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possibly be further to the Southward (our reason being, our 

 observation of the hinds rounding away and trenting towards 

 the Eastward) and resolved thereupon to row no further on 

 that course for the finding of Bell Sownd. And though w^ee 

 were againc perswaded by William Fakely, our Gunner (a 

 proper Seaman, though no skilfull Mariner, who had been 

 in the Country five or sixe times before, which none of our 

 sea-men had beene), that it was further to the Southwards ; 

 yet w^e, trusting better to our own reasons than unto his 

 perswasions, againe returned towards the Northward, which 

 was our best and clirectest course indeed for the finding of 

 Bell Sownd. Steering of which course wee were now come 

 within two miles of Bell Point, and the weather being faire 

 and cleare, wee presently descryed the tops of the loftie 

 mountaines. 



William Fakely thereupon looking about him, presently 

 cries out unto us, That wee were all this while upon a wrong 

 Course ; upon hearing of which Avords, some of our com- 

 panie (yea the most) were perswaded to wend about the 

 Boates head the second time, unto the Southwards ; which 

 one action was the maine and onely cause of our too late 

 repentance, though for mine owne part (as it is w^ell knowne), 

 I never gave consent unto their counsell. And thus upon 

 the fatall tvrentieth day August (which Avas the utmost 

 day of our limited time for staying in the Country), wee 

 againe returned the quite contrary way, namely, to the 

 Southward. Thus utterly vncertaine when and where to 

 finde the Sownd, a thousand sadde imaginations overtooke 

 our perplexed minds, all of us assuredly knowing that a 

 million of miseries would of necessitie ensue, if wee found 

 not the ships whereby to save our passage. In this dis- 

 tracted time of our thoughts, w^ee were now againe the 

 second time runne as farre to the Southward as at the first ; 

 and finding by all reason thereupon, how that there was no 

 likelihood at all of finding any such place further to the 



