, 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.

_August_.--The 1st, having coasted a bank of ice which was driven out at
the mouth of this gulf, we fell in with the southernmost cape of the
gulf, which we named Chidlie's Cape, which lay in 6 degrees and 10
minutes of latitude. The 2nd and 3rd were calm and foggy, so were the
4th, 5th, and 6th. The 7th was fair and calm, so was the 8th, with a
little gale in the morning. The 9th was fair, and we had a little gale
at night. The 10th we had a frisking gale at west-north-west; the 11th
fair. The 12th we saw five deer on the top of an island, called by us
Darcie's Island. And we hoisted out our boat, and went ashore to them,
thinking to have killed some of them. But when we came on shore and had
coursed them twice about the island they took the sea, and swain towards
islands distant from that three leagues. When we perceived that they had
taken the sea, we gave them over, because our boat was so small that it
could not carry us and row after them, they swam so fast; but one of them
was as big as a good pretty cow, and very fat; their feet as big as
ox-feet. Here upon this island I killed with my piece a grey hare.

The 13th in the morning we saw three or four white bears, but durst not
go on shore unto them for lack of a good boat. This day we struck a rock
seeking for a harbour, and received a leak, and this day we were in 54
degrees of latitude. The 14th we stopped our leak in a storm not very
outrageous at noon.

The 15th, being almost in 51 degrees of latitude, and not finding our
ships, nor (according to their promise) being any mark, token, or beacon,
which we willed to set up, and they protested to do so upon every
headland, sea, island, or cape, within 20 leagues every way off from
their fishing place, which our captain appointed to be between 54 and 55
degrees--this 15th, I say, we shaped our course homeward for England,
having in our ship but little wood, and half a hogshead of fresh water.
Our men were very willing to depart, and no man more forward than
Peerson, for he feared to be put out of his office of stewardship; he w