A.D. 



1585. 



Wee never 

 came into any 

 bay before or 

 after, but the 

 waters colour 

 was altered 

 very blackish. 



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Secondly, the water remained of one colour with the 

 maine ocean without altering. 



Thirdly, we saw to the West of those Isles three or 

 foure whales in a skull, which they judged to come 

 from a Westerly sea, because to the Eastward we saw 

 not any whale. 



Also as we were rowing into a very great sound lying 

 Southwest, from whence these whales came, upon the 

 sudden there came a violent counter-checke of a tide 

 from the Southwest against the flood which we came 

 with, not knowing from whence it was mainteined. 



Fiftly, in sailing twenty leagues within the mouth of 

 this entrance we had sounding in 90 fadoms, faire grey 

 osie sand, and the further we ran into the Westwards 

 the deeper was the water ; so that hard aboord the shoare 

 among these Isles we could not have ground in 330 

 fadoms. 



Lastly, it did ebbe and flow sixe or seven fadome up 

 and downe, the flood comming from divers parts, so as 

 we could not perceive the chiefe maintenance thereof. 



The 18 and 19 our Captaine and Master determined 

 what was best to doe, both for the safegard of their 

 credits, and satisfying of the adventurers, and resolved, 

 if the weather brake up, to make further search. 



The 20 the winde came directly against us : so they 

 altered their purpose, and reasoned both for proceeding 

 and returning. 



The 2 1 the winde being Northwest, we departed from 

 these Islands ; and as we coasted the South shoare we 

 saw many faire sounds, whereby we were perswaded that 

 it was no firme land but Islands. 



The 23 of this moneth the wind came Southeast, with 

 very stormy and foule weather : so we were constrained 

 to seeke harborow upon the South coast of this entrance, 

 where we fell into a very faire sound, & ankered in 25 

 fadoms greene osie sand. Here we went on shore, where 

 we had manifest signes of people where they had made 

 their fire, and layed stones like a wall. In this place we 



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