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from the west, attended with heavy showers of rain, 

 and blowing in such flurries over high land, as made 

 it unsafe for us to get under sail. The afternoon was 

 more moderate, and became fair ; when myself, Mr. 

 Cooper, and some others, went out in the boats to 

 the rocks, which lie at this entrance of the bay, to 

 kill seals : the weather was rather unfavourable for 

 this sport, and the sea ran high, so as to make land- 

 ing difficult > we, however, killed ten ; but could 

 only wait to bring away five, with which we returned 

 on board. 



In the morning of the 1 1th, while we were getting 

 under sail, I sent a boat for the other five seals. At 

 nine o'clock we weighed, with a light breeze at S. E., 

 and stood out to sea, taking up the boat in our way. 

 It was noon before we got clear of the land ; at 

 which time we observed in 45 34/ 30" south ; the 

 entrance of the bay bore S. E. by E., and Break-sea 

 isles (the outermost isles that lie at the south point 

 of the entrance of the bay) bore S. S. E. distant 

 three miles ; the southernmost point, or that of Five 

 Finger's Point, bore south 42 west; and the northern- 

 most land N. N. E. ; in this situation we had a pro- 

 digious swell from S. W., which broke with great 

 violence on all the shores that were exposed to it. 



