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TO THE NORTH OF EUROPE. 95
On the firft of July, they were again in fight of the Ifland of Bears, when John
Cornelifz with the other officers of his veffel went on board that of William Barentfz,
where not being able to agree as to the route they fhould take, it was finally fettled that
each fhould fteer the courfe he judged proper. In confequence Cornelifz, following
his idea, returned again to latitude $0°, thinking he fhould be able to pafs by the eaft
of the lands which are there, and he then {teered towards the north.
Barentfz on the contrary purfued a fouthern direétion on account of the ice. On
the eleventh he imagined himfelf by calculation to tie N. and S. with Candinous, or
Candnoes, the eaftern point of the White Sea, which remained to the S. and he bore
to the S. and S. and by E. in latitude 72°, and conceived himfelf to be near the land
of Sir Hugh Willoughby. On the feventeenth he arrived in latitude 74° 40’. At
noon he obferved Novaya Zemlia, towards the bay of Loms. On the eighteenth he
doubled the cape of Admiralty Ifle, and on the nineteenth faw the Ifle of Croffes,
under which he anchored on the twentieth, the ice preventing him from advancing
farther.
Eight of the feaman failed towards land in the fhallop, where they went to vifit one
of the crofles, and placed themfelves at the foot in order to repofe, before vifiting the
other. ‘Thefe two crofles have given name to the ifland. Proceeding to vifit the
other crofs they preceived two bears at the foot, at which they were very much
alarmed, not having any arms. The bears raifed themfelves quite upright againft the
crofs in order that they might the better fee the perfons coming towards them, for they
can fmell at a far greater diftance than they can fee, and afterwards ran to meet them.
The failors fled towards their boat, looking behind from time to time to fee if they
were followed by thefe ferocious beafts. But the mafter {topped them, and threatened
to plunge the boat hook he held in his hand into the body of the firft man who fled ;
becaufe, he faid, it would be better to keep all together than to feparate, in order to
frighten the bears by their fhouts. They therefore walked an ordinary pace towards
the boat, where they efcaped with much joy.
On the twenty-firft of July, they were in latitude 76° 15’, and the variation of the
compafs was 26° or a little more.. On the fixth of Auguft, they pafled by Cape
Naffau, and on the feventh were under Cape Trooft, where Barent{z had long wifhed
to be. In the evening the weather became fo hazy that it was neceflary to moor the
fhip to a bank of ice, of thirty-fix fathoms depth in the water, and about fixteen
fathoms above, {fo that it was altogether fifty-two fathoms in thicknefs.
On the ninth of Auguit, the veffel being {till moored to the bank of ice, the mafter
who was walking on deck, heard the breathing of an animal, and immediately beheld
a bear attempting to mount the fhip.
He immediately cried out all hands on deck! and all the crew having afcended,
they faw the bear with his claws again{t the fide of the veffel, and endeavouring to
enter. They began fhouting all together as loud as they could, at which the beaft
frightened retired a little farther off. But returning immediately from behind the bank
of ice to which the veffel was moored, and walking fiercely towards them, {till endea-
voured to throw himfelf withm. They had had time to ftretch the fail of the fhallop
over the upper works of the veflel, and a part of the crew was near the windlafs with
four firelocks. The bear was wounded and fled, without their being able to fee on
which fide, on account of the fnow which fell very thick. It is very probable he went -
behind one of the mountains of ice which had gathered on the banks.
On the tenth of Auguft, the ice having feparated, the flakes began to float, and it
was then obferved that the large bank of ice to which the veffel had been moored,
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