seven leagues from us: by eleven of the clock we descried Flores to the southward of Cuerno, as it lieth by four o'clock in the afternoon, we brought Cuerno due south from us within two leagues of the shore, but we touched not because the wind was fair, and we thought ourselves sufficiently watered and wooded.

Here our captain observed the sun, and found himself in the latitude forty degrees and seven minutes: so he judged the north part of Cuerno to be in forty degrees.

After we had kept our course about a hundred leagues from the islands, by continual southerly winds we were forced and driven from the southward, whither we first intended. And when our captain by long beating saw it was but in vain to strive with winds, not knowing God's purposes herein to our further blessing, (which after by his especial direction we found,) he thought best to stand as nigh as he could by the wind, to recover what land we might first discover.

Monday, the 6th of May, being in the latitude of thirtynine and a half, about ten o'clock afore noon, we came to a rippling, which we discerned ahead our ship, which is a breach of water caused either by a fall, or by some meeting of currents, which we judged this to be; for the weather being very fair, and a small gale of wind, we sounded and found no ground in a hundred fathoms.

Monday, the 13th of May, about eleven o'clock afore noon, our captain, judging we were not far from land, sounded, and had a soft oaze in a hundred and sixty fathoms. At four o'clock afternoon, we sounded again, and had the same oaze in a hundred fathoms.

From ten o'clock that night till three o'clock in the morning, our captain took in all sails and lay at hull, being desirous to fall with the land in the day time, because it was an unknown coast, which it pleased God in his mercy to grant us, otherwise we had run our ship upon the hidden rocks and perished all. For when we set sail we sounded in one hundred fathoms and by eight o'clock, having not made above five or six leagues, our captain, upon a sudden change of water, (supposing verily he saw the sand) presently sounded, and had but five fathoms. Much marvelling because we saw no land, he sent one to the top, who thence

descried a whitish sandy cliff, which bare west-north-west, about six leagues off from us: but coming nearer within three or four leagues, we saw many breaches still nearer the land; at last we espied a great breach ahead us all along the shore, into which, before we should enter, our captain thought best to hoist out his ship's boat and sound it, which if he had not done, we had been in great danger; for he bare up the ship, as near as he durst after the boat: until Thomas Cam, his mate, being in the boat, called to him to tack about and stand off, for in this breach he had very shoal water, two fathoms and less upon rocks, and sometime they supposed they saw the rock within three or four feet, whereon the sea made a very strong breach: which we might discern (from the top) to run along as we sailed by it six or seven leagues to the southward. This was in the latitude of forty-one degrees twenty minutes: wherefore we were constrained to put back again from the land: and sounding, (the weather being very fair and a small wind) we found ourselves embayed with continual shoals and rocks in a most uncertain ground, from five or six fathoms, at the next cast of the lead we should have fifteen and eighteen fathoms; over many which we passed, and God so blessed us, that we had wind and weather as fair as poor men in this distress could wish: whereby we both perfectly discerned every breach, and with the wind were able to turn, where we saw most hope of safest passage. Thus we parted from the land, which we had not so much before desired, and at the first sight rejoiced, as now we all joyfully praised God, that it had pleased Him to deliver us from so imminent danger.

Here we found great store of excellent codfish, and saw many whales, as we had done two or three days before.

We stood off all that night, and the next day being Wednesday, but the wind still continuing between the points of south-south-west and west-south-west: so as we could not make any way to the southward, in regard of our great want of water and wood (which was now spent,) we much desired land, and therefore sought for it, where the wind would best suffer us to refresh ourselves.

Thursday, the 16th of May, we stood in directly with the land, and much marvelled we descried it not, wherein we found our sea charts very false, putting land where none is.

Friday, the 17th of May, about six o'clock at night, we descried the land, which bare from us north-north-east: but because it blew a great gale of wind, the sea very high, and near night, not fit to come upon an unknown coast, we stood off till two o'clock in the morning, being Saturday: then standing in with it again, we descried it by eight o'clock in the morning, bearing north-east from us. It appeared a mean high land, as we after found it, being an island of some six miles in compass, but I hope the most fortunate ever yet discovered. About twelve o'clock that day, we came to an anchor on the north side of this island, about a league from the shore. About two o'clock our captain with twelve men rowed in his ship boat to the shore, where we made no long stay, but laded our boat with dry wood of old trees upon the shore side, and returned to our ship where we rode that night.

