IN THE YEAR 1613. 
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had slaine and flayed before wee came thither; for ther laie 
their bodies, without either fatt, skinnes, or teeth. 
One thing more I obserued in this harbor, w ch I haue 
thought good also to sett downe. Purposeing, on a time, 
to walk towards the mountaines, I, and two more in my com- 
panie, ascended up a long plaine hill, as wee supposed it to 
be; but, haueing gon a while upon it, wee perceaued it to be 
ice. Notwithstanding, Avee proceeded higher up, about the 
length of half a mile; and, as wee went, saAve manie deepe 
rifts or gutters in the land of ice, w ch were crackt doAAme 
thorowe to the ground, or, at the least, an exceeding great 
depth; as we might well perceaue by heareing the snoAve- 
Avater runne belowe, as it does oftentimes in a brook whose 
current is someAvhat opposed w th little stones. But, for better 
satisfacon, I brake doAvne some peeces of ice A\ rth a staffe I 
had in my hand; w ch , in their falling, made a noise on ech 
side much like to a peice of glasse throAA T en doAvne the well 
within Douer Castle : wherby wee did ^estimate the thicknes 
or height of this ice to be 30 fathomes. This huge ice, in my 
opinion, is nothing but snowe, w ch from time to time has, 
for the most parte, bene driuen of the mountaines; and, so 
continueing and increasing all the time of winter (Av ch may 
be counted three-quarters of the yeare), cannot possiblie be 
consumed w th the thaAve of so short a soiher, but is onelie a 
little dissolued to moisture, wherby it becomes more com¬ 
pact, and, AA rth the quick-succeeding frost, is congealed to a 
firme ice. And thus it is like still to increase, as (I think) it 
hath done since the world’s creation. 
On Saturday, the 31 st of Julye, about 5 a-clock Weecame 
after noone, wee weyed anchor out of Joseph’s Bay, for Eagland ' 
to come for England, — namelie, the MatheAV, the Desire, and 
the Bichard and Barnard; leauing ther our admirall the Tiger 
and the great ship of St. John de Luz. At 9 a-clock that 
euening, Avee weare at sea, about 6 leagues from the land; and 
then directed our course for Cherrie Hand, south-and-by-east. 
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