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520 ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL.
Wednefday, the fixth, little wind had we all this day, and that running round the
compafs, but the froft fixed and fevere: the way I made was S.S. E. one degree E.,
diftance but nineteen miles.
Thurfday, the feventh, not much wind to-day, but fhifting between the S. and
W.S.W., with clofe weather; notwithftanding I made my way S. by E., diftance
twenty-two miles.
Friday, the eighth, the former part of the day it blew very hard, obliging us to hand
both our top-fails; but in the after-part proved fo moderate that we fet them again,
the wind fhifting from S. to S. W. by S.: we made our way W. half foutherly, diftance
fixty-three miles.
Saturday, the ninth, it proved fqually, but indifferent as to wind. We handed our
fore-top-fail twice, and fet him again as often; the wind fhifting between S. and S. W.,
T held my courfe for fifty-one miles W. half foutherly.
Sunday, the tenth, we met with hard gales, firft at S., and then coming to W., which
put us under a main courfe: I held on my way S. W. five degrees foutherly, diftance
fixty-five miles.
Monday, the eleventh, it remained ftormy weather, attended with abundance of fnow
falling, and exceeding hard froft. I was forced to reef my main-fail as well as we could,
but in a forry manner, ftubborn as it was, and fo much fnow lodged in it : the wind wag
at S. E.; fo I made my way W. forty-two miles.
Tuefday, the twelfth, the wind came to the E. S. E., and fo about to N. by W., with
a great deal of {now, and freezing extraordinary hard: I made my way good to the S.
ninety-two miles.
Wednefday, the thirteenth, good weather enough as to wind, but the fnow fell very
thick. At midnight it blew from the N. W., towards day from the E. and by S., little
wind. At break of day it fell quite calm, freezing very hard: I made my way S. dif-
tance ninety-four miles.
Thurfday, the fourteenth, the wind came to N. E., and then to N. W., blowing fo
very hard, that I could carry nothing but a fore-courfe: we hada great fea out of the
S.; but in the morning I fet my main-fail again, atter the beft mannerI could; fo hard
frozen was it, that I could not get it above half {pread, though I lowered my main-yard
above three feet down : I made my way S. diftance one hundred and feventecn miles.
Friday, the fifteenth, we had a brave wind from the W. and by N., which made us
ftrive hard to bring our fore-top-fail to be ferviceable, getting it off the top, and by mere
ftrength forced open fome part of it, and fo ftood away with it for four hours; after
which time it relented, enlarged, and became more ufeful: by which means I made my
way S., diftance one hundred and twenty-three miles.
Saturday, the fixteenth, it blew a ftout of wind at N.N. W., fo that I had made my
way S. by W., diftance one hundred and forty-two miles. By twelve at noon we faw
Fowley ifland to the E. S. E. of us, diftant eighteen miles. We had brave moderate
weather at this time ; and now we heard rats about the fhip, who began to be intenfe
and vexatious to us, in feizing upon our new ftock-fifh. It is manifeft they kept clofe
all the cold feafon ; but our fick men who lay below, with my furgeon and carpenter,
(who was an old man, and kept conftantly a lamp burning by him) never faw any of
them, or perceived them in the leaft to ftir: how they lived fo long on board we guefled
afterward, when we found they had eaten holes in our mafts, and made themfelves
places to liein; and for drink, they could get none but by licking the ice cafks, though
nobody faw fuch a thing done by them.
Sunday,
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