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ALLISON’S ‘VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL. 513
a’took’s fhop about the Exchange of London, between the hours of twelve and two:
only with this difference, that every man was there both gueft and fervant. This with
a kettle, that a faucepan, and the other a difh or platter; fome drefling dills, fome
{callops, mufcles, and perriwinkles, and others boiling fea eggs in broth; and fome
were brewing of mead ; fo that at both hearths there was fearce room enough for one fo
get in between to light a pipe, Icant fay of tobacco, for there was none but what I had ;
what the men {moked for fuch, they took as much pains to prepare, as to cook a difh
of meat.
Friday, the fourth, in the morning the wind was at W.S. W. a {trong gale, with
clear weather, but at noon it fnowed : however we got a boat load of wood. ‘Toward
night fell little wind and that at N. N. W.
Saturday, the fifth, it proved a hard ftorm foutherly, fo that I was forced to ftrike
our yards and top-matts, and let fall our fheet anchor; it freezing very hard all day,
with clear weather over head.
Sunday, the fixth, we heaved up our fheet-anchor again, the day beginning with little
wind, and continued handfome weather till eight at night, when the wind came to
S. S. W. and it fell a fnowing.
Monday, the feventh, it blew hard in the morning at W.S. W., and a great fea
came tumbling in, which obliged us to let fall our anchor again. At noon it abated,
and came more wefterly ; at eight at night, we had a ftorm at N. N. W., but blowing
dry and indifferently warm.
Tuefday the eighth, the day broke with little wind, but that running from E. to S. and
S. W. and to W.S. W., and then a frefh gale, but dry and warm. We got a load of
wood, and filled a cafk of mead, for the men that were to goin the boat. At this time
I found all of our men complaining of pains in their bones, which my chirurgeon did
conclude, were the effects of the froft in their limbs; generally remarkable upon the
abatement of the weather: which we found true, obferving upon the return of ex-
treme frof{t, we were without ailment, but upon a thaw, we felt the fame pains again.
The like indifpofition I experienced in myfelf, at fuch times.
Wednefday, the ninth, the fairnefs and calmnefs of the weather gave us an opportu-
nity of getting two turns off our hawfe, heaving up our fheet anchor, drying our top»
fails, and fetching three hogfheads of water ; we likewife fixed a fire hearth in our long
boat, which we made two days before, and fitted a fail to fpread over the fame, if they
fhould be forced to liein her ; and got all things ready to fet her forth at half an hour’s
warning. ‘The wind came to S.S.W , the fky looking fqually, but proved very fair.
Thurfday, the tenth, we had good weather in the morning and a foutherly wind, f
caufed all my men but four, (who were fick or unfound,) to caft lots who fhould go in
the boat, and they fell to fix as able as I could have picked out : howbeit, two of them
bought it off with two others, for ten fhillings each, to be paid them, when they fhould
receive their refpective wages, at the end of the voyage. My mates drew by themfelves,
and the lot fell to my fecond mate ; a man fit enough for the bufinefs. I immediately
fent them away with money, linen cloth, and other things which I judged might be fit
for traffic with the inhabitants if they fhould find any.
Towards noon the wind came wefterly with much fnow, withal freezing hard, but
handfome weather of wind : andat eight at night it came to the N. N. W., and brought
back our boat again, having made little difcovery.
Friday, the eleventh, the wind was foutherly, and the morning fair; fo I fent the
long boat away again on her former errand. With thofe I had on board, I got a os
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