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TO THE NORTH OF LUROPE. 111
them: he was received with a volley of three firelocks, which all took effect, the one
from the chimney, and the other two from two of the doors. ‘This death coft them
dear, for having cut the beait in pieces, and dreffed the liver, and eaten it with pleafure,
they were all indifpofed: three of them were fo very ill that they thought they would
. die; neverthelefs they recovered, having a new fkin from the head to the foot. Their
re-eftablifhment {carcely gave lels pleafure to the remainder of the company than to
themfelves ; for the lofs of three men would perhaps have put them out of condition to
work with any effect for their return.
On the third of June their ftrength having returned, they refumed the refitting of
the bark, which was compieted after fix days’ labour. ‘At night there arofe fo violent
a wind from the welt that the water again became free, and they prepared to embark.
On the fourth they went to the number of eleven to the {chuyt, which was on the fea
fhore, and dragged it to the veffel ; this labour being then more eafy than it had been
when they were obliged to quit it, either becaufe the fnow was not fo hard, and that the
fchuyt glided more freely over it, or that they poffefled more courage by feeing the
water free, and being on the eveiof embarking,
They left three men there to refit the fchuyt, which was properly a little herring-bark
or herring-buis, and was fharpened behind. They cut off a part from the poop, made
a little fern frame, and added fome planks to the fides, that the veflel might have more
depth, and be better able to ftand the fea.
The other part of the crew which was in the hut did not work with lefs ardour for
the other preparations of the voyage. On this fame day they conveyed two fledges
Jaden with prov:fions and other articles from the hut to the veflel, which was nearly
half way between the hur and the place where the water was free, that they might not
have fo long a carriage when it was neceflary to embark. On the fixth they dragged
two more fledges laden with fome provifions and merchandife.
After this there happened a violent ftorm from the S. W., accompanied with fnow
and hail, and particularly rain, which they had not beheld for along time. The car-
penters were obliged to quit their work and retire with the others into the hut, where
nothing then remained dry ; for the planks had been taken away to refit the little veflels,
and there only remained the fail, which was not fit to keep out the rain. ‘The path
which was covered with fnow began alfo to thaw, fo that it was neceflary to leave off
the fhoes they had made of hats to refume their leathern fhoes, in whatever {tate they
might be, and to make the belt ufe they could of them.
On the feventh they packed up the beft merehandife, and that which they chofe to
carry back, and wrapped them round with tarpawling 1 in order to protect them from
the water, which could not fail frequently to fplafh in a little veflel without cover. On
the eighth they dragged their packages to the veflel, and the fame day the carpenters
completed the repairs of the fchuyt. On the fame day allo they dragged the fhallop
to the veffel ; and on the tenth they made four journies with the fledze Jaden each time.
They put what little remained of the wine in {mall vellels, in order to diftribute it be-
tween the two boats ; and alfo that in cafe one fhould remain inclofed in the ice, as
they well forefaw what might happen, they could eafily remove all the things from one
boat to the other, or unload them on the ice in order to tranfport them.
On the eleventh they experienced a frefh fubje€t of apprehention. A great tempelt
arofe from the N. N. W., and they thought it might break the remainder of the ice on
the fea fhore, and occafion the vetlel to float, or perhaps {plit it, in which was then every
thing of the beft they pofleffed both as to provifions and merchandifes a misfortune
which would have far exceeded all the others they had experienced, and againft which
they
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