The  11  of  July  in  the  morning  as  we  sate  fast  vpon
the  ice,  the  sunne  being  north-east,  there  came  a  great
beare  out  of  the  water  running  towards  vs,  but  we  watcht
for  her  with  three  muskets,  and  when  she  came  within
oO  paces  of  vs  we  shot  all  the  three  muskets  at  her  and
killed  her  outright,  so  that  she  stirred  not  a  foote,  and  we
might  see  the  fat  run  out  at  the  holes  of  her  skinne,  that
was  shot  in  with  the  muskets,  swimme  vpon  the  water  like
oyle ;  and  [she]  so  driving'2  dead  upon  the  water,  we  went
vpon  a  flake  of  ice  to  her,  and  putting  a  rope  about  her  neck

1   Uytcomst — issue.  -  Floating.
