VOYAGE TO GREENLAND. 
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1634. Winds. Remarks. 
April 13 NE Do. bay full of ice 
14 NE, A south wmd at night carried theice away 
1 5 W Calm mild day, 4 whales seen in the bay 
16 W Clear. The clerk died 
17 W Cloudy, bay full of ice 
18 (No remark) 
1 9 W The men much afflicted, having no refreshment 
' left 
20 S At night E.erly, with snow ; ice drifted away 
21 SE A calm day 
22 NE Ice closed to the shore ; S wind at night 
23 S Ice off land, rain. All the survivors but one ren- 
dered helpless by disease ; the captain struggling 
with death 
24 S Cloudy 
25 S Sunshiny, some ice whales seen ; A W wind at 
night brought the ice in 
- 26 W Cloudy day, calm 
27 E Mild weather, killed a dog for food 
28 E Cloudy weather, ice went out of sight, N wind 
at night 
29 NE Blowing hard at night 
30 NE A fine clear day 
Here the journal terminates with the word die ; alluding perhaps 
to other observations which the writer in his usual way had been 
about to set down. The first man of this unfortunate party died 
on the 16 th of April, the other six seem to have expired in the 
beginning of May. The scurvy was evidently the cause of their 
death, which, it appears, arose more from the want of fresh pro- 
visions than from the cold, as'they could generally stir abroad at 
least once in three or four days. 
We found that the ice had now totally disap- 
peared, and as we observed neither whales, nor 
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