Scheeps-togt van Martin Pringe, gedaan in 't jaar 1603. Van Bristol na 't noorder-gedeelte van Virginien....

Fish and sea turtle catch.

We also searched there for fresh water, but did not find it. Toward evening, we went ashore in the innermost part of the bay to cast our net; we caught a multitude of good river fish and would have caught more than we could have stowed in our boat, but in every haul we had a sea turtle in the net, which tore the net, and the fish escaped with it. Among others, we had two at once in the net, a young one with an old one, of which we caught the young one.

Sailing to Virginia.

Having lifted our anchor, we set our course between the two islands to the great ocean, to finally reach our desired land of Virginia, from which we were still 350 miles away, and sailed North-West.

On the 7th of the same month, we sailed North-West and North-by-West.

Observation of the wind and current.

On the 8th, we held the same course, as also on the 9th. But now the wind, which had remained steady from the Canary Islands to the West Indies, began to change and ran from the South to the West and then stayed that way. What the reason for this is, I leave for others to investigate. The current here flows out of the Gulf of Mexico and away from the mainland toward the outside.

Calm.

On the 10th, Sunday, we held the same course, but had only a small breeze and lay nearly still. On the 11th, on the same course and with no more wind, we headed Northward. On the 12th, we indeed held the same course, but because of the calm, we could not or could barely advance.

On the 13th, being Wednesday, it was still just as calm, and the sun uncommonly hot.

Newfoundland fish, called Poor John.

On the 14th, it was as before. At this time, we wanted to hang our Newfoundland fish, called Poor John, to dry, but that did not turn out well, for as soon as they were dried, they rotted all the sooner.

On the 15th, God gave us a reasonable breeze, but on the 16th and 17th, it was calm again. On the 18th, we had