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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

June Wensday 9.

9 June 1630

fryday 11.

11 June 1630
Thursdaye 10:
Winthrop, John

1630-06-10

In the morninge the winde S: and by w: till 5: in the morninge a thick fogge. then it clered vp with faire weather, but somewhat Closse. after we had runne some 10: leagues w: and by S: we lost sight of the former lande but made other highe lande on our starre board as farre of as we could descrye. but we lost it again 1 The winde continued all this daye at S: a stiffe steddy gale, yet we bare all our sayles and stood w: s: w: about 4: in the after noone, we made lande on our starbord bowe, called the 3: turks heades, being a ridge of 3 hilles vpon the mayne, wherof the Southmost is the greatest, it lyes neere Aquamenticus. we descryed also an other hill more * called Boone Ile.2 northward which lyes by Cape Porpus. we sawe also a head of vs some 4: le agues from shore a small rocke,* not aboue a flight shoot ouer, which hathe a dangerous shoal to the east and by S: of it some 2: leagues in lengthe. we kept our luff and weatherd it, and left it on our starbord about 2: miles off. towardes night we might see the trees in all places verye playnly, and a small hill to the Southward of the Turks heades; all the rest of the lande to the S: was plaine lowe lande: heere we had a fine freshe smell from shore. Then least we should not get Cleere of the Ledge of rocks which 262lye vnder water from within a flight shoot of the said rocke (called Boone Ile which we had nowe brought n: E: from vs) towardes Pascataquay: we tacked and stood S: E: with a stiffe gale at S: by w;

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The White Mountains.

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This marginal note is in paler ink.