ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1557- 



Cape Race lyeth South and halfe a point to West- 

 wards, and North and halfe a point to the Eastwards, 

 19 and betweene them are sixe leagues. Riding this day 

 sixe leagues to the Northwards of Cape Race, the 

 winde at Northnorthwest, with mist and frost, at noone 

 the sunne appeared through the mist, so that I had 

 the latitude in 67. degrees, 29. minutes. 



21 Munday we were thwart of Corpus Christi point, 

 CorpusChristi two leagues and a halfe from shoare, or rather more, 

 P°y nt ' where we sounded, and had 36. fadoms and broken 



code shels, with brannie sand, but the broken shels 

 very thicke. 



22 Tuesday in the morning we were shotte a head of 

 Cape Gallant. Cape gallant, which the Russes call Sotinoz. And 



as we were shot almost halfe a league betwixt it, 

 and Cape comfort, the wind came up at the North- 

 west, and after to the Northwards, so that we were 

 faine to beare roome to seeke a harbour, where we 

 found good harbour for all windes, and the least 7. 

 fadome water betweene S. Johns Islands, and the 

 maine. 



After that we came to an ancre, we tooke the lati- 

 tude, which was 68. degrees 1. minute, after noone, 

 the winde at North with plentie of snowe. 



At a West sunne there came aboord us certaine 

 Lappians in a boate, to the number of sixeteene 

 persons, and amongst them there were two wenches, 

 and some of them could speake the Russe tongue: 

 I asked them where their abiding was, and they 

 tolde mee that there was a companie or heard of 

 them, to the number of 100. men, besides women 

 and children, but a litle from us in the river Iekonga. 



They tolde me that they had bene to seeke meate 

 among the rockes, saying, If wee get no meate, wee 

 eate none. I sawe them eate rocke weedes as hungerly, 

 as a cowe doeth grasse when shee is hungrie. I sawe 

 them also eate foules egges rawe, and the yong birdes 

 also that were in the egges. 



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