ANTHONY JENKINSON a.d. 



1557. 

 remained untill the seventeenth day. Then the winde 

 came faire, and we weyed, and set our course North 

 and by East, and so continued the same with a mery 

 winde untill the 21 at noone, at which time we tooke 

 the sunne, and had the latitude in sixty degrees. Then 

 we shifted our course, and went Northnorth east, and 

 Northeast and by North, until the 25 day. Then we 

 discovered certaine Islands, called Heilick Islands, lying HeiRckls- 

 from us Northeast, being in the latitude of sixtie sixe lands in 66 

 degrees, 40 minutes. Then we went north and by **&*** 4° 

 West, because we would not come too nigh the land, 

 and running that course foure houres, we discovered, 

 and had sight of Rost Islands, joining to the main Rost Islands. 

 land of Finmarke. Thus continuing our course along 

 the coast of Norway and Finmark, the 27 day we 

 tooke the Sunne, being as farre shot as Lofoot, and 

 had the latitude in 69 degrees. And the same day in 

 the afternoone appeared over our heads a rainebow, like 

 a semicircle, with both ends upwarde. Note that there [I. 3 11 -] 

 is between the said Rost Islands & Lofoot, a whirle Malestrand a 



poole called Malestrand, which from halfe ebbe untill stra ?& ™ hirk 

 r .... poolc 



halfe flood, maketh such a terrible noise, that it shaketh r 



the ringes in the doores of the inhabitants houses of 

 the sayd Islands tenne miles off. Also if there com- 

 meth any Whale within the current of the same, they 

 make a pitifull crie. Moreover, if great trees be caried 

 into it by force of streams, and after with the ebbe be 

 cast out againe, the ends and boughs of them have 

 bene so beaten, that they are like the stalkes of hempe 

 that is bruised. Note, that all the coaste of Finmarke 

 is high mountaines and hils, being covered all the yere 

 with snow. And hard aboord the shoare of this coast, 

 there is 100 or 150 fadomes of water in depth. Thus 

 proceeding and sailing forward, we fell with an Island 

 called Zenam, being in the latitude of 70 degrees. Zenam Island. 

 About this Island we saw many Whales, very mon- 

 strous, about our ships, some by estimation of 60 foot 

 long : and being the ingendring time they roared and 



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