Chap. I. and his wintering in Charlton Ifland. 4^1 
any we had yet feen, thefe being impaffablej and more- 
over the Wind at North- weft. We ftood along it hoping 
to weather it to the Southward, but at laft we became lo 
blind with Fog, and fo encompafled with Ice, that we 
could go no farther. , 
7. On the 20th in the Morning, notwithftanding the 
Fog, we endeavoured to get to the Weft ward, our Ship 
beating all this while dreadfully. In this Wilfulnels we 
continued till the next Day, when, being faft among the 
Ice, I obferved we were in Latitude 6o Degrees 33 Mi- 
nutes, and then looking what Damiage our Ship might 
have received, we could perceive that below the Plate of 
Iron which was before her Cut- water fhe was all bruifed 
and broken, the two Knees fhe had before to ftrengthen 
her fpoiled and torn, and many other Defe£ls which we 
could not by any means come to mend. Notwithftand- 
ing all this, and the extraordinary thick Fog, that we 
could not fte a Piftol-fhot about us, we proceeded with 
the Hazard of all till the 27th, which was the firft Time 
we had clear Weather to look about us. The V\^ind 
withal came 'up at South, and the Ice opened fome- 
thing, fo that we made fome Way through it to the 
W^eftward. 
In the Evening we were faft again, and could go no 
further, the Wind veering from the South to the Eaft 
and blowing a frefli Gale. This occafioned our Grief the 
more that with a good Wind we could not go forward. 
Putting therefore a Hawfer upon a great Piece of Ice, 
to keep the Ship clofe to it, we patiently expefted 
better Fortune. Since we came from Mansfield Ifiand 
our Depth was commonly a hundred, and a hundred and 
ten Fathoms, ouzy Ground. Now the V/ater began to 
fhallow, for driving faft to- and again in the Ice we had 
but eighty Fathoms. On the 28th and 29th we were fo 
faft inclgfed in the Ice, that notv/ithftanding we put 
abroad all the Sail that was at Yards, and it blew a very 
hard Gale of Wind, the Ship ftirred no more than if flie 
had been in a dry Dock. Hereupon we went all boldly 
out upon the Ice to fport and recreate ourfelves, letting 
her ftand ftill under all her Sails. It was flat extraordi- 
nary large Ice, the worft to deal withal that we had yet 
found. I meafu red fome Pieces, which I found to be one 
thoufand of my Paces long. 
This was the firft Day that our Men began to murmur, 
thinking it impolTible to get eitlier forwards or backwards. 
Some were of Opinion that it was all fuch Ice betwixt us 
and the Shore: Others, that the Bay was all covered 
over, and that it was a Doubt whether we could get any 
Way, or to any Land to winter in. The Nights were 
long, and every Night it freezed fo hard that we could 
not fail by Night, nor in the thick foggy Weather. I 
comforted and encouraged them the beft I could •, and to 
put away thofe Thoughts we drank a Health to his Ma- 
jefty on the Ice, not one Man in the Ship, and fhe ftill 
under all her Sails. I muft confefs that their Murmuring 
was not without Reafon ; wherefore doubting that we 
fhould be frozen up in the Sea, I ordered that Fire fhould be 
made but once a-Day, and that'with but a certain Number 
of Shides that the Steward fhould deliver to the Cook by 
Tale, the better to prolong our Fuel whatfoever fhould 
happen. 
On the 30th we made fome way through the Ice, heav- 
ing the Ship with our Shoulders, and with Mauls and 
Crows of Iron, breaking the Corners of the Ice to make 
way as we got forwards. The Water flioaied apace, fo 
that I believed it to be fome Ifland. At Noon we obferv- 
ed through the Fog, with the Quadrant upon a Piece of 
Ice, and were in Latitude 58 Degrees 54 Minutes, our 
Depth thirty Fathoms. We put out Hooks to try to 
catch fome Fifh, but to no Purpofe, for there are none in 
this Bay. On the 31ft we laboured as before, and got 
fornething forward. At Noon we were in Latitude 58^ 
Degrees 40 Minutes, our Depth twenty-three Fathoms. 
