a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1556. 



7 Friday we road still, the winde being at Northnorth- 

 east, with a cruell storme. The ice came in so abundantly 

 about us at both ends of the Island that we road under, 

 that it was a fearefull sight to behold : the storme con- 

 tinued with snow, raine, and hayle plenty. 



8 Saturday we road still also, the storme being somewhat 

 abated, but it was altogether misty, that we were not able 

 to see a cables length about us, the winde being at 

 Northeast and by East. 



9 Sunday at foure of the clocke in the morning we 

 departed from this Island, the winde being at Southeast, 

 and as we were cleere a sea boord the small Islandes and 

 shoales, it came so thick with mistes, that we could not 

 see a base shotte from us. Then we tooke in all our 

 sailes to make little way. 



At a Southeast sunne it waxed cleere, and then we set 

 our sayles, and lay close by the wind to the Southwards 

 alongst the Islands of Vaigats. At a west sunne we tooke 

 in our sayle againe because of the great mist and raine. 

 Wee sounded at this place, and had five and twenty 

 fadomes water, and soft blacke oze, being three leagues 

 from the shoare, the winde being at South and by East, 

 but still misty. 



10 Munday at an East sunne we sounded, and had 40 

 fadomes, and oze, still misty : at noone wee sounded 

 againe, and had 36 fadome, still misty. 



11 Tuesday at an Eastnortheast sunne we let fall our 

 anker in three and twenty fadome, the mist still con- 

 tinuing. 



12 Wednesday at three of the clocke in the morning the 

 mist brake up, the wind being at Northeast & by East, 

 and then we saw part of the Islands of Vaigats, which we 

 bare withall, and went Eastsoutheast close by the winde : 

 at a West sunne we were at an anker under the South- 



They land west part of the said Vaigats, and then 1 sent our skiffe to 

 upon ValgafL. s hoare with three men in her, to see if they might speake 



with any of the Samoeds, but could not : all that day was 



rainie, but not windie. 



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