The 9th Was Fair, And We
Had A Little Gale At Night.
The 10th we had a frisking gale at
west-north-west; the 11th fair.
The 12th we saw five deer on the
top of an island, called by us Darcie's Island. And we hoisted out
our boat, and went ashore to them, thinking to have killed some of
them. But when we came on shore and had coursed them twice about
the island they took the sea, and swain towards islands distant from
that three leagues. When we perceived that they had taken the sea,
we gave them over, because our boat was so small that it could not
carry us and row after them, they swam so fast; but one of them was
as big as a good pretty cow, and very fat; their feet as big as ox-
feet. Here upon this island I killed with my piece a grey hare.
The 13th in the morning we saw three or four white bears, but durst
not go on shore unto them for lack of a good boat. This day we
struck a rock seeking for a harbour, and received a leak, and this
day we were in 54 degrees of latitude. The 14th we stopped our leak
in a storm not very outrageous at noon.
The 15th, being almost in 51 degrees of latitude, and not finding
our ships, nor (according to their promise) being any mark, token,
or beacon, which we willed to set up, and they protested to do so
upon every headland, sea, island, or cape, within 20 leagues every
way off from their fishing place, which our captain appointed to be
between 54 and 55 degrees - this 15th, I say, we shaped our course
homeward for England, having in our ship but little wood, and half a
hogshead of fresh water.
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