An account of several late voyages and discoveries

tbe NortlJ-Eaft Voyagts, 19 j thc micHt of. tlie Porehead. TI1e firft time thcy fct upon thcm, of two lmndred they could not kill one, but went for tbeir Ord· nance to füoot thcm. Our Men. atcer a Jit– rlc Expcricnce, foand the way to diipatch thcm with Javclifü, as is bcfore rchcar– fcd. Some imagine this to be 1nlm l..f,tyen'r ?fl311J, hut it feems rath~r that it is not ; for thc Nor– thermoft Point _ of that is in thc 7 J d. 23 m. whcreas thisis 74d. 55 m; cxccpt the Dutch be not fo accurate in their Obforvations and Calculations as were to be wiíli'd, which I much 1ufpea, '1.1. No'VA ZJmblA. Befides Cher– ry-ljland is round, not frequented with Whales but Morffes. Ou1· Mcn alfo have trave!l d it on Foot from North to South, which on Ma1e»'s ljlamJ cannot be done; and rhougb they tell many Particulars of the Place, yct they never mention the grea t Beerenberg. Hope Jfland indeed is a long. líland, lies mucb wh:it · as they fay of M"}en's , and hatb bet:n \'Ífited by the W hale fü11ers, but it is more North than thcy place their Illand. The itch of afcribin3 Ditcove r ics to t hcmfei Vt!S hath brought ( 1 foar) ConfuGon both ill this and many other Matters of tbis Na. ture. 0 .,.2 John