62 
A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN 
tercourse of long daie and short night, and contrailie of short 
daie and long night. 
The country afoardeth great plentie of fresh Avater in all 
places, w ch proceeds from the snoAve; and, therfore, ther can 
be no want therof at anie time: for ther is alwaies snoAve, 
and (I think) euer hath bene since snowe first fell upon the 
earth. Besides, I found ther, Av th in S r Tho. Smyth’s Baye, 
a very pleasant spring, neare the Avater-side, boiling (as 
it Avere), and Avorkeing up sand, euen as our springs doe 
in England; being as pleasant water as anie I euer tasted in 
England. 
The comodities of the countrie, hitherto knoAven, are cheiflie 
Avhales and sea-morses. The Avhale yeilds oile and finnes; and 
the morse yeilds oyle, hydes, and teeth of good valeAve,— 
wherof he hath but two, and they groAve in his uppermost 
jawe. Ther be also Avhite Avhales, and seales, w ch wee thought 
not to be Avorthy of time and labor to kill them; seeing that 
wee were imploied about the aboue-mentioned comodities. 
Wee sawe very feAve fishes ther, or rather none at all; saue 
onelie one cod, w ch Avas caught, w th a baited hook, in Green 
Harbour. But the Basks, our whale-strikers, doe saie that 
they haue sundrie times seene good store of salmons. 
Upon the land, ther be manie white bears, graie foxes, and 
great plentie of deare; and also white partridges; and great 
store of wilde fowle, as culuerduns, wilde geese, sea-pigeons, 
sea-parats, willocks, stint, guls, and diuers others, wherof some 
are as unworthy of nameing as tasteing. The land also doth 
yeild much driftAvood, whales’ finnes, morses’ teeth, and some¬ 
times unicorn-hornes, Av ch are supposed to be rather of some 
sea creature then of anie land beast. And theise things 
the sea casteth forth upon the shoare to supplie the barrenes 
of the fruitles land; Av ch , by the Diuine Prouidence, hath suffi¬ 
cient to maintaine those unreasonable creatures av c!i ther Avee 
found; but, by all likelihood, Avas neuer yet inhabited by anie 
natiues that beare the shape of man,—the country being alto- 
