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any opening or inlet ; and it appeared to terminate 

 in a kind of white sandy beach; though some on 

 board thought that appearance was owing to the snow. 

 Each extreme of the land that was now before us, 

 seemed to shoot out into a point. The northern one 

 was the same which we had first seen on the 7th ; and 

 on that account I called it Cape Perpetua. It lies in 

 the latitude of 44 6' N., and in the longitude of 

 235 59! E. The southern extreme before us, I 

 named Cape Gregory. * Its latitude is 43 30', and its 

 longitude 235 57' It is a remarkable point ; the 

 land of it rising almost directly from the sea to a to- 

 lerable height, while that on each side of it is low. 



I continued standing off till one in the afternoon. 

 Then I tacked, and stood in, hoping to have the wind 

 off from the land in the night. But in this I was 

 mistaken ; for at five o'clock it began to veer to the 

 west and south west ; which obliged me, once more, 

 to stand out to sea. At this time, Cape Perpetua 

 bore north-east by north ; and the farthest land we 

 could see to the south of Cape Gregory, bore south 

 by east, perhaps ten or twelve leagues distant. If I 

 am right in this estimation, its latitude will be 43 10', 

 and its longitude 2S5 55' east, which is nearly the 

 situation of Cape Blanco, discovered or seen by 

 Martin d'Agular, on the 19th of January, lb'03. It 

 is worth observing, that, in the very latitude where 

 we now were, geographers have been pleased to place 

 a large entrance or strait, the discovery of which they 

 take upon them to ascribe to the same navigator ; 

 whereas nothing more is mentioned in the account of 

 his voyage, than his having seen, in this situation, a 

 large river, which he would have entered, but was 

 prevented by the currents, t 



The wind, as I have observed, had veered to the 



* In our calendar, the 7th of March is distinguished by the 

 name of Perpetua M. and the 12th by that of Gregory B. 

 f See the History of California. Eng. Trans, vol ii. p. 292. 



