JOHN DAVIS ad. 



1586. 

 sound in the latitude of 64. deg. 15. min. which was the 

 place where wee were appoynted to meete our Generall 

 and the rest of our Fleete. Here we came to an har- 

 borough at 6. of the clocke at night. 



The 4. day in the morning the Master went on shore [III. no.] 

 with 10. of his men, and they brought us foure of the 

 people rowing in their boats aboord of the ship. And in 

 the afternoone I went on shore with 6. of our men, and 

 there came to us seven of them when we were on land. 

 We found on shore three dead people, and two of them 

 had their staves lying by them, and their olde skinnes 

 wrapped about them and the other had nothing lying by, 

 wherefore we thought it was a woman. We also saw 

 their houses neere the Sea side, which were made with The houses of 

 pieces of wood on both sides, and crossed over with poles Gronland - 

 and then covered over with earth : we found Foxes 

 running upon the hilles : as for the place it is broken 

 land all the way that we went, and full of broken 

 Islands. 



The 2 1 . of August the Master sent the boate on shore 

 for wood with sixe of his men, and there were one and 

 thirtie of the people of the countrey which went on shore 

 to them, & they went about to kill them as we thought, 

 for they shot their dartes towards them, and we that were 

 aboord the ship, did see them goe on shore to our men : 

 whereupon the Master sent the pinnesse after them, and 

 when they saw the pinnesse comming towards them, they 

 turned backe, and the Master of the pinnesse did shoote 

 off a caliver to them the same time, but hurt none of 

 them, for his meaning was onely to put them in feare. 

 Divers times they did wave us on shore to play with them Our men play 

 at the football, and some of our company went on shore at f ^ te ^ lL 

 to play with them, and our men did cast them downe as § ava J Sm 

 soone as they did come to strike the ball. And thus 

 much of that which we did see and do in that harborough 

 where we arrived first. 



The 23. day wee departed from the Merchants Isle, 

 where wee had beene first, and our course from thence 



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