An account of several late voyages and discoveries

50 The Stto11d p"r' of d,e Yoyage then there commonly follows a ftorm. Wh ther rhe Moon doth prognofiicatc fuch fio, t cannot tell, becaufe we have o:>ferved, 1 after we have feen rhe Moon, in a clear ¡~ tht Air has grown foggy, which happeneth , ten, chiefly if the wind changes. Whco r Hills lbow fiery, ir is from Foggs, whicb · fpread themfelves every where, and the Co encreafeth: Thefe Foggs Jook blew, Jike l11di and black afar off, which upon changing of Weather are driven along by the win<l, íor in lefs than half an hour the Sea is fo cove with a thick Fogg, that you can hardly lee fr one end of the Ship to the orher. On the 14th of Ma1 thc Air was bright 3 clear, and yet very cold ; we could fee fJihales farther off in the Sea, then ufuallr this time : We could not difiinguifh the from the Sea, for it fbewed as if the Ships ced in the Air líke naked Trees or Poles. After the fame manner Spilzbergen looks diftance like a Cloud ; the Mountains are fo fleél'ed by the Sea, that he tbat knows not Co1.,ntry very weJI, cannot eafily difcern itÍI the Air; and fo other Countries very often pear. The other three Months, 1Nne, J11l¡ A11,({u/l, were. very calm. , Concerning the Cold~ it is much accord to the quality oí the w:nds; fo North and winds caufe very intenfe Frofts; fo that, ~an hardl y keep alive, efpecially if che w b!ows hard.