An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitzberg~n. 3 9 quier; and the Sea-water is ío dtar~ that rwdve and more Fathoms deep you may fc,e botrom. There is no ground to be found ar the Ice to drop an Anchor. Ir is alío to be obferved, that according to e colour of the Skies, the colour of rhe Sea chan?;ed. (f the Skies be clear, the Sea k; .1s hlew as a S;1phir ; if it is covered fome– :1r wirh Clouds'.> the Sea is as green as an er:il<l; if there be a foggy Sun-iliine, ir Jook– yellow ; if it be quite dark, like unto the lour of !11dico ; in frormy and cloudy weather, e black Sope, or exaékly like unto the colour bhck Lead. lf che Wind be quite Catm, one may hear ring or knocking ar a great difiance on the , by which we alfo obferve the Whale m, as (hall be mentioned in its proper ace. . Among the Ice the ftream runs Southwards, hkh weobferved by our driving back a great ay. At the }tfefcle-Haven the fiream ran North– ards. Thofe that Sail Yearly to chofe places, nnot give any certain information concerning bing and flowing; onty they have obferved e water ro _be higher about the Land, when e winds have been higher then at other times. drhis I have alfo obferved, that if rhere was orderly or cominua~ ebbing and flowing, eEggs of the Birds would be drowned upon eHlanJs. · Cercain