STEPHEN BURROUGH ad. 



1556. 

 from Northwest off us to the Eastwards : and this after- 

 noone the Lord sent us a little gale of wind at South, so 

 that we bare cleere off the Westermost part of it, thanks 

 be to God. And then against night it waxed calme 

 againe, and the winde was at Southwest : we made our 

 way untill Sunday noone Northwest and by West, and 24 

 then we had the latitude in 70 degrees and a halfe, the 

 winde at Southwest : there was a billow, so that we could 

 not discerne to take the latitude exactly, but by a 

 reasonable gesse. 



Munday there was a pretie gale of wind at South, so 25 

 that wee went West and by South, the latitude this day 

 at noone was 70 degrees 10 minutes : wee had little winde 

 all day : at a Westnorthwest sunne we sounded, and had 

 29 fadoms blacke sandie oze, & then we were Northeast 

 5 leagues from the Northeast part of the Island Colgoieve. 



Tuesday the wind all Westerly we plyed to the wind 26 

 wards. 



Wednesday the wind was all Westerly, and calme : wee 27 

 had the latitude this day in 70 degrees 10 minutes, we 

 being within three leagues of the North part of the Island 

 Colgoieve. 



Thursday, we went roome about the Westermost part 28 

 of the Island, seeking where we might finde a place to [I- 283.] 

 ride in for a Northwest wind, but could find none, and 

 then we cast about againe to the seawards, and the winde 

 came at Westsouthwest, and this morning we had plenty 

 of snow. 



Friday, the winde being at Southwest and by West, we 29 

 plied to the windewards. 



Saturday, the winde being at South, we plyed to the 

 Westwards, and at afternoone the mist brake up, and then 

 we might see the land seven or eight leagues to the 

 Eastwards of Caninoz : we sounded a litle before and had 

 3$. fadoms and oze. And a while after wee sounded 

 againe, and had 19. fadome and sand : then we were 

 within three leagues and a halfe of the shore, and towards 

 night there came downe so much winde, that we were 



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