This island is woody grown with fir, birch, oak and beech, as far as we saw along the shore; and so likely to be within. On the verge grow gooseberries, strawberries, wild pease, and wild rose bushes. The water issued forth down the rocky cliffs in many places: and much fowl of divers kinds breed upon the shore and rocks.

While we were at shore, our men aboard, with a few hooks got above thirty great cods and haddocks, which gave us a taste of the great plenty of fish, which we found afterward wheresoever we went upon the coast. From hence we might discern the main land from the west-south-west to the east-north-east, and a great way (as it then seemed, and we after found it,) up into the main we might discern very high mountains, though the main seemed but low land; which gave us a hope it would please God to direct us to the discovery of some good; although we were driven by winds far from that place, whither (both by our direction and desire) we ever intended to shape the course of our voyage.

The next day, being Whitsunday; because we rode too much open to the sea and winds, we weighed anchor about twelve o'clock, and came along to the other islands more adjoining to the main, and in the road directly with the mountains, about three leagues from the first island where we had anchored.

When we came near unto them (sounding all along in a good depth) our captain manned his ship boat, and sent her before with Thomas Cam, one of his mates, whom he knew to be of good experience, to sound and search between the islands for a place safe for our ship to ride in; in the meanwhile we kept aloof at sea, having given them in the boat a token to weffe in the ship, if he found a convenient harbor; which it pleased God to send us, far beyond our expectation, in a most safe berth defended from all winds, in an excellent depth of water for ships of any burthen, in six, seven, eight, nine, and ten fathoms, upon a clay ooze, very tough.

We all with great joy praised God for his unspeakable goodness, who had from so apparent danger delivered us, and directed us upon this day into so secure an harbor; in remembrance whereof we named it Pentecost Harbor; we arrived there that day out of our last harbor in England, from whence we set sail upon Easter day.

About four o'clock, after we were anchored and well moored, our captain with half a dozen of our company went on shore to seek fresh watering, and a convenient place to set together a pinnace, which we brought in pieces, out of England: both which we found very fitting.

Upon this island, as also upon the former, we found (at our first coming to shore,) where fire had been made: and about the place were very great egg shells bigger than goose eggs, fish bones, and as we judged, the bones of some beast.

Here we espied cranes stalking on the shore of a little island adjoining, where we after saw they used to breed.

Whitsunmonday, the 20th day of May, very early in the morning, our captain caused the pieces of the pinnace to be carried ashore, where while some were busied about her, others digged wells to receive the fresh water, which we found issuing down out of the land in many places. Here I cannot omit (for foolish fear of imputation of flattery,) the painful industry of our captain, who as at sea he is always most careful and vigilant, so at land he refuseth no pains; but his labor was ever as much or rather more than any man's: which not only encourageth others with better content, but also effecteth much with great expedition.

In digging we found excellent clay for brick or tile. The next day we finished a well of good and wholesome clear water in a great empty cask, which we left there. We cut yards, waste trees, and many necessaries for our ship, while our carpenter and cooper labored to fit and furnish forth the shallop.

This day our boat went out about a mile from our ship, and in small time with two or three hooks was fished sufficiently for our whole company three days, with great cod, haddock, and thornback.

And towards night we drew with a small net of twenty fathoms very nigh the shore: we got about thirty very good and great lobsters, many rockfish, some plaice and other small fishes, and fishes called lumps, very pleasant to the taste; and we generally observed, that all the fish, of what kind soever we took, were well fed, fat, and sweet in taste.

Wednesday, the 22d of May, we felled and cut wood for our ship's use, cleansed and scoured our wells and digged a plot of ground, wherein, amongst some garden seeds, we sowed pease and barley, which in sixteen days grew eight inches above ground; and so continued growing every day half an inch, although this was but the crust of the ground, and much inferior to the mould we after found in the main.

Friday, the 24th of May, after we had made an end of cutting wood, and carrying water aboard our ship, with fourteen shot and pikes we marched about and through part of two islands; the bigger of which we judged to be four or five miles in compass, and a mile broad.

The profits and fruits which are naturally on these islands are these:

All along the shore, and some space within, where the wood hindereth not, grow plentifully, raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, roses, currants, wild vines, angelica.

Within the islands grow wood of sundry sorts, some very great, and all tall, as birch, beech, ash, maple, spruce, cherry tree, yew, oak, very great and good, fir tree, out of which issueth turpentine in so marvellous plenty, and so sweet, as our chirurgeon and others affirmed they never saw so good in England. We pulled off much gum, congealed on the outside of the bark, which smelled like frankincense. would be a great benefit for making tar and pitch.

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