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Captain James’^ Fopage into Hudfon’s Bay^ . Book If. 
tance from the Ship, and in deep Water, near fix Months 
before. The ipth, in the Morning, I fent Men to dig 
him out. He was faft in the Ice, his Head downwards, 
and his Heels upwards, for he had but one Leg •, and the 
Plaifter was yet at the Wound. In. the Afternoon they 
had digged him clear out, and he was as free from 
Noifomnefs, as when we firft committed him to the Sea. 
This Alteration had the Ice, and Water, and Time only 
wrought on him, that his Flefh. would flip up and down, 
upon his Bones, like a Glove on a Man’s Hand. In the 
Evening we buried him by the others. This Day one 
George Ugganes, who could handle a Tool bell of us all, 
had pretty well repaired our Boat, and fo ended this 
mournful Week. The Snow was by this time pretty 
well wafted in the Wood *, and we having a high Tree 
on the higheft Place of the Ifland, which was called our 
Watch-Tree, from the Top of it might fee into the 
Sea, but found no Appearance of breaking up yet. 
The 20th, being Whitfunday^ we fadly folemnized it, 
and had fome Tafte of the Wild-fowl, but not worth 
the writing. The 21ft was the warmeft funfhiny Day 
that came this Year. I fent two a-fowling ; and myfelf, 
the Mafter,Chirurgeon, and one more, with our Pieces and 
Dogs. We went into the Woods to fee v/hat we could 
find ; we wandered from the Houfe eight Miles, and 
fearched with ail Diligence, but returned comfortlefs j 
not an Herb or Leaf eatable could we find. Our Fowlers 
had as bad Succefs. In the Woods we found the Snow 
the Water then remaining three Feet above the Ballaft. 
The 29th being Prince Charled% Birth-day, we kept 
Holiday, and difplayed his Majefty’s Colours both on 
Land and aboard, and named our Habitation Charles‘S 
Town^ by Contradlion Charlton, and the Eland Charlton 
JJland. 
_ The 30th we launched our Boat, and had Intercourfe 
fometimes between the Ship and the Shore by Boat, which 
was new to us. The laft Day of this Month we found 
fome Vetches to appear out of the Ground, which I made 
our Men pick up and boil for our Sick. This Day we 
made an end of fitting all our Rigging and Sails, and it 
being a very hot Day We dried our Fifli in the Sun, and 
aired all our other Provifions. There was not a Man of 
us at prefent able to eat of our fait Provifions but myfelf 
and the Mafter. It may be remembered that all this Win- 
ter we had not been troubled with , any Rheums nor 
Phlegmatic Dileafes. Ail this Month the \Vind was vari- 
able, but for the moft part Northerly. 
partly melted away, fo that it was pafiable. The Snow 
does not melt away here with the Sun or Rain, and fo 
make Land-Idoods, as in England, but is exhaled by the 
Sun, and fucked full of Holes like the Honey-combs •, 
fo that the Sand whereon it lies will not be wetted. The 
like Obfervations we alfo made, that let it rain ever fo 
much you lliall fee no Land-Floods after it. The 2 2d 
we went aboard the Ship, aiici found flie had made fo 
much Water tiut it was rifen above the Ballaft, which 
made us doubt again of her Soundnefs. V/e fell to 
pumping, uiid pumped her quite dry. And now by Day 
fometimes we have fuch hot Glooms that we cannot endure 
the Sun, and yet in the Night it freezes very hard. This 
Unnaturalnefs of the Seafon tormented our Men that they 
grew worfe and worfe daily. 
The 23d our Boatfvain, a careful Man, having been 
long fick, which he had heartily refifted, w^as taken with 
fuch a Pain in one of his Thighs, that we thought he 
v/OLild have died prefently. He kept his Bed in great 
Extremity. And it was a Maxim among us, that if any 
one kept his Bed he could rife no more. This made' 
every Man to derive to keep up for Life. 
The 24th was very warm SunEine, and the Ice con- 
fumed by the Shore-fide, and cracked all over the Bay 
with dreadful Noife. About three in the Afternoon v/c 
could perceive the Ice with the Ebb to drive by the Siiip, 
whereupon I fent two with all Speed to the Mafter, v/ith 
Order to beat out the Hole and to fink the Ship, as like- 
wife to look for the Rudder betwixt the Ice. This he 
prefently performed! and a happy Fellow, one David Ham- 
mon pecking betwixt the Ice, ftruck upon it, and it came 
up with his Launce, who crying that he had found it, the 
reft came and got it upon the Ice, and fo into the Ship. 
