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78 VOYAGES OF SIR HUGH WILLQUGHBY AND OTHERS,
This day we found the pole to be elevated 68° 40’. In the afternoon we both fet
fail to feek way to get out of thefe fands, our boat a-head founding, having fix, feven,
and eight fathoms ali within the fad which was without us. We bare to the fouthward,
and the William bare more to the eaflwards, and night being at hand the wind came
to the S. E. whereupon we laid it to the fouthwards, lying S. W., and. and by W.,
and ran to nineteen, and twelve, and fourteen fathoms, and prefently we had but fix
fathoms, which was off the fands’ head,. which we were aground upon the day before.
‘Then we caftabout to the eallwards for deep water, which we prefently had, as ten,
fifteen, and twenty, and fo to twenty-three fathoms.
‘The twenty-fecond day at cight in the morning, we caft about to the fouthward, and
this day in the morning we faw the William under our lee as far as we could fee her,
and with a great fox we loft the fight of her, and fince we have not feenher. Thus we
yan till we came to thirty fathoms black oze, which we had at twelve of the clock, ana
at three in the afternoon we had twenty and three fathoms, and then we ran W.N. W.
and W. by N., all the fame night following.
The twenty-third day we had at fix in the morning twenty-feven fathoms, at eight
o’clock twenty-eight fathoms: at nine the wind being at E. S. E., we haled W. N. W.:
this day we had fight of the land of Hugri fide. At twelve of the clock we had thirty-
two fathoms {and. ‘This day we ran W. and by N., and came to five fathomsoff the
bay of Morzovets. Then we laid it to the northwards, fo that we lay N. N. E. off,
‘The wind after came to the N., and N. by E., and we lay E.and E by N,, then we
Jaid it to the wefiward again: and thus we lay till we came to forty fathoms, and then:
we went N. W. till we came to fourteen fathoms, and foto ten fathoms. ‘Vhen we
caft about to the eaftwards and lay E., and E. by N. all the fame night.
‘The twenty-fourth day at eight in the morning we had thirty-two fathoms. We ran
N. W. till we came to eleven fathoms, then we lay to the northwards till twelve at night,
and then we came to forty fathoms, then the wind at N. E. we lay to the weflwards, and
haled N. W. along.
‘The twenty-fifth at four in the morning we had thirty-feven fathoms, we ran N. W.,
the wind at N. N. E. very much.
The twenty-fixth day we ran with the fame wind, and found the pole to be elevated
70° 40’.
The twenty-feventh at feven in the morning we faw land, which we made to be
Kegor, then we haled N. W. and N. by W. to double the North Cape.
‘The twenty-eight day at three in the morning we ran N. W,, and fo allday. At
night the wind came to the S. W., and we ran N. W. all that night.
The twenty-ninth day we put into a found called Tane, and the town is called
‘Hungon : we came to an anchor at five in the afternoon, at twenty-five fathoms very
fair fand. This found is very large and good, and the fame night, we got water
aboard.
The thirtieth day in the morning the wind at N. E., and but little, we fet fail, and
with our boat on head we got the fea about twelve of the clock: the wind witha
fair gale came to the E. S. E., and all this day and night we ran W.N. W.
The thirty-firft day at twelve of the clock we doubled the North Cape, the wind
being at E. S. E., we haled W. all the fame day, and at night we ran W.S. W,
The firft day of September the wind was at N. E. with very much fog; all this day
we ran W. S. W.: at two in the afternoon the wind came N.
The fecond day at three in the morning we doubled Fowlneffe, and the wind was
this day variable at all parts of the compais. In the afternoon we made but little way :
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