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(who had formerly been a commander) had his charts, fome of 

 which that officer generally took with him, in order to correct 

 them. I begged hard to have them, if only for twenty- four 

 hours ; and next morning Mr. Walig put into my hands the ori- 

 ginal draughts of all the difcoveries Mr. Gillis ever made with 

 regard to Spitzbergen, excepting fome particular drawings of 

 bays and views of land, with permiffion to keep them in my 

 poffemon till Mr. Walig' s return from Greenland ; copies of 

 which are here annexed f , and Mr. Walig promifed to procure 

 me, if poflible, all the papers of that old commander before he 

 left theTexel, which I hope to receive in a few days, and mall 

 not fail in lending over every thing I find material. Afking 

 what particulars Mr. Walig and others remembered out of thofe 

 papers, they gave the following mort account. That Mr. Gillis 

 paffed more than a degree to the Northward of the Seven Iflands, 

 without any hindrance from ice, that he proceeded Eaft for 

 fome leagues with an open fea, then bent his courfe S. E. and 

 afterwards South; few in the latitude of 80 deg. to the Eaft 

 very high land, run through the Eaft coaft of the North Eaft 

 land, and entered the Wav gats Streights, came to an anchor in 

 Lamher-bay, and took two whales, and from thence proceeded 

 to the Texel. Mr. Bafke gave alfo an account of his uncle's 

 having, in company with three fhips, entered Waygat's from the 

 North, and advanced as far as the fame bay, but found too much 

 ice to get through, which the other three, being young com- 

 manders, made a trial of. The North paffage, however, on their 

 return being fhut, and it being the beginning of September, they 

 made preparation to leave their mips, in order to get over land to 

 Smeerenberg, but the ice luckily giving way, they got out to 



f Thefe were copies* of the draughts of the different coafts of Spitz- 

 bergen, of which Captain Gillis hath taken accurate furveys. 



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