JOHN DAVIS a.d. 



1587. 



THE DISCOURSE 



The true course, &c. This 6 of July we put our barke thorow the ice, 

 seeing the sea free on the West side : and having sailed 5 leagues West, 

 we fell with another mighty barre, which we could not passe : and 

 therefore returning againe, we freed our selves the 8 of this moneth at 

 midnight, and so recovered the sea through Gods favour, by faire winds, 

 the weather being very calme. 



The true course, Sec. 



The true course, &c. This day we coasted the ice. 



The true course, &c. 



The true course, &c. 



This day the people came to us off the shore, and bartered with us. 

 Being within the Isles, & not finding good ankorage, we bare off againe 

 into the sea. 



The true course, &c. 



The true course, &c. This day a great current set us West 6 points 

 from ou r course. 



The true course, &c. This day we fell w* a mighty banke of ice 

 West of us. 



The true course, &c. Collected by div ers experiments. 



The true course, &c. This 19 of July at one a clocke in the after- 

 noone we had sight of the land of Mount Ralegh, and by 12. of the 

 clocke at night wee were thwart the Streights which (by Gods helpe) 

 I discovered the first yere. 



The 20 day wee traversed in the mouth of the sayd Streights with a 

 contrary winde, being Wes t and faire weather. 



This 23 day at 2 of the clocke in the afternoone, having sailed 60 

 leagues Northwest, we ankered among an huge number of isles lying in 

 the bottome of the sayd supposed passage, at which place the water riseth 

 4 fadome upright. Here as we rode at anker, a great whale passed by 

 us, and swam West in among the isles. In this place a S. W. by W. 

 moone maketh, a full sea. Here the compasse varied 30 degrees. 



The 24 day at 5 of the clocke in the morning we set saile, departing from 

 this place, and shaping our course S. E. to recover the maine Ocean againe. 



This 25 we were becalmed almost in the bottome of the Streights, & 

 had the weather marvellous extreame hot. 



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