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An. 1681
The Author's Arrival at the North Seas.
and half a Dollar a man from each of us; which we would have bestowed in goods also, but could not get any, the Privateer having no more toys. They were so well satisfy d with these, that they return'd with joy to their friends; and were very kind to our Consorts whom we left behind; as Mr. Wafer our Chyrurgeon and the rest of them told us, when they came to us some months af- terwards, as shall be said hereafter.
I might have given a further account of several things relating to this Country; the In-land parts of which are so little known to the Europeans. But I shall leave this province to Mr. Wafer, who made a longer abode in it than I; and is better able to do it than any man that I know; and is now preparing a particular Description of this Country for the Press.