. Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America [microform] : from the earliest period to the present time. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. MEARES FIR«T VOYAGE. Ul Oonamak and Oonalaski igainst a current running seven knots an hour, from which they sailed across to America by the Schumagin Islands, and anchor- ed under Cape Dougla * Tlien. e they proceeded to Prince William's Sound to winter; and their residence here during October, November, and De- cember, though dreary and tedious, was n
. Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America [microform] : from the earliest period to the present time. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. MEARES FIR«T VOYAGE. Ul Oonamak and Oonalaski igainst a current running seven knots an hour, from which they sailed across to America by the Schumagin Islands, and anchor- ed under Cape Dougla * Tlien. e they proceeded to Prince William's Sound to winter; and their residence here during October, November, and De- cember, though dreary and tedious, was not with- out its comforts. The natives were friendly, and brouglit them provisions; they caught plenty of ex- cellent salmon, and the large flocks of ducks and geese afforded constant sport to the officers, and a seasonable supply for the table. But the horrors of an Arctic winter began soon to gather round them: The ice closed in upon the ship; the snow fell so thick that all exercise became impossible; the ducics and geese collected into flocks and passed away to the southward; the fish totally deserted the creeks and the natives, a migratory race, imitating the instinct of these lower species, travelled off in a body with their temporary wigwams to a more ge- nial district. To add to these distresses the scur- vy made its appearance; whilst the sun described weekly a smaller circle, and shed a sickly and me- lancholy light. Even at noon, through an atmos- phere obscured by perpetual snows, " tremendous mountains forbade almost a sight of the sky, and cast their nocturnal shadows over the ship in the midst of ; The decks were incapable of re- sisting the intense freezing of the night, and the lower part of them was covered an inch thick with a hoar frost that had all the appearance of snow, notwithstanding fires were kept constantly burning * Meares' Voyages, vol. i. p. 19. Introductory Voyage. h i,. w ifc«. â M I .!â ,. Please note that these images are
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