The 26. and 27. wee had faire weather, but this 27. the Pinnesses foremast was blowen ouerboord.  The 28. the Elizabeth towed the pinnesse, which was so much bragged of by the owners report before we came out of England, but at Sea she was like a cart drawen with oxen.  Sometimes we towed her because she could not saile for scant wind.

The 31. day our Captaine asked if the pinnesse were stanch, Peerson answered that she was as sound and stanch as a cup.  This made vs something glad, when we sawe she would brooke the Sea, and was not leake.

Iune.

The first 6. dayes wee had faire weather:  after that for 5 dayes wee had fogge and raine, the winde being South.  The 12. wee had cleare weather.  The Mariners in the Sunneshine and the Master could not agree:  the Mariners would goe on their voyage a fishing, because the yeere began to waste:  the Master would not depart till hee had the companie of the Elizabeth, whereupon the Master told our Captaine that hee was afrayd his men would shape some contrary course while he was asleepe, and so he should lose vs.  At length after much talke and many threatnings, they were content to bring vs to the land which we looked for daily.

[Sidenote:  Land descried.] The 14. day we discouered land at fiue of the clocke in the morning, being very great and high mountaines, the tops of the hils being couered with snow.  Here the wind was variable, sometimes Northeast, Eastnortheast, and East by North:  but we imagined ourselues to be 16. or 17. leagues off from the shore.

The 16. we came to an anker about 4. or 5. of the clocke afternoone, the people came presently to vs after the old maner, with crying Ilyaoute, and shewing vs Scales skinnes.  The 17. we began to set vp the pinnesse that Peerson framed at Dartmouth, with the boords which hee brought from London.

The 18.  Peerson and the Carpenters of the ships began to set on the plankes. [Sidenote:  Salt kerned on the rockes.] The 19. as we went about an Island, were found blacke Pumise stones, and salt kerned on the rockes very white and glistering.  This day also the Master of the Sunneshine tooke of the people a very strong lusty yoong fellow.

The 20. about two of the clocke in the morning, the Sauages came to the Island where our pinnace was built readie to bee launched, and tore the two vpper strakes, and carried them away onely for the loue of the yron in the boords.  While they were about this practise, we manned the Elizabeths boate to goe a shore to them:  our men being either afrayd or amazed, were so long before they came to shore, that our Captaine willed them to stay, and made the Gunner giue fire to a Saker, and layd the piece leuell with the boate which the Sauages had turned on the one side because wee should not hurt them with our arrowes, and made the boate their bulwarke against the arrowes which we shot at them.  Our Gunner hauing made all things readie, gaue fire to the piece, and fearing to hurt any of