[ 4&i 3 



'* land on the ftarboard, and the whole fea on the B2ecbord r . 



** He was within three days as far north as the Whale-hunters 



44 ever go, and then proceeded in his courfe due north, as far as 



" he could fail within another three, days, whilft the land lay 



«• from thence due eaft, even unto the inland Sea, he knows not 



«* how far [in that dire&ion] s . He remembers, however, that 



l i he flayed there waiting for a weftern wind, or a point to the 



" north,, and failed near that hind, as far as he could in four 



*' days, . where he waited for a due north wind, becaufe the land 



" there lies due Jbuth, quite to the inland Sea, he knows not how 

 ii :far i : from whence he failed along the coaff. due fouth, as far 



" as he could in five days.- A great river lies up this land, and 



" when they had gone fo?ne way up this river 7 .they returned u , be- 



" becaufe they could not proceed far, on account of the inha- 



" bitants being hoftile, and all that country was inhabited on 



" one fide of this river, nor had Ohthere met with before any 



" land that was inhabited fince he came from his own home." 



" All the land to his right, during his whole voyage, was a de- 



" fert, and without inhabitants (except fimermen, fowlers, and 

 hunters) w , all of which were _ Finn as, and he had a wide fea 



" to his left. The Beormas, .indeed, .had well-peopled their 



1 Or to the left. " 



s The words in the original are, olppe fio fea in on J?£efc lanfc he nyrre 

 hpoefjep, which, in the Latin tranllation, ruins, " Nefcire autem fe num 

 «« infra terram illam fit rnare ;" but the objection to this tranllation is, » 

 that there is no word'in the Saxon to be rendered /?/. 



1 By this the land and inland Sea before-mentioned is plainly al- • 

 iudecLto. 



u 1 mult here object again to the Latin tranilation of the following 

 words pa cyn&on hy up on \a ea, viz. " ad ejus oftia fe fubftitifle," 

 which is by no means the fenfe of the paffage. 



w Ohthere hath explained before this reforo to have only been oc* • 

 eaiional. 



country, 



