The 30th In The Afternoon We Coasted A Bank Of
Ice Which Lay On The Shore, And Passed By A Great Bank Or Inlet
Which Lay Between 63 And 62 Degrees Of Latitude, Which We Called
Lumley's Inlet.
We had oftentimes, as we sailed along the coast,
great roots, the water as it were whirling and overfalling, as if it
were the fall of some great water through a bridge.
The 31st as we
sailed by a headland, which we named Warwick's Forehand, we fell
into one of those overfalls with a fresh gale of wind, and bearing
all our sails, we looking upon an island of ice between us and the
shore, had thought that our barque did make no way, which caused us
to take marks on the shore. At length we perceived ourselves to go
very fast, and the island of ice which we saw before was carried
very forcibly with the set of the current faster than our ship went.
This day and night we passed by a very great gulf, the water
whirling and roaring as it were the meeting of tides.
August. - The 1st, having coasted a bank of ice which was driven out
at the mouth of this gulf, we fell in with the southernmost cape of
the gulf, which we named Chidlie's Cape, which lay in 6 degrees and
10 minutes of latitude. The 2nd and 3rd were calm and foggy, so
were the 4th, 5th, and 6th. The 7th was fair and calm, so was the
8th, with a little gale in the morning.
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