An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitzbergen~ 5 1 Wcíl and South winds, when fom,whatcon• fhnt, cauí~ much Snow, and fometimes Rain alío, and moclc:rarccolJ. The other winds of the ~2, according to the Compaís, whatever names they ha,·c, are chan– ~ed by the Ctouds, fo th:it fometimes whcn the wiml w:is South .weft and by Sourh in one place, ar a fe wMiles difiance, there bJows quite ano– ther wind. What hcat rhe Sun ofteotimes affords we faw by onr Eye~ warering, and the tears that ran ·continu11ly down our Cheeks. Yet this fevere Cold is not always, as is already mentioned, .for 1f it were, how could any Herbs grow thcre. Neither is rhere every year a conCrancy of winds or weather ruled by the Moon, but an alterarion, a!I is in other places, fometimes a milder, and fometimes a feverer Winter. Skilful Ship·maíl'ers and Harponeers, com– mend rhoíe years for 1J'l,ale catching, that have not many foggy and cloudy days. Whether, according to the New and foil Moons, thc Spring· tydes happen, cannot be known. Snch clear Skies as we have fometimes in a Su:nmers day, with pleafant curled Clouds, 1 have not feen at Spitzbcrgen ; bnt en the contra• ry, feveral dark and foggy ones. R.ifing Thun• Jer-clonds l have not feen, nor ever heard of any body th.at had feen them. Above the Ice the Air appears whitt\ from whence we kt:.ow where the 6rm or fixed Ice E i. lia,