The 21 of Aprill it [still] was faire weather with an east wind; and the next day the like weather, but in the euening the wind blewe northerly. The 23 of Aprill it was faire [clear] weather [with a bright sky] and a [strong] north-east wind; and the next day the like, with an east wind. The 25 of Aprill it was faire [clear] weather, the wind easterly. The same day there came a beare to our house, and we shoot her into the skin, [1085] but she runne awaie, which another beare that was not farre from vs perceauing [she came not nearer to us but] runne away also. The 26 and 27 of Aprill it was faire weather, but an extreeme great north-east wind. The 28 of Aprill it was faire weather with a north wind. Then we tooke the higth of the sunne againe, and found it to be eleuated 28 degrees and 8 minutes, his declination 14 degrees and 8 minutes, [1086] which substracted from 90 degrees, there rested 76 degrees for the highth of the Pole. [1087] The 29 of Aprill it was faire weather with a south-west wind. Then we plaid at colfe [1088] [and at ball], both to the ship and from thence againe homeward, to exercise our selues. The 30 of Aprill it was faire weather [with a bright sky], the wind south-west; then in the night wee could see the sunne in the north, when it was in the highest, [1089] iust aboue the horizon, so that from that time we saw the sunne both night and day. [1090] The 1 of May it was faire weather with a west wind; then we sod our last flesh, [1091] which for a long time we had spared, and it was still very good, and the last morsell tasted as well as the first, and we found no fault therein but onely that it would last no longer. [1092] The 2 of May it was foule weather with a [seuere] storme out of the south-west, whereby the sea was almost cleere of ice, and then we began to speake about [1093] getting from thence, for we had kept house long enough there. The 3 of May it was still foule weather with a south-west wind, whereby the ice began wholy to driue away, but it lay fast about the ship. And when our best meate, as flesh and other things, began to faile vs, [1094] which was our greatest sustenance, and that it behooued vs to be somewhat strong, to sustaine the labour that we were to vndergoe when we went from thence, the master shared the rest of the bacon [1095] amongst vs, which was a small barrell with salt bacon in pickle, [1096] whereof euery one of vs had two ounces a day, which continued for the space of three weekes, and then it was eaten up. [1097]