MARTIN FROBISHER ad 



1578. 

 which brought no smal joy unto the General, and great 

 consolation to the heavie hearts of those wearied wights. 



The 30. day of July we brought our ships into the [III. 43.] 

 Countesse of Warwicks sound, and moared them, namely 

 these ships, The Admirall, the Rearadmiral, the Francis 

 of Foy, the Beare Armenel, the Salomon, and the Busse 

 of Bridgewater : which being done, our Generall com- 

 maunded us all to come a shore upon the Countesses 

 Hand, where he set his Miners to worke upon the Mine, 

 giving charge with expedition to dispatch with their 

 lading. 



Our Generall himselfe, accompanied with his Gentle- 

 men, divers times made rodes into sundry partes of the 

 Countrey, as well to finde new Mines, as also to finde 

 out and see the people of the Countrey. He found out 

 one Mine upon an Island by Beares sound, and named it 

 the Countesse of Sussex Island. One other was found in The Countesse 

 Winters Fornace, with divers others, to which the ships °f^ us j ex 

 were sent sunderly to be laden. In the same rodes ^ /m 

 he mette with divers of the people of the Countrey at Fornace. 

 sundry times, as once at a place called Davids sound : who Davids Sound. 

 shot at our men, and very desperately gave them the 

 onset, being not above three or foure in number, there 

 being of our Countrey men above a dosen : but seeing 

 themselves not able to prevaile, they tooke themselves to 

 flight : whom our men pursued, but being not used to 

 such craggie cliffes, they soone lost the sight of them, and 

 so in vaine returned. 



We also saw of them at Beares sound, both by Sea The policie of 

 and land in great companies : but they would at all times *tepf°pkfor 

 keepe the water betweene them and us. And if any S ^^j{ es 

 of our ships chanced to be in the sound (as they came 

 divers times, because the Harbor was not very good) 

 the ship laded, and departed againe : then so long as 

 any ships were in sight, the people would not be seene. 

 But when as they perceived the ships to be gone, they 

 would not only shew themselves standing upon high 

 cliffes, and call us to come over unto them : but also 



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