4SS A VOYAGE to the Book II. 
ciitedy the Ftercenefs of the Bears y ftrange Birds^ there, and other Circiwfances. 2,9,. Of the AuthaB s 
Art tval in GieeDland; cut Account oj the Herring^ FiJJjery, and his Voyage thence to A 
Defcription of that Ifland, and its Inhabitants, ‘with various other Particulars. 31. Fhe AvthoV s' fafe 
Return to Copenhagen ; the Rarities prefented to the King Denmark ^ and bis Majkfs Satisfavin 
with the Account given him of this Voyage. 32. Fhe AuthoBs Remarks, on the erroneous Accounts former^ 
ly publifea oj the Countries through which he travelled. 3 3 . Some farther Obfervations upon the FaVts de^ 
kvered m this SeBion. 
HE following Voyage, though written 
juft a Century ago, has, notwithftanding, 
a great Variety of Circiimftances, which 
ought effeftually to recommend it : As 
for Inftance, it relates to Countries that 
have been very little vifited fmce ; and therefore what is 
Written about them here may be confidered as new, though 
‘ penned at fuch a Diftance. The Author appears plainly 
to have been a Man of great Curiofity ; one great End 
of his Travelling being to inform himfelf •, to which his 
principal Motive was the Defire he had of informing 
others. He was remarkably fortunate in the Oppor- 
tunities that offered themfelves for this Purpofe ; and he 
was no Ids diligent and afliduous in improving thefe Op- 
portunities to the utmoft. The Accounts he gives us are 
equally candid and circumftantial j he ffiews much Wil- 
lingnefs to acquaint us with what he faw, and with his 
Notions upon every Subjedt ; he has added to his own 
Performance, that of another Perfon *, who had the fame 
Occafions to make himfelf acquainted with the interiour 
of the Country, that he had to examine the Sea-Coaft ; 
he tells us very fairly how he came by thefe Memoirs *, 
fo that we have all the Reafon in the World to be fatis- 
fied with his Condudl, and to think ourfelves obliged for 
the Care and Circumfpedlion he has ufed. There is no 
doubt, that many things v/ill occur in the Perufal of this 
Sedlion, which critical Readers may fee juft Caufe to 
diffike i but we cannot expedt that Men, who, like our 
Author, are driven all the World over for a Subfiftance, 
'fhould have the fame_^Qualifications with thofe who fpend 
all their Days at Eafe, and in the quiet Purfuit of Learn- 
ing, in a regular Method. We muft take Mankind as 
they are, and judge of their Writings according to their 
Capacities •, making fuch Allowances as are reafonable, 
and as we fhould expedt if we were in their Places. Thefe 
Travels follow very naturally, and may ferve as a proper 
Supplement, in many refpedis, to what is laid down in the 
former Chapter ; and having thus fliewn the Nature of 
this Performance, and why we give it a Place here, let us 
proceed next in the Words of our Author: 
About the Year 1647, Fiuderic thellld. King of Den- 
mark, being defirous to advance and increafe the Trade 
of his Kingdom, eftabliflied two Companies of Merchants 
at Copenhagen, . his capital City ; the one was an Iceland 
Company, and the other was a Company of Traders to 
the North. The latter, having obferved that the. Trade 
to Norway w'as very beneficial, obliged all that were con- 
cerned in that Company to fign a Petition to his DaniJIo 
Majefty, in February 1653, reprefenting that a great 
Profit would arife to his Subjedts, by encouraging that 
Trade more, and enabling them to enlarge it, by mak- 
ing further Difcoveries to the North, whence feveral rich 
Merchandizes might be imported. His Majefty liftened 
to their Requeft, granted it, and allowed them to extend 
their Commerce as far Northward as they fhould think 
fit upon which they fitted out feveral Ships, to make a 
Voyage to Norway and the North. It happened I was 
at Copenhagen when one of the Northern Fleets was out- 
ward bound; and underftanding the King had com- 
manded the Undertakers of this Enterprize to make all 
poffible Difcoveries of the Countries to which they came, 
and to bring back the moft rare Curiofities that they 
could find, I took a Fancy to the Voyage ; one of the 
Company being my Friend, I went to him, defired him 
to recommend me to his Partners, as a Perfon qualified 
to go Surgeon of one of the Ships. It was not diffi- 
cult for him to fucceed in procuring that Employment ; 
the Company entertained me, and I entered into their 
Service. 
