ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



needles and cardes, they poynting to the shore, as though 

 they would shew us some great friendship : but we little 

 regarding their curtesie, gave them the gentle farewell, 

 and so departed. 



The 14. wee had the wind at South. The 15. there 



was some fault either in the barke, or the set of some 



They were current, for wee were driven sixe points beyond our 



driven West course West. The 16. wee fell with the banke of yce 



pMrTuZ' West from US ' The X 7* and l8 * Were f °gg ie ' The I 9- 

 In 6j. degrees, at one a clocke after noone, wee had sight of the land 



45. minutes, which we called Mount Raleigh, and at 12. of the 

 Mount clocke at night, we were thwart the streights which we 



aets ' discovered the first yeere. The 20. wee traversed in the 



mouth of the streight, the wind being at West, with 

 faire and cleare weather. The 21. and 22. wee coasted 

 the Northerne coast of the streights. The 23. having 

 sayled threescore leagues Northwest into the streights, at 

 two a clocke after noone wee ankered among many Isles 

 The Eark of [ n tne bottome of the gulfe, naming the same The Earle 

 Cumberland* q( Cumber i a nds Isles, where riding at anker, a Whale 

 passed by our ship and went West in among the Isles. 

 The variation Heere the compasse set at thirtie degrees Westward 

 d^wTt- var ^ a ^ on - The 23. wee departed, shaping our course 

 ward. Southeast to recover the Sea. The 25. wee were be- 



calmed in the bottome of the gulfe, the ayre being 

 extreme hot. Master Bruton and some of the Mariners 

 went on shoare to course dogs, where they found many 

 Graves and Trane spilt on the ground, the dogs being so 

 fat that they were scant able to run. 



The 26. wee had a prety storme, the winde being at 



Southeast. The 27. and 28. were faire. The 29. we 



were cleare out of the streights, having coasted the South 



The land shore, and this day at noone we were in 62. degrees of 



trendethfrom latitude. The 30. in the afternoone wee coasted a banke 



this place G f yce, which lay on the shore, and passed by a great 



l° U to7th" nd banke or Inlet ' which l W between 6 3* and 62 * de g rees of 

 MylordLum- latitude, which we called Lumlies Inlet. We had often- 

 leys Inlet. times, as we sailed alongst the coast, great ruttes, the 



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