In the mean time the little Drift which the Ice had be- 
gan to rife and mount into high Heaps againft the fhole 
Shores and Rocks, and likewife againft the Heap of Ice 
which we had put for a Barricado to our Ship, but with 
little Harm to us ; yet we were forced to cut away twenty 
Fathom of Cable which was frozen in the Ice. After an 
Hour the Ice fettled again, not having any Vent outwards. 
This was a joyful Day to us all, and we gave God 
Thanks for the Hopes we had of it. 
- The 25th was a fine warm Day, and with the Ebb the 
Ice drove againft the Ship and ftruck her foundly. The 
26th I took the Chirurgeon with me, and went again to 
the Vfood, and to that Bay where laft Year we had loft 
our Man John Barton, but we could find no Sign of him. 
The 28 th it was pretty clear betwixt the Ship and the 
Shore, and I hoped the Ice would no morfe opprefs us ; 
wherefore I caufed the lower Holes to be firmly ftopped,. 
29. June 1682. The firft four Days fnowed and hailed, 
. and blew very hard, and it was fo cold that the Ponds of 
M^ater froze over, and the Water in our Cans was frozen 
even in the very Floufe. Our Cloaths alfo that had been 
wafiied and hung out to dry did not thaw. All Day the 5th 
it continued blowing very hard on the broad Side of the 
Ship, which made her fwag and \vallow in her Dock, 
not withftan cling fhe was funk, which fhook her very 
much. The Ice withal drove againft her, and gave her 
many fearful Blows. I refolved to endeavour to hang the 
Rudder, and when God fent us Vv’ater, notwithftanding 
tne abundance of Ice that was yet about us, to heave her 
further off. In the Afternoon we under-run our fmali 
Cable to our Anchor, v/hich lay a-ftern in deep Water, 
and fo with fome Difficulty got up our Anchor. This 
Cable Iiad lain flack under Foot, and under the Ice all 
Vfintcr, and we could never have a clear Slatch from 
Ice to have it up before nov/. We found it not a Jot the 
worfe. I put fome to make Coal-rakes, that they might 
go into the Water and rake a Hole in the Sand to let 
down our Rudder. The 6th we Went about to hang it ; 
and our young luftieft Men took it by Turns to go'''’into 
the Water and to rake away the Sand, but they were not 
able to endure the Cold half a Quarter of an Hour, it 
was fo mortifying ; and ufe what Comforts we could, it 
v/ould make them fvoon and die away. We brought it 
to the Stern-Poft, but then v/e were forced to give it over, 
being able to work at it no longer. Then we plugged 
the upper Holes aboard, and fell to pumping the Water 
out of her a&*ain. 
The 7th we wrought^ about our Rudder, but were 
again forced to give over, and fo put our Cables over 
board v/ith Meffengers unto them, the Anchor lying to 
that Pals that we might keep her right in the Dock 
when we had brought her light. By the 8th at Night we 
had pumped all the Water out of her, fo that at high 
Water fhe would float in her Dock, tho’ fhe were ftili 
docked in the Sand alrnoft four Feet. This made us con- 
fider what was to be done. I refolved to heave out all 
the Ballaft ; for the Bottom of her being fo foaked ail 
tne Winter, I hoped was fo heavy that it would bear her. 
If we could not get her off that AVay, I then thought to 
cut her down to the lower Deck, and take out her Mafts, 
and fo with our Cafk.s to buoy her off. The 9th betiiues 
in the Morning we fell to work, we hoifted out our Beer 
and Cyder, and made a liaft of it, faftening it to our 
Shore- Anchor. The Beer and Cyder funk prefently to 
to the Ground, which was nothing ftrange to us, for any 
W ood or Pipe-ftaves that had laid under the Ice all the 
Winter would alfo fink down as foon^as ever it was hove 
over board. 
This Day we heaved out ten Ton of Ballaft ; and here 
I am to remember God’s Goodnefs towards us, in fending 
thofe forementioned green Vetches j for now our feeble 
fick Men, that could not for their Lives ftir thefe twp or 
three Months, could endure the Air, and walk about the' 
Houfe. Our other fick Men gathered Strength alfo ; And 
It was wonderful to fee how foon they were recovered. We. 
life them in this manner twice a Day ; we went to gather 
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