ch. ix] Barentsz. Linschoten. De Veer 
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which illustrates the narrative of Gerrit de Veer. There 
was the row of standing bed-places, the Dutch clock, 
the halberd and muskets, the great kettles and cooking- 
pans over the fireplace, the instruments, and the books 
that had beguiled the weary hours of that long night. 
One book was a translation of the Spanish work of 
Medina on navigation, another a chronicle of Holland, 
The exact manner of the house wherein we wintered. 
another a Dutch translation of Mendoza's Historv of 
China. There was also a Dutch version of Arthur Pet's 
journal. Implements and utensils of all kinds too there 
were, down to the flute and the small shoes of the poor 
little ship's boy who died during the winter 1 . 
Queen Elizabeth took great interest in the northern 
voyages of her own subjects and of her Dutch allies. 
We find Sir Francis Vere, her General in the Nether- 
1 These relics were deposited in the model room of the Naval 
merit at the Hague. 
