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Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage

CHAPTER X
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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.


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