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ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL, 519
Sunday, the twenty-feventh, the wind fhifted from S. W. to W., blowing fo hard as
to put me by both my top-fails. At twelve at noon we reckoned the North Cape to
bear S. E. half E., diftant forty-two miles. I made my way this twenty-four hours
N. W. half W., diftance forty-nine miles.
Monday, the twenty-eighth, by ten at night the wind eafed, and we fet our main-top-
fail ; at two in the morning we fet our fore-top-fail, it being handfome weather ; at fix
in the morning we fet our main-ftay-fail and mizen-{tay-fail. All this time the wind
continued fhifting between S. W. by S. and W. I made my way N. W. three degrees
W.., diftance forty-feven miles.
Tuefday, the twenty-ninth, we had moderate weather as to wind, and that fhifting be-
tween S. and S. W. by W. I made my way this twenty-four hours N. N. W., diftance
forty-feven miles, it being almoft ftark calm between times. :
Wednefday, the thirtieth, it blew a ftout of wind till five in the morning, when it
began to abate, and fell a fnowing, and freezing very hard withal. I tacked to the fouth-
ward. By twelve at noon it grew calm. I made my way this twenty-four hours W.
by N. half northerly, diftance fixty-eight miles. This day I got an obfervation, and
found myfelf to be in lat. 73° 257.
Thurfday, the thirty-firft, it proved very fair weather, but very cold, the wind holding
between the S. by W. and S. E., with a moderate gale; and towards noon we had it
mighty calm, with a fmooth fea: I made my way S. W. half W. diftance fixty-feven
miles.
Friday, the firft of April, it blew hard, the wind fhifting between the S.S.E. and
W., the fea going very high; I made my way W. S. W. three degrees W.., diftance fifty-
feven miles.
Saturday, the fecond, it continued to blow as the day before, fnowing at an exceflive
rate, and froze fo exceeding hard, that all the water that flew into the fhip became ice
ina {mall time ; infomuch that the fhip itfelf, both within and without, was completely
lined and covered with ice, and nothing about us was fit tobe handled. The wind came
to the N., fo we made fhift to get our main-fail hauled up, and bound together as well
as we could, and ftood away with our fore-fail, it looking dreadfully a-ftern of us ;\ but
toward noon the face of things was altered, and I got another obfervation, finding myfelf
thereby in lat. 71° 46’.
Then we fet our main-fail again, but there was no fpreading it, it was fo hard frozen ;
and to pull it down, we were forced to bring the tackle to our tacks and fheets, ftrain-
ing them as hard as we durft, for fear of pulling the fail in pieces ; after all we could not
get it above half fpread: we fet our fprit-fail too, but all the watch, which were ten men,
were two hours in getting it loofe. In the afternoon I went about fetting my fore-top-
fail, but could not get it out of the top by all the ways we could devife: I made my way
S. W. three degrees W., diftance thirty-five miles.
Sunday, the third, it was moderate enough as to wind, and that between the N. and
E.; but it froze exceflively. This day, with great toil and Jabour, I got both my top-
fails fet, loofing the fails by degrees, and letting them dry, and bringing the ftheets to the
windlafs with loof tackles, I got them fpread: I made my way S. W. by S., diftance
feventy-three miles.
Monday, the fourth, we had mild weather this day, the wind fhifting round, and now
and then it fnowed: I made my way W. S. W. one degree W., diftance fifty-four miles.
Tuefday, the fifth, the wind came to S., and fo to W., blowing hard, that we were
forced to take in our top-fails, and at. laft our fore-fail. At ten in the forenoon we
reefed our fore-fail and mizen, and tacked to the fouthward; fo that I made my way W.
by N., diftance but thirty-four miles.
Wednelday,
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