JOHN DAVIS a.d. 



1586. 

 creaseth our hope. This nineteenth of August at sixe 

 a clocke in the afternoone, it began to snow, and so 

 continued all night with foule weather, and much winde, 

 so that we were constrained to lie at hull all night 

 five leagues off the shore : In the morning being the 

 twentieth of August, the fogge and storme breaking 

 up, we bare in with the lande, and at nine a clocke 

 in the morning wee ankered in a very faire and safe 

 road and lockt for all weathers. At tenne of the clocke 

 I went on shore to the toppe of a very high hill, 

 where I perceived that this land was Islands : at foure Hands. 

 of the clocke in the afternoone wee weyed anker, having 

 a faire North northeast winde, with very faire weather ; 

 at six of the clocke we were cleare without the land, 

 and so shaped our course to the South, to discover the 

 coast, whereby the passage may be through Gods mercy 

 found. 



We coasted this land till the eight and twentieth of They runne 8. 

 August, rinding it still to continue towards the South, da J es Sou ^~ 

 from the latitude of 67. to 57. degrees: we found ^"l 7 JJ!L e J s 

 marveilous great store of birds, guls and mewes, incredible u p Gn the coast. 

 to be reported, whereupon being calme weather, we lay 

 one glasse upon the lee, to prove for fish, in which space 

 we caught 100. of cod, although we were but badly 

 provided for fishing, not being our purpose. This eight 

 and twentieth having great distrust of the weather, we 

 arrived in a very faire harbour in the latitude of $6. Aharbwrough 

 degrees, and sailed 10. leagues into the same, being two in 5°.degrees. 

 leagues broad, with very faire woods on both sides : in 

 this place wee continued until the first of September, 

 in which time we had two very great stormes. I landed, 

 & went sixe miles by ghesse into the countrey, and found 

 that the woods were firre, pineapple, alder, yew, withy, Faire woods. 

 and birch : here wee saw a blacke beare : this place 

 yeeldeth great store of birds, as fezant, partridge, Barbary 

 hennes or the like, wilde geese, ducks, black birdes, jeyes, 

 thrushes, with other kinds of small birds. Of the par- 

 tridge and fezant we killed great store with bow and 



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