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305 ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL.
(though I have not fet it down Een ay I bear it in mind,) I went myfelf afhore,
and a furlong up the hills, I found the fhells of fea-eggs, which I judged might have
been carried up by fuch birds. ‘They are fpecial good food, and I doubt not but the
birds fuck out all their inwards, though we eat only the yellow part like an egg’s yolk,
and throw away the other white or jelly part; that we take and put into a fauce-pam,
and pour to it fome beef broth, which with a little pepper ftrewed upon it, and ftewed
together, makes a very good difh.
‘Sunday, the twenty- third, we had it fair and clear all day, the wind foutherly, and
the froft very moderate.
§ Monday, the twenty-fourth, ftill fair and clear, the wind foutherly. We got our
kedge anchor on board, but much trouble had we to come at it: we were forced to dig
through a great deal of ice, and the ground itfelf, frozen deep, under which one flook
had been long buried. We fhifted one of our fmall haulfers too, at the ftake where
the cable was faft; got both our top-mafts up, hoifted our mizen-yard, and got our
fore-yards up, with an intent to be jogging ; but before night it began to blow at
S. 5. W.
| Tuefday, the twenty-fifth, it blew very hard, infomuch that I was forced to ftrike
both top-maits, and lower all down again; befides, it froze extremely hard all this
twenty-four hours. ‘Thus were we fatally baulked, and our defign of ftirring put a
ftop to, when we had provifion enough left to go to fea with; I can’t fay without great
hazard of want, and danger of weather, could we have held on our purpofe.
Wednefday, the twenty-fixth, it continued flill blowing, and the wind all foutherly ;
fo that at certain times, when the bla{ts came violently off the hills, notwithftanding the
hawfe was very foul and thick frozen, yet the cable would be pulled ftark out of the
water. The haulfer too at the {take on fhore, having a great weight of ice upon it, would
neverthelefs be {tiff {trained above the water, as level as that of a rope-dancer, when it
is made fit to walk upon; it being to admiration that the ftake, cable, and haulfers
fhould hold.
‘Thurfday, the twenty-feventh, the wind and weather ftill the fame as the day before,
blowing fiercely, but clear over-head, and freezing ata great rate.
Friday, the twenty-eighth, the wind kept its place, but grew more moderate, the
froft {till exceffive ; however I got a boat load of water, and another of wood.
Saturday, the twenty-ninth, it blew {martly out of the S., and froze fo extraordinary
hard, that the water we br ought on board the day before was a folid body of ice. For
having occafion to brew that morning (it being late before the water came on board over
night), I caufed one of the hogfheads to be digged into, to fee if any water could be
found in the cafk; and in the midft there might be the quantity of about two gallons lying
in a hole of the depth of fourteen inches, and three inches width: of that I made mead,
which proved excellent good, and fome of the very fort I brought with me to England.
Sunday, the thirtieth, it blew a hard gale at S. by E., freezing withal, but not fo hard
as two days before.
Monday, the thirty-firft, we had as much wind as the day before, and from the fame
point, but dry over head, and freezing to extremity. ‘ihere was a hogfhead that ftood
on end upon the deck full of water, with its head open, which froze gradually down-
ward, fo as to force the bottom out, and raife the cafk three inches from the place it
ftood on, and became a whole column or folid body of ice: another, at the fame time,
that laid ‘along with its: bung open, froze in the like manner, burfting open the under-
mott {laff upon which it refted. leave tothe reader to affign the natural reafon of this, -
only taking along with him this remark, that it lay upon a pretty thick ice that covered
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