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train-oil. Some Dtitchmxm once attempted to stay there all 

 the winter, but they all pcrisht. 



It is observable that a dead carkase doth not easily rot or 

 consume ; for it has been found, that a man buried ten years 

 before, still remained in his perfect shajje and dress, and 

 they could see by the cross that was stuck upon his grave, 

 how long he had been buried ; these houses are now from 

 year to year destroyed and burnt. This year -w'ere yet 

 standing several houses, like a little village, some whereof 

 were then burnt. 



Over against Schmeremhurg were also several houses stand- 

 ing, and a kettle or boylcr ; they call that place the Coohertj 

 of Harlem. This year four houses remained, wdiereof two 

 were Avarehouses, in the others they dwelt : they are built 

 after this fashion, not very large : there is a stove before with 

 a ceiling at top, and behind a chamber taking in the whole 

 breadth of the house : the warehouses are something larger ; 

 therein were still several barrels or kardels that were quite 

 decayed, the ice standing in the same shape the vessels had 

 been made of. An anvile, smith's tongs, and other tools 

 belonging to the cookery, were frozen up in the ice. The 

 kettle was still standing as it was set, and the wooden troughs 

 stood by it. From thence you may go to the English- Have7i ; 

 on the other side is the place where the dead are buried ; 

 this is something even, like earth, but it is levelled on pur- 

 pose. Behind these houses are high mountains ; if one 

 climbcth upon these, as we do on others, and doth not mark 

 every step with chalk, one doth not know how to get down 

 again. When you go up you think it to be very easie to be 

 down ; but when you descend it is very difficult and dan- 

 gerous, so that many have fallen and lost their lives. 



The river there is called the South Harbour, or Baij ; and 

 if the ships suffer any damage at the sea they refit there. 



At the entry into the Sonth Harhour, in the valley between 

 the mountains, is collected great quantities of fresh water 



