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ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL. 493
bay; but the hills feemed fo fteep that I was loath to fhoot myfelf into it, for fear of
having no anchor-ground. Tor it is generally obferved by us in fuch countries, if the
hills be very high near the water, there are commonly great depths at little diftances
fo that looking further a-head I efpied a fhore, as 1 thought, with a handfome defcent,
and concluding fuch places more likely for my purpofe, I fet my fore-topfail and main-
fail. ‘Then came on afore fquall, which forced me to hand my fore-topfail, and haul up
my mainfail; but before the fquall was over I was got paft that bay: yet then I faw
another point, and our water {moothed much. « For that I made way, and ran clofe to it,
fill finding no ground with our lead ; but on the other fide of the point went in a great
bay. With keeping the lead I came about the point, and found twenty-five fathoms
water, foft ground: then I let go my anchor, and got my {kiff out, to carry a haulfer
afhore; which was no fooner done, but the eddy winds came off the hills upon the
point, and {wung the {fhip’s ftern fomewhat too near the fhore.
But the fquall being over, the wind eaied, and blowing more into the bay (which by
its looks promifed well), I hove up my anchor, and drove further into the depth of forty
fathom, letting it then drop again. By this time it grew dark, fo we gave her a whole
cable, and rode in fixteen fathom. ‘Then atter ail things were ftowed, and we thought
ourfelves very well, and went to fupper, I felt the fhip to rub on the ground. I imme-
diately commanded the lead to be heaved over the poop, and found there was not above
two fathom water. ‘Lhen | caufed two fakes of the cable to be taken in, and we rode
with our {tern in feven fathom. Whereupon I got a fmall anchor and haulfer into my
boat and rowed into the flat bay, in fixteen fathom; by which means I heaved the fhip
further into the depth aforefaid, with very good ground. At the fame time I ordered
the boat to found round the fhip, and found the place where I rubbed on the ground
to be a point of rocks lying from the main on the fouth fide, but all over the bay elfe to
be good ground ; fo we lay all night.
‘Luefday, the twenty-fixth, by day-light, I fent a boat with a mate to fee how things
were about us ; who reported that in the bottom of the bay run in a good harbour, and
likewife that fome houfes were in fight; but upon my re-fending the boat, they were
found without inhabitants.
By that time thefe fearches had been made, night came on. {Note that we accounted
fo much light to make day as was fufficient to read by, or wherewith we were able to
difcern a boat at half a mile’s diflance ; for though the fun might be at that time about
three degrees high upon the meridian, we being under high land, could not perceive his
whole body.) ‘The reft of our men on board were fitting the fhip, by mending the rig-
ging and fails; the wind at N. W., moderate weather, with fome{now. That night I
was much troubled with confideration of the place where we lay ; that if the wind fhould
come to the N. E., with any gale, we might blow off the bank, and then into more
hazardous, becaufe more unknown, places.
Wednelday, the twenty-feventh, at break of day, I got my beft bow-anchor aboard,
and warped further into the bay, where I rid, having withal two haulfers faftened to a
rock on fhore. We continued to fit the fhip for the fea, when it fhould pleafe God to
give us an opportunity. The wind was yet northerly, clear weather, fo that we faw
land on the weit fide over again{t us, which we faw not the day of our firft coming in,
and I judged it might be eight miles off.
Thurfday, the twenty-eighth. ‘his day proved very bad weather, with much fnow,
and the wind {hifting, fometime at N. E , at N. and N. W., fo that we could not but
acknowledge the providence of God in directing us to move where we were; for had it
not been done, we muft have been blown from our former place. Then I went myfelf
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