JOHN DAVIS ad. 



1585. 

 meanes. Here our mariners put to their lines to see if 

 they could get any fish, because there were so many 

 seales upon the coast, and the birds did beate upon the 

 water, but all was in vaine : The water about this place v *n blacke 

 was very blacke and thicke like to a filthy standing poole, water - 

 we sounded and had ground in 120. fathoms. While 

 the Captaine was rowing to the shoare, our men sawe 

 woods upon the rocks like to the rocks of Newfoundland, 

 but I could not discerne them, yet it might be so very 

 well : for we had wood floting upon the coast every day, Floting wood. 

 and the Mooneshine tooke up a tree at Sea not farre from 

 the coast being sixtie foote of length and foureteene 

 handfuls about, having the roote upon it : After this the 

 Captaine came aboord, the weather being very calme and 

 faire we bent our course toward the South, with intent 

 to double the land. 



The 23. we coasted the land which did lie East- 

 northeast and Westsouthwest. 



The 24. the winde being very faire at East, we coasted 

 the land which did lie East and West, not being able to 

 come neere the shoare by reason of the great quantitie of 

 yce. At this place, because the weather was somewhat Coldebyreason 

 colde by reason of the yce, and the better to encourage °fy ce - 

 our men, their allowance was increased : the captaine and [III. 100.] 

 the master tooke order that every messe, being five 

 persons, should have halfe a pound of bread and a kan of 

 beere every morning to breakfast. The weather was not 

 very colde, but the aire was moderate like to our April- 

 weather in England : when the winde came from the 

 land, or the ice, it was some what colde, but when it 

 came off the sea it was very hote. 



The 25 of this moneth we departed from sight of this They saile 



land at sixe of the clocke in the morning, directing; our Nort ^ est - 



o j o weird above 



course to the Northwestward, hoping in Gods mercy to r Qure d 



finde our desired passage, and so continued above foure 



da y^f' - T , ,. . , . . , , Landing 



The 29 or July we discovered land in 64 degrees Agrees \$ 



1 5 minutes of latitude, bearing Northeast from us. The min. 



vii 385 2 B 



