24 VOYAGE INTO 



from the snow and rain ; upon the shoar stand abundance of 

 kardels or barrels ; we use this water for our victuals, and 

 other occasions. It is also found in the clifts of the icy-hills 

 on shoar, but true springs out of the ground I never saw in 

 Spitzhergen. 



The shoar there is uot very high, but the water is deep ; 

 there was no ice at all to be seen in it, from whence I con- 

 clude that it had not been a severe winter ; for it is impos- 

 sible that the ice could have been melted in so short a time, 

 not only here, but also in the Eiiglish Haven or Bay, where 

 the ice stood firm still, and hardly lay above half a fathom 

 under water. 



The ice doth melt much sooner in salt water than in fresh 

 river water, but yet it is impossible that so thick ice could 

 have melted in so short a time. We saw also that the snow 

 melted on the tops of the high rocks, and the water ran 

 down, although it was there much colder than below ; yet 

 above and below it melted alike, differently from what I ob- 

 serv'd since in /Spcwi in the month of Dcce7nber 1672, the wind 

 being north-west, when the rain fell below about a quarter 

 of a league, yet above it the mountains were all covered with 

 snow, all in the streight line, one not higher than the other, 

 as if they had been levell'd. 



In the Northern Bay or Haven lyeth a very large moun- 

 tain, flat at top ; this island is called the Bird's Sony, from 

 the great number of them that build and hatch there : for 

 when they fly up, they make so great a noise, that one can 

 hardly hear his own words. 



Besides these, there are more islands named in the map, 

 as the CUfied Rock, and such other.' 



The Mchenfeld is a low land, and it is called so from the 

 deer commonly seen there. 



I was informed that it is all slats, that stand up edgewise, 

 so that it is very troublesome to go on : it is all overgrown 

 with moss. There is a hill upon it that looketh like fire. 



