hongs like white leather of good length. We had of
their darts and oars, and found in them that they would by no means
displease us, but would give us whatsoever we asked of them, and would be
satisfied with whatsoever we gave them. They took great care one of
another, for when we had bought their boats then two other would come,
and carry him away between them that had sold us his. They are a very
tractable people, void of craft or double dealing, and easy to be brought
to any civility or good order, but we judged them to be idolaters, and to
worship the sun.

During the time of our abode among these islands we found reasonable
quantity of wood, both fir, spruce, and juniper; which, whether it came
floating any great distance to these places where we found it, or whether
it grew in some great islands near the same place by us not yet
discovered, we know not. But we judge that it groweth there farther into
the land than we were, because the people had great store of darts and
oars which they made none account of, but gave them to us for small
trifles as points and pieces of paper. We saw about this coast
marvellous great abundance of seals sculling together like sculls of
small fish. We found no fresh water among these islands, but only
snow-water, whereof we found great pools. The cliffs were all of such
ore as Master Frobisher brought from Meta Incognita. We had divers
shewes of study or Moscovie glass, shining not altogether unlike to
crystal. We found an herb growing upon the rocks whose fruit was sweet,
full of red juice, and the ripe ones were like currants. We found also
birch and willow growing like shrubs low to the ground. These people
have great store of furs as we judged. They made shows unto us the 30th
of this present, which was the second time of our being with them, after
they perceived we would have skins and furs, that they would go into the
country and come again the next day with such things as they had; but
this night the wind coming fair the captain and the master would by no
means detract the purpose our discovery. And so the last of this month,
about four of the clock in the morning, in God's name we set sail, and
were all that day becalmed upon the coast.

The 1st of August we had a fair wind, and so proceeded towards the
north-west for our discovery.

The 6th of August we discovered land in 66 degrees 40 minutes of latitude
altogether void from the pester of ice; we anchored in a