All our Merchandize, Provifions, and Neceflaries, be- 
ing aboard, vie embarked in the Beginning of April, 
1670, weighed Anchor, and fet fail with two Ships in 
our Company, and fair Wind and Weather, from the 
Port of Copenhagen. We had afrefh Gale at South-eaft, 
till we arrived at Kat-Gat, a Streight which divides the 
German Ocean from the Baltic Sea. It is a very danger- 
ous Paflage, full of Rocks, and is forty Leagues in 
Length, from Elfenore to Schagerhort. When we came 
over againft Mailflrand, a little City and Sea Port about 
thirty Leagues from Copenhagen, the Wind turned North- 
ward, drove us back ten Leagues, and forced us to make 
fome Port on the Coaft. The firft we came at we put 
into, and that was Schalot, a Creek ; where we caft An- 
chor, and rode fafe under the Caftle, which looked ra- 
ther like a heap of Ruins, than a Place that was inhabit- 
ed : ’Tis famous only for its Promontory ; v/ell known 
to Mariners who ufe the Baltic. We ftaid there near 
three Days ; on the fourth, an Hour before Sun-rifing, the 
Wind ffiifted again to the Eaft, fo we weighed Anchor 
to proceed on our Voyage. We had not been at Sea 
above ‘four Hours before the Wind varied to the North- 
eaft, and blew fo ftiff a Gale, that we were obliged to 
leave the Coaft of Gottenburgh, on which Shore we were 
then, and to fteer direftly over to that of Jutland. The 
Sands being frequent and ffiallow in thofe Parts, we 
were obliged to be almoft always calling our Lead. As 
we failed along this Coaft, a Gull of Wind drove us 
to a Place where there were but three Fathom and a half 
Water; and we lliould certainly have run aground, had 
not our Pilot, who was a very dextrous Seaman, imme- 
diately tacked ; when, getting the Advantage of the 
Wind, in half an Hour we founded, and had fifteen 
Fathom Water. 
By the Help of a fide Wind, we held on our Way for 
near two Leagues from the Sands ; here we found our- 
felves in an Eddy, where we were as Heady as if we had 
been at an Anchor. We prefently furled all oilr Sails 
except the Top-Maft, endeavouring to keep ourfelves 
out of it ; but all our Endeavours would have been in 
vain, had not the Wind varied a Point or two to the 
South-eaft. We then loofed our Sails, got through it, 
the Wind blowing freffi, and failed towards the Coaft oJf 
Bahus-, we continued our Courfe feveral Days and 
Nights ; and about eight o^Clock one Morning difco- 
vered the Promontory of Chriftian Sand, in Norway. 
The Village that gives Name to the Mountain is fmall, 
the Port, however, is commodious. • We did not ftay 
long there, for the next Day we arrived at Chrijiiana, or 
Objlo, the capital City of one of the five Governments of 
that Kingdom. As foon as we were got into Port, we 
went affiore to deliver our Letters to the Company’s 
Agents ; who received us with Joy, for the good News 
we brought them, of the Kang’s giving Encouragement to 
the Norway Company, to make their Difcoveries, and 
enlarge their Trade in the North. One of thefe Agents 
hearing I was a Stranger, and had been recommended to 
his Principals, by one of their Society, and not the leaft 
confiderable Merchant among them, was very civil to me, 
Ihewed me all that was worth feeing, and told me all that 
was worth knowing, relating to the Place at which we 
arrived. He alfo commanded a Servant of his, who 
fpoke French tolerably well, to go with me into the 
Country three or four Leagues, that I might fee more of 
it. Early next Morning we took Horfe, and rode to 
Wijby, a large Village, nine Miles from Chrijiiana, which 
ftands between two Mountains ; the Houfes are very low, 
and of Wood, without Iron-wmrk or Window^s. There 
is a fort of Lattice on the Top of the Houfes, to admit 
the Light, and they are ail covered with Turf. 
The Reader is defired to take notice, that this is not , 
Wijby, 
