at that instant when hee first descryed this new Islande, Northwest by North, 50. leagues. [Sidenote:  The Island in length 25 leagues.  This Iland is in the latitude of 57. degrees and 1 second part.] They account this Island to be 25. leagues long, and the longest way of it Southeast, and Northwest.  The Southerne part of it is in the latitude of 57. degrees and 1 second part or there about.  They continued in sight of it, from the 12. day at a 11. of the clocke, till the 13. day three of the clocke in the afternoone, when they left it:  and the last part they saw of it, bare from them Northwest by North. [Sidenote:  Two harboroughs in this Island.] There appeared two Harboroughs vpon that coast:  the greatest of them seuen leagues to the Northwards of the Southermost poynt, the other but foure leagues.  There was very much yce neere the same land, and also twenty or thirty leagues from it, for they were not cleare of yce, till the 15. day of September after noone.  They plyed their Voyage homewards, and fell with the West part of Ireland about Galway, and had first sight of it on the 25. day of September.

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Notes framed by M. Richard Hakluyt of the middle Temple Esquire, giuen to
  certaine Gentlemen that went with M. Frobisher in his Northwest
  discouerie, for their directions:  And not vnfit to be committed to print,
  considering the same may stirre vp considerations of these and of such
  other things, not vnmeete in such new voyages as may be attempted
  hereafter.

That the first Seate be chosen on the seaside, so as (if it may be) you may haue your owne Nauie within Bay, riuer or lake, within your Seate safe from the enemie:  and so as the enemie shalbe forced to lie in open rode abroade without, to be dispersed with all windes and tempests that shall arise.  Thus seated you shall be least subiect to annoy of the enemie, so may you by your Nauie within passe out to all parts of the world, and so may the Shippes of England haue accesse to you to supply all wants, so may your commodities be caryed away also.  This seat is to be chosen in a temperate Climat, in sweete ayre, where you may possesse alwayes sweete water, wood, seacoles or turfe, with fish, flesh, graine, fruites, herbes, and rootes, or so many of those as may suffice every necessitie for the life of such as shall plant there.  And for the possessing of mines of golde, of siluer, copper, quicksiluer, or of any such precious thing, the wants of those needful things may be supplyed from some other place by sea, &c.

Stone to make Lyme of; Slate stone to tyle withall, or such clay as maketh tyle; Stone to wall withall, if Brycke may not bee made; Timber for buylding easely to be conueied to the place; Reede to couer houses or such like, if tyle or slate be not—­are to be looked for as things without which no Citie may be made nor people in ciuil sort be kept together.