IN THE YEAR 1613. 
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Before that wee came neare the buck w ch wee first espied, 
wee sawe 4 more not farre from him, and 2 in another place; 
and therfore wee hounded at the fairest heard: but then they 
came all one waie together, and (avoideing all circumstances) 
wee kil’d three of them, being all bucks, w ch wee found then 
to be but pore rascals, yet verie good meat, as wee presentlie 
made try all, and tasted. Bor, finding ther (as ther is in all 
places of the countrye) great store of driftwood, w ch the sea 
bestowes on the barren land, and being also well prouided 
of hunter’s sauce, wee made a fier, and broiled some of our 
venison, and did eat therof w th verie good appetites; much 
like to that, in Yirgil, of iEneas and his companions: — 
“ Ac primum silici scintillam excudit Achates * * Master’s mate. 
Suscepitq. ignem lignis f. t Folia enim 
,. . 7 , . „ nulla cadunt, 
Ears in irusta secant, verubusque% trementia figunt. ubiestneq. 
. flos nec arbos. 
Turn victu reuocamus vires.” % wooden spitts. 
Being thus well refreshed, wee were willing to have killed 
more venison, because wee needed not to use much labour in 
hunteing for our game; for the deare that had latelie escaped 
us were not gon farre from us. But the aire began to be so 
thick and foggie, that wee aduised better to goe presentlie 
a-board w th that w ch wee had alreadie gotten, least that the 
fog, increaseing, might have made us loose sight of our ship: 
therfore wee made speedie waie towards her, and came 
aboard about 11 a-clock before the time of midnight. 
Then wee continued still becalm’d till the next morning, 
and then were so befriended w th a fresh gale of ivinde, that 
wee sailed to the north end of the iland w th a flowen sheat; 
and, makeing manie boards, wee plied into S r Tho. Smyth’s 
Baye, where wee anchored about 8 a-clock that 
euening. 
When wee were come to an anchor, then the 
Basks, our whale-strikers, went presentlie back againe to 
Wee harboured 
in S r Tho. 
Smyth’s Baye. 
