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the Shore, on the Eaftern Coaft of Zemhla % one of our 
Seamen landing there, and going about his neccfiary Oc- 
cafions, a Bear came behind him, and ftruck him down 
with hh Paw, and would have certainly deftroyed him, 
had we not perceived it. We immediately fired a Fuzee, 
and by good Fortune fhot him dead, otherwife the 
poor Sailor would not fo eafily have got out of his 
Clutches ; he was not fo foon eafed of his Fears, and 
the reft of his Comerades were fo terrified by his Exam- 
ple, that they durft not venture afhore. A little while 
after there came three Bears to our Ship-Sides, and ftrove 
to come aboard. We cut olF the Paws of one of them, 
with our Flatchets, and (hot the other with a Mufket. 
While we were difpatching thefe two, the third mount- 
ed the Side of our Ship, and entered it ; a Sailor who 
ftood near him, cryed out as if he were about to be de- 
voured •, and well he might, for the Bear was at his 
Heels. We all took up Oars and Pieces of Timber, with 
which we knocked him down, others fhot at him, and 
two more that were fwimming towards us, and killed 
them. We thought this Deftruclion would hinder any 
more from coming towards us, but v/e were miftaken *, 
for four or five Hours afterwards we difcovered eight or 
ten more upon the Ice, and taking the W^ater they fwam 
towards us, which obliged us to handle our Arms, and 
fire at them. We aimed fo well that not one of them 
efcaped us. More and more ftill approaching from the 
high Mountains, as if they had declared War with us, we 
refolvcd to retreat before fuch a terrible Enemy. 
We weighed Anchor, and returned to the Place where 
we firft anchored, on the Weftern Shore of Zemhla. After 
fifteen Hours fail, we got out of the Streight, by favour 
of an Eafterly Wind, We had much ado to avoid run- 
ning againft Rocks of Ice that lay in our Way. At 
the Mouth of the Streight there is an Ifiand which looks 
very green, covered with Fir and Juniper-Trees. Some 
of our Crew went afhore, and faw a fort of Birck there 
fo big they could hardly fly. They came and told us 
what they had feen upon which I defired Leave to go 
afhore, with about forty Men detached from the Crews, 
to hunt thofe Birds, and make Difeoveries. Wc killed 
about fixty of them, fome we fhot, and fome we knock- 
ed down with Clubs 5 their Carcaffes were carried aboard 
with us. The Mafter of our Ship, called thefe Birds 
Penguins. They are not much higher than Swans, but 
a great deal bigger. I'hey are fharp- beaked, of a brown 
Colour i their Feet are webbed like thofe of a Goofe, and 
at their Gullet there hangs fomething like a Bag, about 
a Foot long ; it begins juft under their Beaks, and comes 
down to their Breaft, widening as it lengthens it is 
not unlike' an Urinal, only it is bigger. In this Bag they 
put their Viduals, and take it out of it when they have a 
Mind to eat. We were forced to fkin them before we 
could eat them ; their Skin being very tough, and we 
had much ado to pull them and drefs them. The Flefli 
was extraordinary good, it taftes hke that of wild Duck, 
only it is fatter. We eat heartily of it, and had not had 
fuch a Feaft in all our Voyage. We ftaid at Anchor 
off of the Ifiand, where v/e caught the Penguins two 
Days, and then a South-eaft Wind fpringirlg up, we 
weighed again, and held on our Courfe North-north- weft ; 
in a few Hours we got out of the Streight, then the 
Wind varied, and we coafted it along to a high Cape, 
where we arrived in about thirty Hours. That Cape 
is not far from the Place where we faw the ZembUans 
-adoring the Sun. 
