ABSTRACT

UoJ?agts of l;J?lot anb 3Saftln. THE only printed documents relating to these voyages, that possess anyclaim to originality,are those which are to be found in Purchas, and which were, professedly, printed from communications made by Baffin. One of these is a narrative of the procedings in the first voyage, performed during the year 1615, now ascertained to be an incorrect version. The second is a narrative of the voyage of 1616: which may be faithful or not. The third is a short explanatory letter, relating to the later voyage, addressed to Sir John Wolstenholme.