The North-west and North-east passages 1576-1611 . e putout our boat, and with eight men rowed on land, andwent to one of the crosses, where we rested us awhile,to go to the next cross; but being in the way we sawtwo bears by the other cross, at which time we had noweapons at all about us. The bears rose up upon theirhinder feet to see us (for they smell further than theysee), and for that they smelt us, therefore they roseupright and came towards us, wherewith we were nota little abashed, in such sort that we had little lust tolaugh, and in all haste went to our boat again, stilllooking behin
The North-west and North-east passages 1576-1611 . e putout our boat, and with eight men rowed on land, andwent to one of the crosses, where we rested us awhile,to go to the next cross; but being in the way we sawtwo bears by the other cross, at which time we had noweapons at all about us. The bears rose up upon theirhinder feet to see us (for they smell further than theysee), and for that they smelt us, therefore they roseupright and came towards us, wherewith we were nota little abashed, in such sort that we had little lust tolaugh, and in all haste went to our boat again, stilllooking behind us to see if they followed us, thinkingto get into the boat, and so put off from the land: butthe master stayed us, saying, He that first begins to William Barents. Third Voyage Northward 123 run away, I will thrust this boat-hook (which hethen held in his hand) into his ribs, for it is betterfor us (said he), to stay all together, and see if wecan make them afraid with whooping and so we went softly towards the boat, and got away. Map of Novaya Zemlya, showing entrances to Kara Sea glad that we had escaped their claws, and that wehad the leisure to tell our fellows thereof. The 5 of August we set sail again towards IcePoint, and on the 7 we had a west-south-west wind,and sailed along by the land, south-east and south-east 124 William Barents. Third Voyage Northward and by east, and saw but a little ice, and then passedby Cape Comfort, which we had much longed for. The 16 of August ten of our men entering intoone boat, rowed to the firm land at Nova Zembla, anddrew the boat up upon the ice; which done, we wentup a high hill to see the situation of the land, and foundthat it reached south-east and south-south-east, andthen again south, which we disliked, for that it lay somuch southward: but when we saw open water south-east and east-south-east, we were much comfortedagain, thinking that we had won our voyage, andknew not how we should get soon enough on board,to
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