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ALLISON’S VOYAGE FROM ARCHANGEL. 52!
Sunday, the feventeenth, it continued fair, the wind at W. At fun-rifing I faw Shet-
land, and the ifles of Fair and Fow/ey altogether, it being very clear fo early. At ten
I difcerned Orkney; and at twelve at noon I took my departure from Fair J/le, which
then bore N. from us, diftant thirty miles, being very fair weather.
Monday, the eighteenth, the weather held as before, but the wind was fhifting be-
tween the W. and S. W. I made my way S.S.E., diftance eighty-two miles.
Tuefday, the nineteenth, the day began with a frefh wind at W.N. W., and alittle
before noon we faw three fhips {teering towards us : whereupon, as not depending upon
what the governor of Wardhoufe his fecretary had told us, or giving entire credit of his
news of a peace with France, I caufed a clear fhip to be made, and put ourfelves in as
ood a pofture of defence as we were able.
* I furled my fmall fails and main-fail, and by that time one of them came within fhot
of my weather-bow : I fired a fhot for him to come leeward of me; which he very ho-
neftly did, and confirmed the news of a peace, to the great joy ofour hearts; for, God
knows, we were but in a bad condition for managing our guns in a way of fighting.
This hip was a Flemi/h fly-boat, bound to Greenland for whale-fifhing. “We prefently
after faw more fhips bound to the fame place, and two fifher-boats alfo ; but being now
out of fear for fhips, we took no notiee of the reft. I made my way this twenty-four
hours S. half W. diftance one hundred and thirteen miles.
Wednefday, the twentieth, the wind turned to the S. W. by W., fo that I could not
feas in with our north courfe, but was forced to {tretch it away to the fouthward.
Thurfday, the twenty-firft, the wind returned tothe N. N. E.,and tothe N.E. Ar
four in the afternoon we had the fight of Fiu/ne/s to the S. and by E. off us: and no
{mall furprife was it to us to fee all the land covered with {now at this time of the year.
A profpect of one’s own country had been agreeable no doubt to any of us after fo long
an abfence by conftraint and misfortune, but much more had fhe had the ufual garb of
the feafon. Soon after the wind came to the E., and obliged me to tack to the norward
in the night ; we had much {now, and a frefh gale fhifting N. . and by N., and E.N.E.
Friday, the twenty-fecond, in the morning, with a N. N. E. wind, I came into Yar-
mouth-road, and, thanks be to God, gave my ownersa fight of their fhip; one of them,
as I wastold, but three hours before, having proffered his part for three guineas, which
was now worth one hundred and fifty pounds.
The wind holding in the fame point, and a fair tide with me, I made no ftop, but
put through the road, and ran that night into A/dborough bay, where the wind coming
wefterly brought me to an anchor ; fo I rid all night.
Saturday, the twenty-third, by day-light, perceiving fome colliers coming out of the
Neffz, I hoifted out my long boat, and got fome frefh provifion among them, to our
great comfort : that afternoon I got out //ed way, the wind ftill at W.
Sunday, the twenty-fourth, the wind coming to the N. W., I got up to the buoy off
the middle of Lee. It was calm and very warm, which brought our men into many
complaints, as pain in their limbs, &c. ; fo that the next day I thought fit to fend two of
them up the river. I took notice of one of our company that went well to his cabin,
but when we called him out to heave up the anchor, he was fo {wollen that we feared
he would burft: but then being got above Gravefend, I hired a wherry and fent him
up ay three more ; fupplying their places with fome frefh and able men to bring up
the fhip.
I and all the reft perceived ourfelves manifeftly the worfe for the warm weather, as we
called it; but ’tis well enough known almoft to every one living, that fuch a temper of
air in England, both then and for fome time after, was fcarce ever obferved when the
year was fo far advanced,
VOL. I 3% A NEW
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