His Danljh Majefty having commanded our Captains 
and Officers to bring off fome ZembUans.^ if they could 
poflibly, that he might learn of them what was the 
Growth and Riches of their Country, they dropped An- 
chor, and refolved to do. the utmoft to obey the King’s 
Command. As foon as we were ready, fome of us went 
affiore, in our Long-boats, to fee what we could dif- 
cover j there were thirty Perfons in all, of whom I 
made one. We had fcarce got over the Ship’s Side be- 
fore we difcovered a Zemblian in his Canoe, about half 
a League off Land •, who, feeing us make towards him, 
rowed fb nimbly, that it was impoffible for us to get 
up wuth him 5 as foon as he fee foot affiore, he took, up 
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his Canoe and ran away with it on his Shoulder, fo fwlftly, 
that we perceived it would be a difficult Matter for us to 
overtake him. He held his Dart in his Hand all the 
wlfile, and yet did not feem to be incumbered in his 
Flight. We landed, and purfued him towards a Hill 
which we faw him mount, but he was nimbler than we, 
and it was in vain for us to follow him, when we had 
once loft Sight of hiiii. We therefore gave over all 
Thoughts of taking him, and returned to our Ships, 
very forry that we had miffed our Prize. As we were 
failing back to our Ships wc faw two ZembUans in a 
Canoe out^ at Sea, they fpying us rowed tov/ard the 
Promontories and Rocks, on the Coafts, to hide them- 
felves •, but we took to our Oars fo brifkly, that we came up 
with them as they were rowing, with all their Might, to- 
wards a Rock. We furrounded them, being in four 
Boats j and when they found they could not efcape us, 
they fet up a hideous Howling, the moft horrid Noife 
that ever I heard in my Life. We carried the Men 
aboard with us, towed the Canoe along, having faftened 
it to one of our Boats. It was like a Gondolaln Form, 
fifteen or fixteen Feet in Length, and two and an half in 
Breadth. It was made of the Rib-bones of Fiffi, very 
artificially ; the Sides were of Fiffi-Skins fewed together, 
it all looked like a huge Purfe, from one End of the 
Canoe to the other ; the Bottom was of the fame Mate- 
rials with the Sides. The ZembUans are fhut up in it as 
high as their Waftes; a drop of Water cannot get into 
it •, and they expofe themfelves in the fouleft Weather^ 
without Fear of foundering. We perceived one of the 
Zernblians we had taken was a Man, and the other a Wo- 
man. We made all the friendly Signs we could to them, 
and careffed them, to find out where their Habitations 
were, but we could learn nothins;. 
Upon this thirty of us landed again, took feveral 
Days Provifions with us, and went in two Troops, well 
armed, at about an hundred Yards Diftance one from 
another, 10 try if we could meet with any more of the 
Inhabitants. We hid ourfelves in Caverns under the 
Rocks, polling Sentinels near Trees, in open Places, pro- 
per for difeovering, if any of the Zetnblians came that 
Way ; where we intended to feize them, and force them, to 
fhew us their Habitations. We were two Days before 
we could hear of any thing to our Purpofe ; at laft our 
Sentinels gave us Notice that they fpied two coming 
down a Hill, towards the Sea fide. Six of our Compa- 
ny ftaid in the Cavern ; five more, and myfelf, removed 
to one a little farther off ; and a quarter of an Hour 
after, thefe two ZembUans paffed by our Caverns without 
perceiving us ; one of our Companions Ihot off a Fuzee, 
to give Notice to thofe in the other Cavern, that they 
were hemmed in between us and them ; when they came 
near their Cavern, they fallied out, and we did the like 
from ours. The Savages being thus trapped, faw it was 
in vain to fly, fo we eafily took them. Their Garments 
were of Penguins-Skins, the Feathers outwards j they had 
each a Pair of ftrait Breeches on, which came down no 
farther than their Knees; a Waftecoat of the fame; the 
Sleeves no longer than to the Elbows. The reft of their 
Arms was naked ; their Waftecoats were picked before 
and behind ; their Caps were in the Form of a Sugar-loaf; 
their Stockings of the Skin of a Sea-Calf, the Hair out- 
wards. Though their Drefs was the fame, yet we foon 
perceived which was the Man, and which the Woman. 
The Man feemed to be about twenty-four Years of Age, 
his Face like the reft of thofe Savages, was very broad, 
his Complexion fwarthy, his Nofe flat ; he had neither 
Beard on his Chin, or Hair on his Head. At his Back 
hung a Quiver full of Arrows, and on his Shoulder he 
carried an Axe ; in his other Hand he held a Bow, The 
Woman was about twenty Years old, her Hair hung 
down on each Shoulder, twilled in two Locks. She had 
blew Streaks ort her Chin, and four or five on her Fore- 
head ; her Ears and Noftrils had Holes bored in them, 
in which fome blue Stones, or Rings of Fiffi -bone, were 
hung. Thofe in her Ears were as big as a Filberd, and 
thofe in her Nofe as a Pea. She held a Dart in her 
Hand. 
We tried all the Ways we could think of to oblige 
them 
