The sixth Voyage made to Cherie Iland, the South part whereof standeth in 74. degrees and 40. minutes of Northerly latitude, in the yeere 1608.
THe sixteenth of Aprill, in the yeere 1608. we set sayle from Blacke wall, and came to Graues∣end in a ship called the Paul.
* 1.1 The one and twentieth of May, we were within 4. leagues of the North Cape, standing in 71. degrees and 2/•• of North latitude. The foure and twentieth, wee came to Ward-house. The fiue and twentieth,* 1.2 we weighed, and came to Tipany in Lapland the sixe and twentieth: where we stayed about our businesse till the thirteenth of Iune.
* 1.3The thirteenth of Iune aforesaid, wee weighed anchor, and directed our course for Cherie I∣land.* 1.4 [ 30] The eighteenth, at foure of the clocke in the morning wee saw Cherie Iland, it bearing North North-west 10. leagues off: and at foure of the clocke at night wee anchored on the North-west side of it:* 1.5 and Master Welden went on Land on the North side, and slue a Beare.
* 1.6The nineteenth, we rid still, and Master Welden went to the North side againe, and slue ano∣ther Beare. The same day we sent two men to the South side of the land, to see if there were any Morses on shoare. They came againe the next day, and said, that there were great store.
* 1.7The twentieth and one and twentieth dayes it was calme, and the weather cleere, and wee had it as hot as I haue commonly felt in England at that time of the yeere. For the Pitch did runne downe the ships sides; and that side of the Masts that was to the Sunne ward, was so hot, [ 40] that the Tarre did frye out of it, as though it had boyled.
The two and twentieth, at a North-east Sun, we weighed and went to the South side of the Iland, and came into a Coue, where the Morses were, and slue about 900. or 1000. of them in lesse then seuen houres:* 1.8 and there wee plyed our businesse vntill the second of Iuly: at what time we had taken into our ship 22. tunnes and three hogsheads of Oyle.
The third of Iuly, being Sunday, one Richard Steuens of Harewich came to the said Cherie Iland,* 1.9 in a ship called the Dragon, being set out by Master Duppa, a Brewer dwelling in Saint Catharines neere the Tower of London; which set out a ship with Master Thomas Welden the yeere before 1607.
The ninth day, we made our Voyage, and came out of the Coue, hauing taken in 31. tunnes of [ 50] Oyle, and one hogshead, one barrell, and one terce of Morses teeth: besides 400. other teeth.
* 1.10The twelfth, we tooke into our ship two young Morses, male and female, aliue: the female died before we came into England: the male liued aboue ten weekes. When wee had watered, we set sayle for England about foure of the clocke in the morning.
The fourteenth day, we saw the Iland bearing North North-west, 15. leagues off vs, and soun∣ded, and had 85. fathoms, greene Oze, like Doues dung.
The twentieth of August, wee arriued at London; and hauing dispatched some priuate busi∣nesse, we brought our liuing young Morse to the Court, where the King and many honourable personages beheld it with admiration for the strangenesse of the same, the like whereof had neuer before beene seene aliue in England. Not long after it fell sicke and died. As the beast in [ 60] shape is very strange, so is it of strange docilitie, and apt to be taught, as by good experience we often proued.