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Hamburgers, the rest Dutchmen. From that time when we 

 sailed out of the South-haccn we kept always within sight of 

 the land, and saw it always, except it was foggy ; and so long 

 the skippers stay by the ice to see if there arc any more 

 tcltales to be had. That night we fetched water from the 

 land, near the Cookery of Harlingen, out of a hole. 



On the 16th, in the morning, we saw the moon, and after- 

 wards it was windy, with abundance of snow. 



On the 18th, we had fair weather, with sunshine, and we 

 were also becalmed that we could not sail, wherefore we 

 towed with a boat into the Danish-karhour to gather some 

 herbs from the rocks. In the South-haveyi rode thirty ships 

 at anchor. 



On the 19th, we had warm sunshine and fair weather, but 

 in the night stormy and rain. 



On the 20tli, storms, rains, and a great deal of snow, the 

 wind south-west. 



On the 21st, rain all day long. 



CHAP. II. 



Of our home voyage from Spitzbergen to tJie Elbe. 



On the 22nd day of July, in the morning, when the sun was 

 north-east, we waied our anchors, and sailed out of the South- 

 haven. "We had a fogg all day long, and sunshine at night; 

 in the night we saw abundance oi fin-fishes. 



On the 2-lth, it was so warm with sunshine, that the 

 tarr wherewith the ship was daubed over melted ; wc 



