AJ-133: Juet, Third Voyage of Hudson (1609)

              A.D.    PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES
1609.
but we saw their intent, and suffered none of them
to come aboord of us. At twelve of the clocke they
departed.
oysters and They brought with them oysters and
Beanes, whereof wee Beaver bought some. They have great
Tabacco pipes of yellow Copier Piles. Copper, and Pots of
Earth to dresse their meate in. It floweth South-east by
South within.

The thirteenth, faire weather, the wind
Northerly. At seven of the clocke in the morning, as the
floud came we weighed, and turned foure miles into
the
River. The tide being done wee anchored. Then there came
foure Canoes aboord: but we suffered none of them to come
into our ship. They brought
great store of very good
oysters aboord, which we bought for trifles. In the night I
set
Variation 13. the variation of the Compasse, and
found it to be 13. degrees. degrees. In the after-noone we
weighed, and turned in with the floud, two leagues and a
halfe further, and anchored all night, and had
five
fathoms soft Ozie ground, and had an high point of
Land, which shewed out to us, bearing North by East five
leagues off us.

The fourteenth, in the morning being
very faire weather, the wind South-east we sayled up the
River twelve leagues, and had five fathoms, and
five
fathoms and a quarter lesse; and came to a Streight
betweene two Points and had eight, nine, and ten tathoms:
and it trended North-east by North,
one league and wee
had twelve, The River a thirteene and fourteene fathomes.
The River is a mile
mile broad broad: there is very high
Land on both sides. Then wee went up North-west, a league
and an halfe deepe water. Then North-east by North
five
miles then North-west by North' two leagues, and anchored.
The Land are Very high and very high and Mountainous. The
River is full of fish.
mountainous    

The fifteenth, in
the morning was misty. until the Sunne. Land arose then it
cleered. So wee weighed with the wind at South, and ran up
into, the River twentie leagues, passing by high Mountaines.
Wee
had a very good depth, as size, seven, eight, nine,
ten, twelve, and thirteene fathoms, and 'great store of
Salmons in the River. This morning our
two Savages got
out of a Port and swam
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