THOMAS MASHAM ad. 



1597. 

 see land. So about night wee sawe Cape Cecill : and Cape Cecil in 



after some two houres came to an anker. Betweene these ^ ^^g^^^^ ^«^ 



two Capes the lande lyeth lowe and even. ^ ^■^^' 



Upon Wednesday morning, having the winde large 

 at Eastnortheast, wee layd it away upon a board into 

 the bay of Wiapoucou and came to an anker in the 

 rivers mouth in two fathoms : over the barre there is 

 little water, as 6 and 7 foote, and lesse in many places. 

 And this river of Wiapoucou standeth almost in 4 degrees T'he river of 

 to the Northward of the hne. ZmsTir de 



The next morning wee weyed, and standing in with V^fJs North^' 

 our pinnesse by night, wee got some eight leagues up the 

 river. This day sometimes wee had but 5 foote water 

 and drew 7 foot, but being soft oaze we went cleere : 

 and a little before wee came to anker, wee were on 

 ground upon a rocke, but with some trouble and labour 

 wee got off and had no hurt. 



Upon Friday the 4 of March towards night wee came 

 to the falles. The next day M. Leonard Berrie our 

 captaine, the Master, my selfe and some 5 more, went 

 through the woods, and spent all the day in searching 

 the head of the falles, but could not finde it : for though 

 wee passed by many, yet were there more still one above [III. 694.] 

 the other. So that finding no Indians in this river to 

 buy victuals of, neither any kind of thing that might 

 intice us to come to so short allowance, as wee must 

 have done, if wee had spent any long time here, finding 

 it over hard to passe the falles, wee fell downe the 

 river againe, and by Friday the 11 of March wee 

 cleered our selves of the river and bay. This river 

 from the mouth to the falles is some 16 leagues, in 

 many places a mile over, but for the most part halfe 

 a mile. There are many Islands in it : as are also in 

 most of the rivers upon the coast. This night wee 

 ankered against Cawo in two fathoms ; whereinto wee Cawo. 

 thought to have put with our pinnesse : but found the 

 water so shoald, and the sea so growen, that neither 

 with our shippe nor shallope wee durst goe in. 



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