An account of several late voyages and discoveries

t fJ Sp Ít11bergcn. 1 11 tl!c: bcginning of che Summcr. \Ve do not li;c thcm in the. \Vintcr, tor thc~· run to'..\ 0 .uü,: r1~~ Norrh: In thc S11mmcr we í~c thna in 1!1~ North Sc:1, ancl I havc foen tlit·m alfo in s,;,.:i,;,. We caught them alter thc following manm:r; wc fath:nec.l a Bullct that wc11~hcll ahont t\\'O or chree pounds co a Line, about a l•,1d1om di– fiancc from thc end, whcreon \\'C hld faJh:ncd a Hook; this Hooíc wc baircd with a piccc of a recl Cloch, and fo we flung it into thc Sea., and rowcd it bchind our Sllitl, thcn whcn rhc Jr111,.zrrl dorh f..vifd)' fhooc ac ir, he b:tc~ ilpon the Hook, aud fo i~ hung, whicl1 ;-011 prc!:.:nt!y perccivc by· its pu11ing, as you do ,,. h'..:n }'l>;.t card, ,llJy othcr 1+1fh , norwirhHandiug tlu i: thc R.opc 0f ic!> own ac:cord dotl1 pull or lll':1\V very hard, by re.1íon of the Sc:t, fo that if you C1o~ild rowl íc about your Hand, it wou!ll bc– Ímmb your Hand in a lictlc time ro that dc– gree, tlut }'OU woul<l not be feafiblo, if une fhould cut ic ; wh•;refore thcy ryc thcir Ropes to thc carved \ 1 {ork on rhc Srcrn ot thc Ship, fo chat fornctimes man y of thi:m are tycd 10 tl~e ,Sh:p by onc 2nod1er, whcn tht: Ship 1aiis q'.iCC, bue chis doth hindcr th:! Ship \rcry much i,1 its fail:ng, aud I da re fa,' two fi.Jch Rop<.·s drnv ~s mu1:h as a l\rtrn's !)rcngrh. 'l'hty ntdt them alfo \Vida 1 J11rril,.~. \',:id1 a piccc wh.:r,.of t-1": 1 .:y haic the Hook, a.e whid1 diey birn hJ011..:r th,rn .t I a red ¡"'liece of U:.i!l' or Cfod1v Tiicv E ,> ' ~at hr.ii : if }·ou boiJ, or bi·tlil, or rmi !t thl'rn frcfh as thcy an~ caughr, or dry rhcm: Tbcy ai ,;; jJiíHd r=" f::t: dir,f:tlcd. I l. O/