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 waterr troubled with trampling of horses; which was thicke, and slimb: for we had taken vp some of it.

The 17 day of Ianuary, about seuen a clocke, the master, M. Blaccoller, and I went in our skiffe, and rowed, and sounded round about an ile, and found 16 fadoms within a stones cast hard aboord the shore, and faire ground: after we landed, and found nothing but woods and bushes, and strange wormes: we saw a faulcon, and one other small bird, and therefore named it Faulcon ile: it is a mile about, with a rocke on the East side, which lieth close to it, and it is in sight without danger. After we came aboord, and dined; at two a clocke we set saile, with winde Southeast, and ran in Northeast a while, till the winde scanted: then we went in Northnortheast, till we were in seuen fadome and a halfe of water, within a league of shore: then we cast about, and stood off Southsoutheast all night, till sixe a clocke the next morning.

The 18 day about three a clocke, afore day, we saw our admirall againe and kept her company all day.

The 19 day, being within a league of the Citron ile, about eight a cloke afore noone, we went aboord the general, viz. M. Walker, the master, the pilot, and my selfe, reioycing of our good meeting, who tolde me of their euill roade where they lost an anker, a cable, and a haulser, and how the day before, their pinnesse was ashore on the same iland, and found fowle, and water there, whither now they had sent their boat and pinnesse for more water, where I know they had small store.

I also taking captaine Parker, the master, and M. Wilks with me, went ashore, and trauelled to the top of the ile, which is wooded and high grasse, but euill water, and little on it, but yoong fowle plenty, and dangerous comming to them.

By this time (I hauing set the isles, and headlands about in sight with a compasse) came a small gale at Southsoutheast; then our admirall shot off a piece for the boats, and hence I went, and dined aboord with him, and came after aboord, and went in Northnortheast and Northeast till morning: at which time wee were within a league of the Isle, entering before S. Vincent, but knew not how much water was vpon the barre to go out.

The 20 day in the morning, being calme, the generals pinnesse