MARTIN FROBISHER ad. 



. „ . 1578. 



in stead of a sledge to beate withall, and also to occupy 

 two small bellowes in steade of one payre of greater 

 Smiths bellowes. And for lacke of small Yron for the 

 easier making of the nayles, they were forced to breake 

 their tongs, grydiron, and fireshovell in pieces. 



The eleventh of August the Captaine of the Anne 

 Francis taking the Master of his Shippe with him, went 

 up to the toppe of Hattons Hedland, which is the highest HattonsHed- 

 land of all the streights, to the ende to descry the land ' 

 situation of the Countrey underneath, and to take a true 

 plotte of the place, whereby also to see what store of Yce 

 was yet left in the streights, as also to search what 

 Mineral matter or fruite that soyle might yeeld : And 

 the rather for the honour the said Captaine doeth owe 

 to that Honourable name which himselfe gave thereunto 

 the last yeere, in the highest part of this Hedland he 

 caused his company to make a Columne or Crosse of 

 stone, in token of Christian possession. In this place 

 there is plentie of Blacke Ore, and divers pretie stones. Pretie stones. 



The seventeenth of August the Captaines with their A mightle 

 companies chaced and killed a great white Beare, which ™hite Beare. 

 adventured and gave a fierce assault upon twentie men 

 being weaponed. And he served them for good meate 

 many dayes. 



The eighteenth of August the Pinnesse with much A Pinnesse 

 adoe being set together, the sayd Captaine Best deter- e ' 

 mined to depart up the streights, to proove and make 

 tryall, as before was pretended, some of his company 

 greatly persuading him to the contrary, and specially the 

 Carpenter that set the same together, who sayde that hee 

 would not adventure himselfe therein for five hundreth 

 pounds, for that the boate hung together but onely by 

 the strength of the nayles, and lacked some of her 

 principall knees and tymbers. 



These wordes somewhat discouraged some of the 

 company which should have gone therein. Whereupon 

 the Captaine, as one not altogether addicted to his owne 

 selfe-will, but somewhat foreseeing how it might be 



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