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ALLISON’S. VOYAGE FROM ARCHANELs AOD
I had complaint made me, that fome had ftolen fifh and broiled it; but upon ftrict
inquiry, I found fuch a thing could not be done privately : by reafon our men fat con-
tantly round the hearth in the fore-caftle, from fix or feven in the morning, till eight
at night ; at which hour or foon after, I ever caufed the fire to be put out, fearing the
‘continual keeping it might endanger the fhip, or occafion other diforders. Neverthe-
lefs I caufed the fifth that hung overboard for watering, to be hauled in, and viewing it
well, by the manner of it, I judged that the pieces diminifhed, were not cut off with a
knife, but rather feemed bitten by fome living creature; which | fuppofed might bea
feal, that I had feen fometimes about the fhip. So I put the falt fifh into a bag, and by
a line hung it over the fhip for frefhening : and in the mean time I got a great fhark-hook,
and baited it with a piece of the fame; hanging it afoot under water, in a place where
the feal ufed to fhow himfelf. I {tood upon the watch; and juft as it was dark the feal
came and took it, making a buftling at the fide of the fhip. 1 prefently took hold of
the rope, to which it was faftened, and found it too heavy for me, which made me call
for help; but before it came he got loofe, and I faw him fet his feet tothe fhip’s fide,
and fling himfelf off : after this we faw him no more in the bay.
Sunday, the twenty-eighth, it was ftill calm, but with more {now and clofe weather.
Monday, the twenty-ninth, I hauled my fheet anchor further out, the wind at W.S. W.
blowing frefh with fnow, but at four at night it began to thaw confiderably. I then
fhared all the bread in the bread-room, being but five pounds and a half for each man.
Tuefday, the thirtieth, it froze hard again, even our beer between decks; fo that our
amen could get nothing but water to drink, which had not ftood above twelve hours,
but became allice. 1 confidered, that for them to drink warm water, might not be fo
good for their {tomachs, and to ftave our cafks, would be of ill confequence for us, when
we fhould have occafion for them at our going tofea. I then brought upa catk of my
own honey, of which I diftributed about two pounds and a quarter to each man, for
them to boil in their water, to make a kind of mead withal. This they drank, and.
were not offended with the ice in their mouths as before. ‘The wind all this day at
S.S. E., and the froft fo exceflive, that we feared the {pring heads would ere long
fail us, fo that we beftirred ourfelves for a boat load of water.
Wednefday, December the firft, it proved fair, which encouraged me to fend my
mate in the boat up the fwe/, even before it was light; chiefly to fee if there were any
anchoring places for us to make ufe of, in cafe we fhould put out and not be able to re-
gain our harbour. He returned and brought word, that he faw only two iflands on
the W. fide, and that the fue/ ran up a great way very wide, where they had much
wind ; but where the fhip lay, we found little all day.
Thurfday, the fecond, ’twas fair weather of wind out of the S. E. corner, but frozen
hard all day, withfome {now. You muft know, our brighteft time now at noon, ex-
ceeded not the light that comes an hour before fun-rife, in an equinoétial day in
England.
Friday, the third, the wind as before. and pretty calm flill, but freezing exceeding
hard. Howbeit we went afhore for wood, of which we got not above two thirds ofa
boat full; fo fhort was our day, and this efpecially fo very clofe, that we could not
difcern the tops of the hills all that light.
Saturday, the fourth, the wind kept at S. E., fair, and freezing hard, but towards.night
fome {now. It was light now about but three hours and a half; as I obferved by my
watch, which in my warm pocket went well, and (to my great comfort) kept its integrity
in the worft of times. ee
318 2 ; ~ Sunday,
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