a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



glistering with the Sunne : they came rowing towardes 

 us, as fast as they could, and when they came within 

 hearing, they held up their oares, and cryed Ilyaoute, 

 making many signes : and at last they came to us, giving 

 us birdes for bracelets, and of them I had a darte with a 

 bone in it, or a piece of Unicorns home, as I did judge. 

 This dart he made store of, but when he saw a knife, 

 he let it go, being more desirous of the knife then of 

 his dart : these people continued rowing after our ship 

 the space of 3. howres. 



The 25. in the morning at 7. of the clocke we descried 

 30. Savages rowing after us, being by judgement 10. 

 leagues off from the shore : they brought us Salmon 

 Peales, Birdes, and Caplin, and we gave them pinnes, 

 needles, bracelets, nailes, knives, bels, looking glasses, 

 and other small trifles, and for a knife, a naile or a 

 bracelet, which they call Ponigmah, they would sell 

 their boate, coates, or any thing they had, although 

 they were farre from the shore. Wee had but few 

 skinnes of them, about 20. but they made signes to us 

 that if wee would goe to the shore, wee should have 

 more store of Chichsanege : they stayed with us till 

 11. of the clocke, at which time wee went to prayer, 

 and they departed from us. 



The 28. and 29. were foggie with cloudes, the 30. 



72. deg. 12. day wee tooke the heigth, and found our selves in 72. 



mm. degrees and 12 minutes of latitude both at noone and 



at night, the Sunne being 5. degrees above the Horizon. 



The great va- At midnight the compasse set to the variation of 28. 



nation of the degrees to the Westward. Now having coasted the 



London 'coast. l an d, which wee called London coast, from the 21. of 



Betweene this present, till the 30. the Sea open all to the West- 



Gronland & wards and Northwards, the land on starboord side East 



the North of f rom US) t h e w inde shifted to the North, whereupon we 



40. leagues. ^ e ^ tnat snore 5 naming the same Hope Sanderson, and 



shaped our course West, and ranne 40. leagues and 



better without the sight of any land. 



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