Whereupon, Falling Into Consideration That
The Mermaid, Albeit A Very Strong And Sufficient Ship, Yet By Reason
Of Her Burden
Not so convenient and nimble as a smaller barque,
especially in such desperate hazards; further, having in account how
great
Charge to the adventurers, being at 100 livres the month, and
that in doubtful service, all the premises considered, with divers
other things, I determined to furnish the Moonlight with
revictualing and sufficient men, and to proceed in this action as
God should direct me; whereupon I altered our course from the ice,
and bore east-south-east to the cover of the next shore, where this
thing might be performed; so with favourable wind it pleased God
that the 1st of August we discovered the land in latitude 66 degrees
33 minutes, and in longitude from the meridian of London 70 degrees,
void of trouble, without snow or ice.
The 2nd of August we harboured ourselves in a very excellent good
road, where with all speed we graved the Moonlight, and revictualled
her; we searched this country with our pinnace while the barque was
trimming, which William Eston did: he found all this land to be
only islands, with a sea on the east, a sea on the west, and a sea
on the north. In this place we found it very hot, and we were very
much troubled with a fly which is called mosquito, for they did
sting grievously. The people of this place at our first coming in
caught a seal, and, with bladders fast tied to him sent him in to us
with the flood, so as he came right with our ships, which we took as
a friendly present from them.
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