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In 1633, seven sailors were left in Jan 
Mayen Island to winter ; but on the 7th 
of June following, they were all found 
dead, (chiefly of the scurvy,) by some 
people from Holland, who arrived there. 
It was evident that they had lived 
through the winter, as their journal was 
carried down to the 30th of April, soon 
after which they must have fallen vic¬ 
tims to disease. 
It is necessary to observe, that the 
Dutch at this period entertained hopes 
of being able to found some permanent 
establishments in the North, and that for 
this purpose men were sometimes left in 
these islands, to make observations du¬ 
ring the winter. The wretched fate that 
generally attended these adventurers, at 
last induced the States-General totally 
to relinquish the attempt. 
Here we fell in with some streams of 
ice, which we went through in search of 
seals ; but of these we saw very few, and 
