The 10 of October the weather was somewhat fairer and the winde calmer, and [it] blew south-west and west southwest;[216] and that time the water flowed two foote higher then ordinary, which wee gest to proceede from the strong[217] north wind which as then had blowne. The same day the wether began to be somewhat better, so that we began to go out of our ship againe; and as one of our men went out, he chaunced to meete a beare, and was almost at him before he knew it, but presently he ranne backe againe towards the ship and the beare after him: but the beare comming to the place where before that we killed another beare and set her vpright and there let her freeze, which after was couered ouer with ice[218] and yet one of her pawes reached aboue it, shee stood still, whereby our man got before her and clome[219] vp into the ship in great feare, crying, a beare, a beare; which we hearing came aboue hatches[220] to looke on her and to shoote at her, but we could not see her by meanes of the exceeding great smoake that had so sore termented vs while we lay vnder hatches in the foule wether, which we would not haue indured for any money; but by reason of the cold and snowy wether we were constrained to do it if we would saue our liues, for aloft in the ship[221] we must vndoubtedly haue dyed. The beare staied not long there, but run away, the wind then being north-east.
The same day about euening it was faire wether, and we went out of our ship to the house, and carryed the greatest part of our bread thither.
The 11 of October it was calme wether, the wind being south and somewhat warme, and then we carryed our wine and other victuals on land; and as we were hoysing the wine ouer-boord, there came a beare towards our ship that had laine behinde a peece of ice, and it seemed that we had [[114]]waked her with the noise we made; for we had seene her lye there, but we thought her to be a peece of ice; but as she came neere vs we shot at her, and shee ran away, so we proceeded in our worke.
The 12 of October it blew north and [at times] somewhat westerly, and then halfe of our men [went and] slept[222] in the house, and that was the first time that we lay in it; but we indured great cold because our cabins were not made, and besides that we had not clothes inough, and we could keepe no fire because our chimney was not made, whereby it smoaked exceedingly.
The 13 of October the wind was north and north-west, and it began againe to blow hard, and then three of vs went a boord the ship and laded a slead with beere; but when we had laden it, thinking to go to our house with it, sodainly there rose such a wind and so great a storme and cold, that we were forced to go into the ship againe, because we were not able to stay without; and we could not get the beere into the ship againe, but were forced to let it stand without vpon the sleade. Being in the ship, we indured extreame cold because we had but a few clothes in it.
The 14 of October, as we came out of the ship, we found the barrell of beere standing [in the open air] vpon the sleade, but it was fast frozen at the heads,[223] yet by reason of [[115]]the great cold the beere that purged out[224] frose as hard vpon the side[225] of the barrel as if it had bin glewed thereon, and in that sort we drew it to our house and set the barrel an end, and dranke it first vp; but we were forced to melt the beere, for there was scant[226] any vnfrozen beere in the barrell, but in that thicke yeast that was vnfrozen lay the strength of the beere,[227] so that it was too strong to drinke alone, and that which was frozen tasted like water; and being melted we mixt one with the other, and so dranke it, but it had neither strength nor tast.
The 15 of October the wind blew north and [also] east and east south-east [and it was still weather]. That day we made place to set vp our dore, and shouled[228] the snowe away.
The 16 of October the wind blew south-east and south,[229] with faire calme weather. The same night there had bin a beare in our ship, but in the morning she went out againe when she saw our men. At the same time we brake vp another peece of our ship,[230] to vse the deales about the protall,[231] which as then we began to make.
The 17 of October the wind was south and south-east, calme weather, but very cold; and that day we were busied about our portaile. [[116]]
The 18 of October the wind blew hard east [and] south-east, and then we fetched our bread out of the scute which we had drawne vp vpon the land, and the wine also, which as then was not much frozen, and yet it had layne sixe weeks therein, and notwithstanding that it had often times frozen very hard. The same day we saw an other beare, and then the sea was so couered ouer with ice that we could see no open water.