VOYAGE I^^TO 



The 30th, the first Sunday after Easter, was foggy, with 

 rain and snow, the wind at north ; at night we came to the 

 ice, biit sailed from it again ; the sea was tempestuoiis, and 

 tossed our ship very much. 



The 3rd of May was cold, snowy, with hail, and misty 

 sunshine ; the wind north-west and by west ; the sun set no 

 more, we saw it as well by night as by day. 



The 4th, we had snow, hail, and gloomy sunshine, with 

 cold weather, but not excessive ; the wind at north-west ; the 

 weather every day unconstant. Here we saw abundance of 

 scales ;^ they jum^^ed out of the water before the ship, and, 

 which was strange, they would stand half out of the water, 

 and, as it Avere, dance together. 



The 5th, in the forenoon, it was moderately cold, and sun- 

 shine, but toward noon darkish and cloudy, with snow and 

 great frost ; the wind north-west and by north. We saw 

 daily many ships, sailing about the ice ; I observed that as 

 they passed by one another, they hailed one another, crying 

 Holla, and asked each other how many fish they had caught ; 

 but they would not stick sometimes to tell more than they 

 had. When it was windy, that they could not hear one 

 another, they waived their Hats to signifie the number caught. 

 But when they have their full fraight of ichales, they put up 

 their great flag as a sign thereof : then if any hath a message 

 to be sent, he delivers it to them. 



The 7th, we had moderate frosts, clouds and snow, Avith 

 rain. In the evening we sailed to the ice, the wind was 

 quite contrary to us, and the ice too small, Avherefore we 

 sailed from it. In the afternoon we saw Sjntzhergen, the 

 south point of the North Foreland : we supposed it the true 

 Harbour. The land appeared like a dark cloud, full of white 

 streeks ; we turned to the "West again, that is, according to 

 the compass, which is also to be understood of the ice and 

 harbour. 



' "Sec lluiulc" — seals. (Phoca Gnvnlandica ? ) Sec A})pcndix. 



