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ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL. 495
fallen, the furface of it was fo hard crufted by the froft, as to bear ; notwithftanding fome
accidentally plunged in now and then, but recoverably. ‘Lhe dragging of the trees
thereby was no lefs eafy, being upon a defcent; and we lopped them near the fhore,
for convenient putting on board and ftowage. . We got that day a long-boat full, that
is, about a cart load, as I judged, or more.
Tuefday, the fecond, I got two boats full of wood more. Much fnow fell this day in
fqualls, with hard blaits from the N. W., till towards night.
Wednefday, the third, it being fair weather, I fent my fkiff with hooks and lines to
take fifh ; but in the fucl they could find no ground with a hundred fathom of line ; yet
they made fome trial nearer the fhore, without perceiving any to bite. There were but
four men employed in this expedition, the reft went with the long boat a wooding as bes
fore, but with greater toil and labour, occafioned from light {now fallen the former night.
This night alfo added more, it freezing hard withal, and the wind northerly.
Thurtday, the fourth, it proved fair over head, the wind N. E., and moderate. This
day we got a boat’s load of water, confifting of four hogfheads full: at the fame time
two of our men got up to the tops of the hills to the 8. W. fide, to fee what they could
difcover ; and brought word they had met with the prints of deers’ hoofs, producing a
piece of an old horn they had found as a teftimony. Likewife of bears, wolves, and
foxes: thefe three are eafily diftinguifhed ; the impreflion of the bear being flat and
long, and like that of a human foot; thofe of foxes and wolves are like dogs, the latter
bigger. They faw fmall creatures too running and playing, which they believed were
foxes. The watering crew alfo faid they faw the fteps of deer where they had been.
Friday, the fifth, the wind was at S. E., but with fuch a form, that we could not
think of loofing our {hip for the fea. However I fent fix men armed afhore, for difco-
very, or what they could get ; but the wind and fnow was fo fevere upon their faces,
that they could not proceed farther than the firft hill; fo they returned, and only re-
ported they fawa river on the eaft fide of the hill that was frozen fait.
Saturday, the fixth, I got a boat load of wood. It froze extreme hard, the wind at
N. E., turning to the N. W. towards night, and began to blow.
Sunday, the feventh, it proved a freth of wind, at N. W. all day, freezing hard.
Monday, the eighth, it blew fo hard at S. 5. W. that it broke all our thore fafts,
pulled home our {mall bow anchor, and drove the fhip on the N. E. fhore, with her
itern aground ; but by good hap our beft bow anchor brought her up, and fwung the
fhip into deep water; fo we rode between our bow anchor, it proving moderate weather
towards midnight.
Tuefday, the ninth, I got my anchor on board, and moored the fhip in her old place,
by laying the beft bower to the N. W., the fheet anchor to the S. E., and {mall bower
to the N. E., and carried all haulfers and towelines to the anchors on the dry fhore, to
the W.S. W. of us. ‘This we did as out of hopes of getting to fea this light moon; for
our rudder-head was wrung in pietes by a blow given again{t the ground the day be-
fore, and fomewhat damaged in the lower part. I then made the fhip as fnug as I could,
by taking down our mizen-topmatt, crotched-yard, and f{pritfail yard, with our low
yards, fore and aft; but our fails we could not unbend, being fo hard frozen. ‘The
wind came N. W., which forwarded usin faftening our fhip, and that was both our day
and night’s work.
Wednefday, the tenth, I got two haulfers more afhore, it blowing a hard gale at S.
EF. till ten at night. Then the wind altered and became fair. About tiis time the
hawks we had on board all died, within a few hours one of another. We had likewife
three foxes to have been brought over, one of which our men eat fome days before
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