An account of several late voyages and discoveries

1 6 2 A Vo) 1 aze for the Difco·1Nry Ice to lic awayEaft, thc:fc 24 Hours the Wind ; at North, and vcry cold, and at 12 at Nighc 70· rachom green Oar; ar nin~ in th~ E\:~ning faw L~nd thc Norch Pare of tt bcarmg· E. an<l thr Soutl; Part S. E. hc:ing high,.and covcrc:d with Snow, about 1 5 Lcagucs ofl-. Sound-:d, and had 1 2 5 E1thom. 7Íte[tlay~ .1une z7. From Mondtiy 26 to Tttl. z7, litdc \Vind from che N_. Tfl": to che N . by E. with Calms ; wc kcpt dok w1th thc: Ice, and t<.mnd it joyn to thc Ltnd of Ncr-i.:a Zemblrz · ~ true Courfc protraétcd is E. by N. 3 o Miks 1 diifrrcnce of Lu. 16 Miles, dcp.1rturc E. z; Miles, Lat. p:t·Judgmcnt 74 d. 46 m. Mc:ridfan diftancc 964M1ks, at Noon 83 Fathom \Vatcr about 6 Lc:agucs from thc Shorc; we row 1 :d ¡~ towards thc ~horc, and found thc lec to lic abot1 5 Lcagucs from thc Shorc ; wc wcnt out of our B~x1t on thc Ice:, ~md killed a young Sc~-Horfr, or Mors, and faw many more, but could n kill thcm with Muskets, notwithfianding r 6r .:d 7 Mus kcts im o onc of tbem, ucith<:r coul we come to b.mc thcm; for they get inro th Sea bcforc you ca n come to them; th<:y kccp ing \Vatch, .md are vcry fhy, always lying on th brink of thc Ice, rcady to take thc Sc:i. \\' foundcd, and h~ld 80 Fathom Water green Oar :i.t which time wc faw the Ground plain,bdng,·c fmooth Water. Mcridian dinance from thc: Shi to thc Land 1 5Miles, which makcth Mc:ridian& fiancc from thc Land ro this Plac:.: 980 Mik Wcdneiday, .J une 18. R cm thc 2 7th at N(1 ro rhis Day Noon, ver.y lictlc \Vind, bm thc: m P.