JOHN DAVIS a.d. 



1585. 



and strooke him in the side, and wound him into the [III. 99.] 

 ship : when we had him aboord, the Master sayd it 

 was a Darlie head. 



The 2. we had some of the fish sodden, and it did 

 eat as sweete as any mutton. 



The 3. wee had more in sight, and the Master went to 

 shoote at them, but they were so great, that they burst 

 our yrons, and we lost both fish, yrons, pastime and all : 

 yet neverthelesse the Master shot at them with a pike, 

 and had welnigh gotten one, but he was so strong that 

 he burst off the barres of the pike and went away : 

 then he tooke the boat-hooke, and hit one with that, 

 but all would not prevaile, so at length we let them 

 alone. 



The 6. we saw a very great Whale, and every day 

 we saw whales continually. 



The 16. 17. and 18. we saw great store of Whales. Great store of 



The 19. of July we fell into a great whirling and whales - 

 brustling of a tyde, setting to the Northwards : and 

 sayling about halfe a league wee came into a very calme 

 Sea, which bent to the Southsouthwest. Here we heard 

 a mighty great roaring of the Sea, as if it had bene the 

 breach of some shoare, the ayre being so foggie and full of 

 thicke mist, that we could not see the one ship from the 

 other, being a very small distance asunder : so the 

 Captaine and the Master being in distrust how the tyde 

 might set them, caused the Mooneshine to hoyse out 

 her boate and to sound, but they could not finde ground 

 in 300. fathoms and better. Then the Captaine, Master, 

 and I went towards the breach, to see what it should be, 

 giving charge to our gunners that at every glasse they 

 should shoote off a musket-shot, to the intent we might 

 keepe our selves from loosing them. Then comming 

 nere to the breach, we met many Hands of yce floting, 

 which had quickly compassed us about: then we went The routing cf 

 upon some of them, and did perceive that all the roaring the yce together 

 which we heard, was caused onely by the rowling of this roar ' inf r 

 yce together : Our companie seeing us not to returne 



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