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but pushed forward, in order to see as much of the 

 coast as possible before night. From Cape Digby, 

 it trends nearly S. W. by S. for about four or five 

 leagues, or to a low point, to which, in honour of her 

 Majesty, I gave the name of Point Charlotte; and it 

 is the southernmost on the low coast. 



Six leagues from Cape Digby, in the direction of 

 S. S. W. \ W., is a pretty high projecting point, 

 which was called Prince of Wales's Foreland ; and 

 six leagues beyond that, in the same direction, and 

 in the latitude of 49 54' S., and the longitude of 

 70 13" E., is the most southerly point of the whole 

 coast, which I distinguished by the name of Cape 

 George, in honour of his Majesty. 



Between Point Charlotte and Prince of Wales's 

 Foreland, where the country to the south-west began 

 again to be hilly, is a deep inlet, which was called 

 Royal Sound. It runs in west, quite to the foot of 

 the mountains which bound it on the south-west, as 

 the low land before mentioned does on the north. 

 There are islands lying in the entrance, and others 

 higher up, as far as we could distinguish. As we 

 advanced to the south, we observed, on the south- 

 west side of Prince of Wales's Foreland, another in- 

 let into Royal Sound; and it then appeared, that the 

 Foreland was the east point of a large island lying in 

 the mouth of it. There are several small islands in 

 this inlet; and one about a league to the southward 

 of Prince of Wales's Foreland. 



All the land on the south-west side of Royal 

 Sound, quite to Cape George, is composed of elevated 

 hills, that rise directly from the sea, one behind 

 another, to a considerable height. Most of the sum- 

 mits were capt with snow, and they appeared as naked 

 and barren as any we had seen. The smallest vestige 

 of a tree or shrub was not discoverable, either inland 

 or on the coast ; and, I think, I may venture to pro- 

 nounce that the country produces none. The low 

 land about Cape Digby, when examined through our 



