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AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL, IN RUSSIA, INTHE YEAR
1697, BY THOMAS ALLISON, COMMANDER OF THE SHIP.*
I SAILED over the bar of Archangel on the eighth of O&ober 1697, about four
in the afternoon, in the fhip called the 4m, of Yarmouth (burthen 250 tons), and
bound for London; by that time it grew dark, I came to an anchor, to get all things
faft for the fea, the wind S. S. W., clofe weathex.
The ninth (being Saturday, by the firfi light of the morning, I weighed anchor, and
made the beft of my way; at fix in the evening I got the length of the land of Cats-nofe,
the wind S.S.E., fine weather.
Sunday, the tenth, at break of day, we were the length of Crofs Ifand: juft as it
was dark | got through the narrow thwart Cape Logannels, the wind then at S.S. W.,
and good weather. ;
Monday, the eleventh, as foon as it was light, I found myfelf even with the ifland of
Lambafco ; and at four in the afternoon the high land of Swetno/? bore S. from us, dif
tance fifteen miles; from whence | took my departure, the wind was then at S. E., hand-
fome weather.
Tuefday, the twelfth, proved very fair, and almoft ftark calm, fo that I made my way
W.N. W. but twenty-fix miles diftant from the place whence I began my reckoning
the day before, to the noon-tide of this; thence forward being computed as part of day
enfuing.
Wednefday, the thirteenth, continued fo calm all the twenty-four hours, that I made
my way N. not above thirteen miles; the breezes we had were at N. W. and W.
Thurfday, the fourteenth, began fair, with fomewhat more wind, firlt at N.N. E.,
afterward at N. W., with fquallst: my way was W. by N., diftant forty miles.
Friday, the fifteenth, the whole twenty-four hours the wind kept fhifting from N. and
W.N. W., and in the night little: my way exceeded not fixteen miles N. W.
Saturday, the fixteenth, for the firft twelve hours the wind continued to fhift to and
fro, between the W. N. W. and the N. N.E., with uncertain weather. At eight in the
morning it came to the S, W., and began to blow hard, and we had a very great fea
out of the W.
Sunday, the feventeenth, till midnight, we had frequent fqualls, and in the morning
it began to blow from the S. W., fo as to oblige us to take in two reefs of our topfails,
and a great fea came rolling out of the W. ; notwithftanding I made my way good
N. W. half W., diftant fixty-nine miles. This day I had an obfervation, and found
mylelf in lat. 70° 15’. : E
Monday, the eighteenth, towards night, it proved a fore ftorm, but it came down
gradually, firft putting us paft carrying our topfails then our forefail; at length, being
under a main courfe, by four in the morning, our main-tack broke. Afterward I lay
under a mizen during the fret of wind, till it was fair day, and then I fet my mainfail.
I made my way that twenty-fours N. W. half W., fifty miles, the wind fhifting from
S. W.
Tuefday, the nineteenth, at two in the afternoon, the wind came to the S. E. by £.,
and held calm all night: by fix in the morning it was E., {till little wind ; but at ten
* London, 1699, 8vo. This Journal, which is rare, and has efcaped the collectors, is annexed, as a cu-
riofity, to the account of Lapland.
+ A fquall is a fudden fhower of rain, or fall of fnow, atténded with wind.
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