The 7th And The 8th, About Midnight, By God's Help We Recovered The
Open Sea, The Weather Being Fair And Calm; And So Was The 9th.
The 10th we coasted the ice.
The 11th was foggy, but calm.
The 12th we coasted again the ice, having the wind at west-north-
west. The 13th, bearing off from the ice, we determined to go with
the shore, and come to an anchor, and to stay five or six days for
the dissolving of the ice, hoping that the sea from continually
beating it, and the sun with the extreme force of heat, which it had
always shining upon it, would make a quick despatch, that we might
have a further search upon the western shore. Now when we were come
to the eastern coast, the water something deep, and some of our
company fearful withal, we durst not come to an anchor, but bore off
into sea again. The poor people, seeing us go away again, came
rowing after us into the sea, the waves being somewhat lofty. We
trucked with them for a few skins and darts, and gave them beads,
nails, needles, and cards, they pointing to the shore as though they
would show us great friendship; but we, little regarding their
courtesy, gave them the gentle farewell, and so departed.
The 14th we had the wind at south. The 15th there was some fault
either in the barque or the set of some current, for we were driven
six points out of our course.
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