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54 VOYAGES OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND OTHERS,
22. Monday we departed from the river Cola, with all the reft of the faid lodias,
but failing before the wind they were all too good for us; but according to promife,
this Gabriel and his friend did often {trike their fails and tarried for us, forfaking their
own company.
23. Tuefday, at an E.N. E. fun, we were thwart of Cape St. John. It is to be un-
der{tood that from the ape St. John unto the river or bay that goeth to Mezen, it is
all funk land, and full of fhoals and dangers, you fhall have fcant two fathom water,
and fee no land. And this prefent day we came to an anchor thwart of a creek, which
is four or five leagues to the northwards of the faid cape, into which creek Gabriel and
his fellow rowed, but we could not get in; and before night there were above twenty
fail that went into the faid creek, the wind being at the N. E. We had indifferent
good landfang.
This afternoon Gabriel came aboard with his fkiff, and then I rewarded him for the
good company that he kept with us over the fhoals with two {mall ivory combs, and a
fteel clafs, with two or three trifles more, for which he was not ungrateful ; but not-
withftanding his firft company had gotten further to the northwards.
24. Wednefday being Midfummer-day, we fent our {kiif aland to found the creek,
where they found it almoft dry at a low water; and all the lodias within were on
ground.
Although the harbour were evil, yet the ftormy fimilitude of northerly winds tempted
us to fet our fails, and we let flip a cable and an anchor, and bare with the harbour,
for it was then near a high water: and as always in fuch journies varieties do chance,
when we came upon the bar in the entrance of the creek, the wind did fhrink fo fud-
denly upon us, that we were not able to lead it in, and before we could have flatted the
fhip before the wind, we fhould have been on ground on the Jee fhore ;-fo that we were
conftrained to let fall an anchor under our fails, and rode.in a very breach, thinking to
have warped in. Gabriel came out with his fkiff, and fo did fundry others alfo, fhewing
their good will to help us, but all to no purpofe, for they were likely to have been
drowned for their labour; infomuch that I defired Gabriel to lend me his anchor, be-
caufe our own anchors were too big for our fkiff to lay out, who fent me his own, and
borrowed another alfo and fent it us. ‘hen we laid out one of thofe anchors, with a
hawler which he had of 140 fathom long, thinking to have warped in, but it would nat
be; for as we fhorted upon the faid warp the anchor came home, fo that we were fain
to bear the end of the warp, that we rufhed in upon the other {mall anchor that Gabriel
fent aboard, and laid that anchor to feawards; and then between thefe two anchors
we traverfed the fhip’s head to feawards, and fet our forefail and mainfail, and when
the bark had way we cut the hawfer, and {fo gat the fea to our friend, and tried out all
that day with our main courfe.
25. The Thurfday we went room with Cape St. John, where we found indifferent
good road for a N. N. E. wind, and for a need, for a N. and by W. wind.
26. Friday at afternoon we weighed and departed from thence, the weather being
meetly fair, and the wind at E.S.E. and plied for the place where we left our cable
and anchor and our hawfer ; and as foon as we were at an anchor, the forefaid Gabriel
came aboard of us, with three or four more of their fmall boats, and brought with them
of their aquavite and mead, profefling unto me very much friendfhip, and rejoiced to
fee us again, declaring that they earneitly thought that we had been loft. This Gabriel
declared unto me that they had faved both the anchors and our hawler ; and after we
had thus communed, J caufed four or five of them to go into my cabin, where I gave
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