The 12th we coasted again the ice, having the wind at west-north-west.The 13th, bearing off from the ice, we determined to go with the shore, and come to an anchor, and to stay five or six days for the dissolving of the ice, hoping that the sea from continually beating it, and the sun with the extreme force of heat, which it had always shining upon it, would make a quick despatch, that we might have a further search upon the western shore.Now when we were come to the eastern coast, the water something deep, and some of our company fearful withal, we durst not come to an anchor, but bore off into sea again.The poor people, seeing us go away again, came rowing after us into the sea, the waves being somewhat lofty.We trucked with them for a few skins and darts, and gave them beads, nails, needles, and cards, they pointing to the shore as though they would show us great friendship; but we, little regarding their courtesy, gave them the gentle farewell, and so departed.
The 14th we had the wind at south.The 15th there was some fault either in the barque or the set of some current, for we were driven six points out of our course.The 16th we fell in with the bank of ice, west from us.The 17th and 18th were foggy.The 19th, at one o'clock afternoon, we had sight of the land which we called Mount Raleigh, and at twelve of the clock at night we were athwart the straits which we discovered the first year.The 20th we traversed in the mouth of the strait, the wind being at west with fair and clear weather.The 21st and 22nd we coasted the northern coast of the straits.The 23rd, having sailed 60 leagues north-west into the straits at two o'clock afternoon, we anchored among many isles in the bottom of the gulf, naming the same the Earl of Cumberland's Isles, where, riding at anchor, a whale passed by our ship and went west in among the isles.Here the compass set at 30 degrees westward variation.The 24th we departed, shaping our course south-east to recover the sea.The 25th we were becalmed in the bottom of the gulf, the air being extremely hot.Master Bruton and some of the mariners went on shore to course dogs, where they found many graves, and trains spilt on the ground, the dogs being so fat that they were scant able to run.
The 26th we had a pretty storm, the wind being at south-east.The 27th and 28th were fair.The 29th we were clear out of the straits, having coasted the south shore, and this day at noon we were in 64degrees of latitude.The 30th in the afternoon we coasted a bank of ice which lay on the shore, and passed by a great bank or inlet which lay between 63 and 62 degrees of latitude, which we called Lumley's Inlet.We had oftentimes, as we sailed along the coast, great roots, the water as it were whirling and overfalling, as if it were the fall of some great water through a bridge.The 31st as we sailed by a headland, which we named Warwick's Forehand, we fell into one of those overfalls with a fresh gale of wind, and bearing all our sails, we looking upon an island of ice between us and the shore, had thought that our barque did make no way, which caused us to take marks on the shore.At length we perceived ourselves to go very fast, and the island of ice which we saw before was carried very forcibly with the set of the current faster than our ship went.
This day and night we passed by a very great gulf, the water whirling and roaring as it were the meeting of tides.
