158 DISCOVERIES OF CORNELISON, 1594. 



to Steven Burough in 1565, long before any 

 Dutchman had been so far to the eastward. 



On passing the strait they continued their course 

 to the eastward, but met with considerable inter- 

 ruption from ice which, at one time, came floating 

 in such quantities as to oblige them to return. 

 But on observing it to separate and disperse by a 

 change of wind and by the current, they again 

 stood on to the eastward until they came into a 

 deep blue sea nearly free from ice. At this time 

 they were not more than forty leagues from 

 Waigatz strait, and the main land to the southward 

 of them was in sight, trending apparently to the 

 south-east. These circumstances gave them such 

 confident hopes of an open passage to Cathaia, 

 that, instead of following up the actual discovery 

 of it, they agreed to turn back, in order to be the 

 first to convey the happy tidings to Holland. They 

 accordingly repassed the strait, gave names to 

 some islands already named, called at Kilduyn, 

 and from thence made the best of their way home, 

 which they reached on the 26th September. This 

 part of the voyage, containing the operations 

 of the two ships which sailed together, is written 

 by li. Van Linschoten ; that which follows by 

 Gerrit de Veer. 



Barentz, in the Messenger, after crossing the 

 White sea, stood to the north-eastward, and having 

 made the west coast of Nova Zembla on the 4th 

 July, proceeded along it to the northward, giving 



