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he had been two degrees, and even more, north of the Seven 

 Iflands; all I could further learn of this Mr. Krickrack was, that 

 in 1740 he was in the only fhip fent from England j that for 

 feveral voyages he had the fame fhip's company ; that in or 

 about 1742 he had the command of a tranfport, on board of 

 which he loft his life by a mufket ball ; they were certain that 

 he kept journals, out of which they think much light might 

 be obtained. 



The greateft part of the Dutch commanders live at the Helder. 

 Mr. Walig and others affured me, that the moft Northern voyage 

 then ever heard of, and on which they could with certainty de^ 

 pend, was that of Jacob Schol in 1700, who had been fo far 

 North, that on his return he failed with a frefh gale of wind, 

 due South, 48 hours, and then fell in with the Seven Iflands; he 

 confequently had been (reckoning that run at only four Dutch 

 miles an hour, which they thought too little) in upwards of 

 84 deg. N. latitude. As Mr. Schol was an inhabitant of the 

 Helder, they told me that they would ftrive to procure me his 

 papers from his heirs; and, if I miftake not, they faid that they 

 had actually feen thofe papers in their younger da-:s. 



Finding that Mr. Van Keulen had put down (in his chart) the 

 land difcovered by Captain Gillis, mentioned in Mr. Walig's letter, 

 I went to him, to fee on what foundation he had placed that dif- 

 covery; but as thofe papers could not be found, I applied to 

 Mr. Walig, who told me, that Mr. Cornelius Gillis had been 

 an inhabitant of the Helder ; that Walig, together with Mr.- 

 Keuken, Mr. Bafke,. and others, fmce dead, had often examined 

 Gillis's papers, maps, &c. and found that he was an enterprifing 

 man, and very accurate in his remarks and charts; that his grand-- 

 fon had his journals and other papers in his poffeffion ; and his 

 grand daughter, who was married to an officer of Walig's Aug 



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