boat halfe laden with drift Wood; and some Flowers and greene things, that they found growing on the shoare. They saw a herd of white Deere, of ten in a companie on the land; much drift wood lying on the shoare, many good Bayes, and one Riuer faire to see on the North shoare, for the Morses to land on: but they saw no Morses there, but signes that they had beene in the Bayes. And the great Riuer or Sound, they certified me, was of breadth two or three leagues, and had no ground at twentie fathoms, and that the water was of the colour of the Sea, and very salt, and that the streame setteth strongly out of it. At sixe a clocke this morning, came much Ice from the Southward driuing vpon vs, very fearefull to looke on: but by the mercy of God and his mightie helpe, we being moored with two Anchors ahead with vering out of one Cable, and heauing home the other, and fending off with Beames and Sparres, escaped the danger: which labour continued till sixe a clocke in the Eeuening, and then it was past vs, and we rode still and tooke our rest this night.

The third, the wind at North a hard gale: At three a clocke this morning wee weighed our anchor, and set say le, purposing to runne into the Riuer or Sound before spoken of.

The fourth, in the morning it cleered vp with the wind at North-west, we weighed and set sayle, and stood to the Eastwards, and past ouer a Reefe, and found on it fiue and halfe, sixe, sixe and a halfe, and seuen fathoms water: then we saw that the Sound was full, and a very large Riuer from the North-eastward free from Ice, and a strong streame comming out of it and wee had sounding, then, foure and thirtie fathoms water. Wee all conceiued hope of this Northerly Riuer or Sound, and sailing in it, wee found three and twentie fathomes for three leagues, and after twentie fathomes for fiue or sixe leagues, all tough Ozie ground. Then the winde vered more Northerly, and the streame came downe so strong, that wee could doe no good on it: wee came to anchor, and went to supper, and then presently I sent my Mate Iuet, with fiue more of our companie in our Boat, with Sayle and Oares to get vp the Riuer, being provided with Victuall and Weapons for defence, willing them to sound as they went; and if it did continue still deepe, to goe vntil it did -trende to the Eastward, or to the Southwards, and wee rode still.

The fift, in the morning we had the wind at West; we began to weigh anchor, purposing to set sayle and to runne vp the Sound after our companie: then the wind vered Northerly vpon vs, and we saued our labour. At noone our companie came aboord vs hauing had a hard rought; for they had beene vp the Riuer sixe or seuen leagues, and sounded it from twentie to three and twentie; and after brought it to eight, sixe, and one fathome; and then to foure foot in the best: they then went ashoare, and found good store of wilde Goose quills, a piece of an old Oare, and some Flowers, and greene things which