AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1594. 



very few nailes. As for tackling we made a voyage 



aboord the ship before she split, and cut downe her 



shrowds, and so we tackled our barke, and rigged her. 



In stead of pitch we made lime, and mixed it with the 



oile of tortoises ; and assoone as the carpenters had 



calked, I and another, with ech of us a small sticke in 



our hands, did plaister the morter into the seames, and 



being in April, when it was warm and faire weather, 



we could no sooner lay it on, but it was dry, and as 



hard as a stone. In this moneth of April 1594, the 



weather being very hot, we were afrayd our water 



should faile us ; and therfore made the more haste away : 



and at our departure we were constrained to make two 



great chests, and calked them, and stowed them on ech 



side of our maine mast, and so put in our provision 



of raine-water, and 13 live tortoises for our food, for 



our voyage which we intended to Newfoundland. In 



Hogs in Ber- the South part of this Island of Bermuda there are hogs, 



muda. i^^i- ^Yi^y ^j.g gQ leane that you can not eat them, by 



reason the Island is so barren : but it yeeldeth great 



Good harbors store of fowle, fish and tortoises. i\.nd to the Eastward 



^Vd ^^^^^^^^ of the Island are very good harbours, so that a shippe of 



An excellent ^*^^ ^^^^ "^^7 ^'^^^ there land-locked, without any danger, 



fishing for with water enough. Also in this Island is as good fishing 



pearles in for pearles as is any in the West Indies, but that the 



Bermuda. place is subject to foule weather, as thundering, lightning 



and raine : but in April and part of May we had very 



faire and hot weather. The 1 1 of May it pleased God 



to set us cleere of the Island, to the no little joy of us all, 



after we had lived in the same almost the space of 5 



moneths. And the 20 of May we fell with the land 



nere to Cape Briton, where we ran into a fresh water 



river, whereof there be many, and tooke in wood, water, 



The people and ballast. And here the people of the countrey came 



^Brimme ^^^° ^^' being clothed all in furs, with the furred side 



traffikeofrich ^^to their skins, & brought with them furres of sundry 



furres. sorts to sell, besides great store of wild ducks : so some 



of our company having saved some small beads, bought 



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