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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage

CHAPTER X
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The 28th the _Elizabeth_ towed the pinnace, which was so much bragged of by the owner's report before we came out of England, but at sea she was like a cart drawn with oxen.
Sometimes we towed her, because she could not sail for scant wind.
The 31st day our captain asked if the pinnace were staunch.

Peerson answered that she was as sound and staunch as a cup.

This made us something glad when we saw she would brook the sea, and was not leaky.
_June_ .-- The first six days we had fair weather; after that for five days we had fog and rain, the wind being south.
The 12th we had clear weather.

The mariners in the _Sunshine_ and the master could not agree; the mariners would go on their voyage a-fishing, because the year began to waste; the master would not depart till he had the company of the _Elizabeth_, whereupon the master told our captain that he was afraid his men would shape some contrary course while he was asleep, and so he should lose us.

At length, after much talk and many threatenings, they were content to bring us to the land which we looked for daily.
The 13th we had fog and rain.
The 14th day we discovered land at five of the clock in the morning, being very great and high mountains, the tops of the hills being covered with snow.


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