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ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL. 509
neither had we occafion to do it afterward, which was a happinefs, by reafon we could
not have kept our pumps clear without a good fupply of hot water; befides, the doing
it often would have fatigued our men.
Wednefday, the ninth, in the morning, it blew a {tout gale of wind at W. by N., with
fnow ; but at noon the wind was at W. S. W., with fqualls of fnow. We got a boat of
wood and water, and carried a fhank of lines, with twenty hooks, out into the fue/, and
left them all night, to fee if we could take any fifh therewith.
Thurfday, the tenth, we had fair weather in the morning, and little wind; fo we
fetched on board our lines, with the baits entire and no fifh. Before noon it blew a
ftorm out of the W., with abundance of fnow, which obliged me to let go my belt
bower under foot : it continued to blow till midnight, and then the wind eafed.
Friday, the eleventh, in the morning, it was fair, and the wind foutherly : towards
noon it fell a fnowing, and blew very hard at S.S. W ’; in the evening it froze {martly,
with abatement of wind, inducing me to heave up my belt bow-anchor again; but a
great {now followed, and bad weather all night.
Saturday, the twelfth, it continued blowing very hard at W., with much fnow in
fqualls ; fo I was forced to let drop my fheet anchor under foot. We had two cats on
board, whofe lives we endeavoured to preferve by giving them frefh meat of fea-eggs,
and mufcles, &c.; but they grew weaker as the cold continued, and died of the cold,
ftarved, one now, and the other a week after, even at our feet, and before the fire.
Sunday, the thirteenth, it continued blowing very hard, the wind at W. N. W. and
N. W., with much fnow, and violent gufts of wind.
Monday, the fourteenth, we had not fo much wind on this as the laft two days, yet
it was far enough from being calm. I heaved up my fheet anchor and brought it on
board ; got a boat load of wood, and another of water.
Tuefday, the fifteenth, the good weather in the morning invited our men afhore to
gather perriwinkles and dills; but by ten o’clock it began to blow a ftorm at N. W. by
W., fo that they could fcarce get aboard again. At three in the afternoon one of our
men departed this life : he was under thirty years of age, and taken firft fick at Arch-
angel, of a diftemper like an ague, continuing ill ever fince we came away from thence,
and declining till this time. Neither can it be faid he died of the cold merely, fuch as
do fo (as I have been told) going off fleeping ; whereas he expired gradually and fen-
fibly, as I have feen others breathing their laft : could we have got home in good time,
he might poflibly have recovered. The continuance of the ftorm made us let fall our
-beft bow-anchor.
Wednefday, the fixteenth, the morning was fair, fo we heaved up our fheet anchor,
and buried our deceafed man at low water mark; for higher up on the dry fhore the
ground was fo hard frozen, that we could not dig it. We got a boat of wood and water,
and put the dead man’s cloaths to fale at the maft; fo our cuftom is at fea in the like
-cafe. In the evening the wind came to the S., blowing and freezing extraordinary hard,
with fqualls of {now ; afterwards it fhifted to N.N.E., continuing ftormy all night.
Thurfday, the feventeenth, it grew calmer towards the morning, but it fnowed much,
and froze very hard all day, the wind continuing at N.N.E. till midnight, and then
came to the W., and in the morning following to N.N. W. .
Friday, the eighteenth, the weather moderate enough as to wind, but fhowing and
freezing fo prodigioufly, that our men, who went afhore to get perriwinkles and dills,
were forced aboard in a fhort time, being not able to endure the weather abroad ; and
fome of them were fo benumbed with the cold, as to be incapable of helping themfelves
to climb the fhips fide, fo that others were forced to help or hand them up: but foon
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