It was very thick hazy Weather, or elfe I think we fhould 
have feen the Land. , 
8. On the the Wind came -up at Weft 
which drove us to the Eaftward where our Depth in- 
creafed to 35 Fathom. At Noon, by Gbfervation with 
the Quadrant on the Ice, we were in Latitude 58 De- 
grees 45 Minutes. At 6 o’Clock this Evening we might 
perceive the Ice to heave and fet a little, which was oc- 
cafioned by ^ fwelling Sea that came from the South-* 
weft. This did comfort us very muchj hoping fnortly 
we fliould get out of the Ice. On the 2d it biev/ hard 
at South-weft, and yet we could not feel the fwelling 
Sea, which did again quench the Hopes we had foriuerly 
conceived. On the 3d we faw a little open Water to 
the North-weftward and felt a Sea from thence, which 
doth afftire us that there is an open Sea to the Weft- 
ward. On the 5th we faw the Sea clear but could by 
no Means Work ourfelves to it with our Sails, wherefore 
about 6 in the Evening we let fall an Anchor in 50 Fa- 
thom Water, and flood all with Poles and Oars to fend 
off the Ice and let it pafs to Leeward, and continued 
this Labour all Night. In the Morning the Wind came 
up at North-weft and we weighed with much Joy, as 
hoping now to get into an open Sea to the Southward. 
This by Noon we had done and were in Latitude 58 De- 
grees 28 Minutes, very free of Ice. The Wind larged 
upon us, fo that we ftood away North-weft to get us 
as high Northward as we could, and fo come coafting 
to the Southward. We went to Prayer and to give God 
Thanks for our Delivery out of the Ice. On the 
9th being in Latitude 59 Degrees 40 Minutes, we came 
again to the Ice which lay very thick to North, fiiice 
we, came out of the Ice our Depth increafed to no, and 
fince decreafed again, fo that I think we approached to- 
wards the Shore. The loth proved very foggy Wea- 
ther, the Wind contrary, and the Water fnallowing 
apace, we came to an Anchor in 22 Fathom. On the 
nth in the Morning we weighed and made in for the 
Shore, and about Noon faw the I^and our Depth being 
16 Fathom in Latitude 59 Degrees 40 Minutes. The 
l.and to the North of us did trend North by Eaft and fo 
made a Point to the Southward, and trending away Weft: 
by South, which we followed taking it for that Place 
which was formerly called Hubbarfs Hope, and fo it 
proved indeed, but it is now hopclefs. The Tide fet in 
the Middle of the Bay Eaft and Weft, as v/e have often 
tried by our Lead aground but near the Shore, as they 
forced by the Land •, I am of Opinion, that in the 
Ocean or large Bays the Tide naturally fat Eaft and 
Weft, and that this gives little Hope of a Paftage. The 
greateft Depth we had in the Bay was no Fathom, and 
fo fhoaling as you approach the Land, we coafted round 
this forementioned little Bay which is 18 Leagues deep 
in 8 and 6 Fathom, and in the Bottom of it we were 
two Fathom and a half Water, and faw the firm Land 
almoft round about us. Then we proceeded to the 
Southward 6 and 7 Fathoms Water, within Sight of the 
Breach of the Shore keeping the Lead continually going, 
and in the Night we came to an Anchor. 
-This Night having little Wind v/e came to an An-- 
chor with our Kedger, but in v/eighing of him we loft 
him, having no more aboard us. The 12th we were 
in Latitude 58 Degrees 46 Minutes, fome two Leagues 
from the Shore, the Variation is about 17 Degrees. On 
the 1 3th in the Afternoon it being fornething hazy, we 
faw fome Breaches a-head of us, our Depth was 9 and lo 
Fathom, and ioofing to clear ourfelves^ of them, we 
fuddenly ftruck upon the Rocks, the Ship being under 
our two Top-Sails, Fore-Sail and Sprit-Sail with a frefli 
Gale of Wind. In this dreadful Accident we ftruck ail 
our Sails amain, and it pleated God to fend two or three 
good fwelling Seas, which heaved us over the Rocks 
into three Fathorii, and p-reiently into three Fathom and 
an half, where we chop’d to an Anchor and tried the 
Pumps, but we found fhe made no Water, tho’ fbe 
had three fuch terrible Blows that we thought her Maft 
would have fhivered to Pieces, and that fhe had been 
affuredly bulg’d. We hoifted the Boat over-board and 
double mann’d her to go and found a Way out of this 
perilous Place, fhe was no fooner gone but there arofe a 
Fog, fo that we were obliged to fpend fome Powder 
that file might hear whereabouts we were. The Wind 
dull’d fornething, otherwife it had been doubtful whe- 
ther fhe could ever have recovered us again. After flie 
had been abfent two or three Flours fhe brought us 
word that it was all Rocks and Breaches round about us, 
and that withal, fhe had found a Way where there was 
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