An account of several late voyages and discoveries

~ The ftrft ·P art oftbe P'oy4ge The 2 7th we had ftorms, hail and fnow with very cold weather, the wind North-eat nnd by eaft, we were in 71 degrees, andcam to the Ice, and turned back again. The lfl, 11 of John M.aie• bore from us South-wefi an, by wefi, as near as we (ould guefs within te Miles. We might have feen the lfJand plai enough, but the Air was haizy and full offi and fnow, fo that -we could not fee far. Alxr. noon it blew a- ftorm, whereupon we t down our Top•fails, and furling our Main-faiJ drove with thc Miffen·fail towards South-eafi. The 29th it was foggy ali day, thc win North-eaft and by nortb, we carne tó the k~ and failed from it again, as you may fec in d Plate A. · . The 30th, the firft SunJay after Eajler, w·. foggy, with rain, and fnow, the wind at Nort at night we came to the Ice, but failed from· again ; tbe Sea was l.:mpeftuous, and tofi'edo Ship very much. The ~d of Ma1 was cold, fnowy, with ha' and miíly-Sun·fbine, thc wind North,wefi an by wefi, the Sun fet no more, we_faw ir aswc by night as by day. Tbe fonrth we bad fnow, hail, and gloom Sun-fhine, with cold weather, but not excc ftvc, the wind at North-wcfi, the weather very day unconftant. Here we faw abunda of Sea/e,, they jump'd out of the water befo the Ship, and which was ftrange, they wo fiand half out of the water, and as it we dance together.