EDWARD FENTON ad. 



1582. 

 Northwest, and was eight leagues from us very high 

 land. Wee stood in with it, being much winde, and 

 comming neere, found divers Islands : and seeing the Divers [lands. 

 Francis would not come roome nor run ahead us, wee 

 stood in with the shore, and sounded in 30 fathom oaze 

 three leagues off the lande, bearing from the West- 

 northwest to the Northnorthwest of us, and so stoode 

 still till it shoalded orderly into seven fathom, within 

 a mile of a headland : then perceiving a breach over 

 our bowe, and no hope of a good harbour, in that 

 place, wee bare up roome, and our Admirall after us, 

 whom wee haled : then hee tolde us hee would seeke 

 harbour to leewards, requiring me to go ahead. Then 

 seeing the barke was asterne I hoised out my skiffe, 

 and set her maste and saile, taking her ging, and Tobias 

 one of my Masters mates with mee, and ranne before 

 the shippe, sounding in 15 fathom faire sand, leaving 

 a ledge of rockes asea-boord of us : so the ships and 

 the barke looffed up under a headland, and ankered in 

 eight fathom, halfe a mile off the lande, having brought 

 the headland which lyeth in 27 degrees 50 minutes The latitude 

 Southsoutheast off them, and the North land Northeast °f^l ^^^''^^^ 

 off them. 50 minuter. 



I stoode on with the skiffe, hoping to finde a better 

 harbour to leeward three leagues, but it prooved not 

 so : wherefore I returned, and in my way aboord I 

 met with a rocke in the sea, where we landed, and 

 killed good store of fowle, and after I went aboord 

 the Admirall, where I presented him with fowle, and 

 returned aboord to supper. 



In this time our boates had beene aland, and found 

 water, ballaste, and two decayed houses, as they told 

 me, and our men aboord hooked fresh-fish. This 

 night wee rode quietly. 



The second, being Sunday, our masters moared our [HI. y^^-l 

 ships further into the bay. We brought the South ^ ^^y- 

 point Southeast off us, and the North land Northeast : 

 and so rid. 



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