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116 THIRD VOYAGE OF THE DUTCH
away. It even fpfit under the feet of the people while they were walking ; fo that they
were at a lofs to know how to aét, or how to fave themfelves,
The fame happened when they endeayoured to move the {chuyt, the ice fplit under
their feet, and the fchuyt was carried away with the crew. It was even broken in fome
parts, efpecially in thofe which had been altered or repaired, The mait was broken 3
the crofs-piece of the maft, and almoft the whole fchuyt was fplitto pieces. ‘here was
allo a fick man within, who wis not taken out but with extreme danger to the perfons
employed in this charitable office ; for the pieces of ice on which they were obliged to
place themfelves, floated and {truck again{ft other ice, and the leaft blow which might
have been given to amarm ora lee would have broken it.
At length after a confiderable time of hardthips and labour, the ice difperfed a little,
and the violence of their courfe diminifhed. They then returned to their fchuyt, and
drew it again on the firmice near the fhallop, where it was in a little more fecurity.
This. fatigue lafted from fix in the morning till fix in the evening, fo that all the crew
were quite exhaufted. ‘hey loft that day two cafks of bifcuit, a cheft full of linen
cloth, a cheft full of clothes and neceffary articles for the equipment of the veffels, the
aftronomical circle, a packet of fearlet cloth, a little cafk of oil, one of wine, and fome
cheefes.
On the fecond of July at half paft four in the afternoon, the weather was finer, and
fix men were employed at the refitting of the fchuyt, while fix others went on fhore to
feek for wood. ‘They alfe brought fome {tones which they arranged on the ice to ferve
as a hearth, and to make a fire, in order to melt fome pitch to caulk the fchuyt.
They looked at the fame time for a piece of wood to make a matt, which they found,
‘There was even fome wood cut down and tools to cieave it which they carried away, and
which indicated that the place had been frequented by men. The fchuyt was repaired
at two in the morning, and they afterwards roa{ted fome birds which they had killed,
in order to eat, and recruit their {trength.
On the third two men were fent to procure fome water. They found at the waters
ing place two of their oars, the tiller of the rudder, the cheft of linen cloth, and a
hat out of the cheft of goods. They carried away their load, and when they were re-
turned, they fent four others who drew all the remainder of the water, and placed it on
the ice, whence they again took it when they fet fail.
On the fourth the weather was finer than they had experienced fince their ftay on
the coafls of Novaya Zemlia. ‘They availed themfelves of this opportunity to wath in
{now water the pieces of velvet which had been wetted by the falt water, and packed
them upa frefh. On the fifth John Janfz of Haerlem, a relation of the deceafed Nicolas
Andrifz, alfo died. On the fame day the flakes began again to float with violence. On
the feventh they killed thirteen birds,-on which they feafted the following day.
On the ninth the ice continued to float, and the water became free towards the land,
The firm ice, on which were the veflels and crews, alfo began to feparate and float,
which obliged them to draw their veflels to the water more than three hundred and
forty paces, a prodigious labour, and which they could never have performed if they
had not been actuated to preferve their lives. ‘They fet fail between feven and eight in
the morning; but at fix in the evening were obliged to return to land, and replace
themfelves on the firm ice, which was not yet feparated in that part.
On the tenth they exerted all their efforts to pafs through the ice, and failed till they
found themfelves between two large furfaces of ice, very much refembling fields, but
which joined together ina part. It was neceflary therefore to unload the veffels again,
tranfport their cargoes, and drag them themlelves on the ice till they fhould again
meet
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