The 16th We Fell In With The Bank Of
Ice, West From Us.
The 17th and 18th were foggy.
The 19th, at one
o'clock afternoon, we had sight of the land which we called Mount
Raleigh, and at twelve of the clock at night we were athwart the
straits which we discovered the first year. The 20th we traversed
in the mouth of the strait, the wind being at west with fair and
clear weather. The 21st and 22nd we coasted the northern coast of
the straits. The 23rd, having sailed 60 leagues north-west into the
straits at two o'clock afternoon, we anchored among many isles in
the bottom of the gulf, naming the same the Earl of Cumberland's
Isles, where, riding at anchor, a whale passed by our ship and went
west in among the isles. Here the compass set at 30 degrees
westward variation. The 24th we departed, shaping our course south-
east to recover the sea. The 25th we were becalmed in the bottom of
the gulf, the air being extremely hot. Master Bruton and some of
the mariners went on shore to course dogs, where they found many
graves, and trains spilt on the ground, the dogs being so fat that
they were scant able to run.
The 26th we had a pretty storm, the wind being at south-east. The
27th and 28th were fair. The 29th we were clear out of the straits,
having coasted the south shore, and this day at noon we were in 64
degrees of latitude.
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