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TO THE NORTH OF EUROPE, 125
them, and as they had but little bread, he prefented them with fome. They invited
him to eat with them; but he would not, becaufe it was a falt day, and they had thrown a
little fat.or melted butter over the fifth. They could not even prevail on him nor his
people to drink a fingle draught, becaufe the cup appeared a little greafy, and they
would not lend their cups for fear they fhould greafe them; io fuperftitious aré they in
the obfervation of their fafts. ‘
On the twenty-third the mafter made a handfome prefent in money to the com-
mander of the Ruflians, and paid the cook for his trouble in making bread, for which
they. both returned many thanks. At fix in the evening the two velflels fet fail during
the fpring tide. On the twenty-fourth, at fix in the morning, they arrived at the Seven
Iles, where they met with many fifhermen, of whom they afked for Kool, or Kilduil.
The fifhermen pointed to the eaft; and this was alfo the opinion of the Dutch crew.
The fifhermen threw them a ftock-fifh, but they could not pay them for it, being carried
along too quickly by a ftrong wind: they only made different figns to fignify that
they thanked them, remaining befides furprifed at the obliging manners of thofe
eople.
4 a fix in the evening they met with other fifhermen, who failed towards them, and
afked where was their crabbel, that is to fay, their fhip? They gave for anfwer the two
words which they had learned, crabbel propal, the fhip is loft: upon which the fifhermen
again cried out, Cool brabante crabbel, by which they conceived they would fay that there
were Dutch veffels at Cool, or Cola.
On the twenty-fifth at noon they were in fight of Kilduin, and between one and two
came to the weftern extremity of the ifland. The mafter immediately landed, where
he found five or fix fmall houfes inhabited by Laplanders, of whom they afked if that
country was not Kilduin? They anfwered yes; and that there were three Dutch vef-
fels at Cola, two of which were to leave it that fame day.
Upon this anfwer they again fet fail between four and five in the afternoon, with an
intention to reach Wardhuis ; but during their courfe the wind increafed fo that they
could not keep the fea during the night: they therefore pafled behind two rocks and
bore towards the land. They faw a little hut there, to which they repaired and found
three men, who received them with kindnefs. They afked thefe men if they could find
a veffel to go to Holland. They returned the fame anfwer as the Laplanders, that there
were three, two of which were on the eve of departure.
They afked them if they were willing to go to Cool with one of the crew by land,
and they would pay them well for their trouble. The Laplanders excufed themfelves,
faying they could not leave that place. Neverthelefs they conducted the mafter with
one of the failors over a mountain, where they met with other Laplanders, who engaged
to conduc the failor, on their promifing two reals of eight. Thus one of them having
taken a firelock, and the failor holding a hook in his hand, they both departed towards
morning.
On tie twenty-fixth they towed the two veffels to land, and drew out what they had
there to expofe it to the air: they afterwards went to vifit the Ruffians, with whom
they warmed themfelves : they alfo drefled what they had to eat, and refumed two re«
gular repalts every day, as having no doubt that henceforth they fhould meet with men
from time to time, and the moft part of thofe things for which they fhould have occafion.
They drank alfo of the beverage of the Ruflians, which they call guas, made of every
fort of old and mouldy bread, and which neverthelefs they did not fail to find good,
after having for fuch a length of time drank nothing but water. Some of them having
advanced farther into the country met with a kind of little fruit, of the colour of the
: floe,
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