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ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL. 515
the other fide of the fuel, we got fight of a little yawl, and gave her chace, having the
wind of her, and it blowing frefh. ‘They made for the fhore, and juft as they landed
we fellin withthem. There were but three men in the boat, who got out and ran for
it upon the fnow, two of which our men could in no wife overt: ike, but the other th- ‘y
caught: he was an old man, and they were his fons. Our crew treated him civilly,
and having two Danifh men born in the company, they: fell to difcourfe him, and foon
fettled a right underftanding between one another ; that he immediately ‘called the
young men, that ftood a loof off to fee what wuld become of their father. ‘They
readily obeyed, and parlying with them altogether, our men offered them two dollars, if
they would condué us to a prieft’s houfe, or fome town, where we might get provifion
for money or goods. So they came to an agreement ; the old man and one of his fons
forthwith ftepping into our boat. But we having a brifk gale, in towing the yawl after
us, pulled her ftern in pieces, and fo were forced to caft her off; the old man bidding
his fon that was in her, to go afhore, and directed us to keep on our way.’ ‘This we did
till we came to the Gucstintht point, where we went afhore, finding there fome houfes,
and about four families; the hamlet or village being called by the name of Szwetzwel.
In this place we took up our lodging all night, and thes day following being ftormy, we
durft not put to fea. All this time we received kind entertainment from the inhabitants,
and ourcompany likewife were as free of what they had to them. ‘The day after being
Sunday, we parted from them, and with all {peed made for the town of Colwitch upon |
the cape, where we arrived by two in the afternoon, the people being at church. After
fermon they came all and made much of us, hearing our ftory, and admired that we
were able to liveon board, in fo extraordinary hard a winter: for fo it was accounted
with them. ‘They feemed very kind to us, till the minifter and the merchant fell out,
about felling our provifion. For one faid it belonged to him, and the other as much ;
but between them both, we were furnifhed at their own rates, being glad to get itany
way. It happened at this time, there was one from the governor of Wardhoufe, who
came to look after the falvage of a Dutch fly-boat, that was loft in the fame {torm,
that drove usin,” &c. and from him they had the goods news of a peace.
That night I difpatched away the fame boat again, (which was a yaw] belonging to
fome of the town, of whom our people had hired it for four dollars,) and fent her to
the fame place upon the cape, with more goods and money for purchafing more pro-
vifion ; with order for my own long-boat to return on board, with all convenient
fpeed. Yet as I underftood afterward, they were in great danger of being loft, had
not one of the inhabitants coming along with them, and knowing the coafts well,
happily direéted them to a place of fafety, during the {torm they met with.
Friday, the eighteenth, in the morning it blew a ftorm at S. S. E., but towards noon
it abated, yet fnowing much till five in the afternoon; becoming then fair and clear,
with little wind, and that fhifting to W. S. W.
Saturday, the nineteenth, we got a boat’s loading of wood, it continuing calm and
fair till five in the afternoon ; from which time it fnowed till eight at night: but all
the while moderate as to wind.
Sunday, the twentieth, in the morning came a yawl from the minifter’s houfe, that
lived fifteen miles from us, towards the North Kyne; and in her a clerk or fecretary
of the governor’s, that refides at Wardhoufe. This perfon was the fame that our men
before had told me of, who came now on purpofe to fee me, after he had crofled
over the fuel, to make his returns; his way being then all over land, and that upon
the fnow. He told me, that he boggled neither at mountain or valley, but could go
in fourteen hours time fixteen Danifh miles, which make fixty-four of ours. And ac-
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