ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 

 Apkinecham- They also found tenne miles within the snowy moun- 

 pwn countrey. tames a pl a ine champion countrey, with earth and grasse, 

 such as our moory and waste grounds of England are : 

 A goodly river, they went up into a river (which in the narrowest place is 

 two leagues broad) about ten leagues, finding it still to 

 continue they knewe not howe farre : but I with my com- 

 pany tooke another river, which although at the first it 

 offered a large inlet, yet it proved but a deepe bay, the 

 ende whereof in foure houres I attained, and there leaving 

 the boat well manned, went with the rest of my company 

 three or foure miles into the countrey, but found nothing, 

 nor saw any thing, save onely gripes, ravens, and small 

 birds, as larkes and linnets. 



The third of July I manned my boat, and went with 

 fifty Canoas attending upon me up into another sound 

 where the people by signes willed mee to goe, hoping 

 to finde their habitation : at length they made signes 

 that I should goe into a warme place to sleepe, at which 

 place I went on shore, and ascended the toppe of an 

 high hill to see into the countrey, but perceiving my 

 labor vaine, I returned againe to my boat, the people still 

 following me, and my company very diligent to attend 

 us, and to helpe us up the rockes, and likewise downe : 

 at length I was desirous to have our men leape with 

 them, which was done, but our men did overleape them : 

 from leaping they went to wrestling, we found them 

 strong and nimble, and to have skil in wrestling, for 

 they cast some of our men that were good wrestlers. 



The fourth of July we lanched our pinnesse, and had 

 fortie of the people to helpe us, which they did very 

 willingly : at this time our men againe wrestled with 

 them, and found them as before, strong and skilfull. 

 This fourth of July the Master of the Mermayd went 

 to certaine Hands to store himselfe with wood, where 

 A grave with he found a grave with divers buried in it, only covered 

 a J.™* Se w ^ n sea ^ e skinnes, having a crosse laid over them. The 



people are of good stature, wel in body proportioned, 

 with small slender hands and feet, with broad visages, 



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