A.D. 



1597. 



260 BARENTZ' THIRD VOYAGE. 



to the statement, which when done was placed 

 in a conspicuous part of the dismantled hut. 



Barentz now put to sea, but the prospect 

 was discouraging in the extreme ; the ice had 

 been driven down upon the land, and in an 

 attempt to round the north-eastern part of 

 Nova Zembla the boats were beset, and so 

 pressed that the crews were obliged to draw 

 them upon the top of the floes to prevent their 

 being crushed. They remained here several days, 

 almost in despair of ever being able to proceed ; 

 and, to add to their misfortunes, poor Barentz, 

 in whom they " reposed themselves next under 

 God," their chief guide and only pilot, having 

 grown gradually worse since his removal, at 

 length sunk under his misfortunes. Such is 

 the melancholy fate of this great and good sea- 

 man, a skilful and enterprising navigator, whose 

 name will always stand conspicuous in the annals 

 of early Arctic discovery. On the same day 

 as poor Barentz breathed his last, died also 

 Adrianson, the other invalid. 



With extreme difficulty, and many clangers 

 from the ice, gales of wind at sea, and the 

 attacks of bears, the two boats made their way 

 down the western side of Nova Zembla, and 

 crossed over to the northern coast of Russia, 

 where they obtained some provisions from the 



