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seemed to branch into several arms, one of which 

 turned to the south, and may probably communicate 

 with the bay on the east side of Cape Edgecumbe, 

 and make the land of that cape an island. At eight 

 o'clock in the evening, the cape bore south-east half 

 south ; the Bay of Islands N. 53 E. ; and another 

 inlet, before which are also some islands, bore N. 52 

 E., five leagues distant. I continued to steer N. N. W., 

 half W., and N. W. by W., as the coast trended, with 

 a fine gale at N. E., and clear weather. 



At half an hour past four in the morning, on the 

 3d, Mount Edgecumbe bore S. 54 E. ; a large inlet, 

 N. 50 E., distant six leagues ; and the most ad- 

 vanced point of the land, to the N. W., lying under 

 a very high peaked mountain, which obtained the 

 name of Mount Fair Weather, bore N. 32 W. The 

 inlet was named Cross Sowid, as being first seen on 

 that day, so marked in our calendar. It appeared to 

 branch in several arms, the largest of which turned 

 to the northward. The south east point of this 

 sound is a high promontory, which obtained the name 

 of Cross Cape. It lies in the latitude of 57 57', and 

 its longitude is 223 21'. At noon it bore south-east ; 

 and the point, under the peaked mountain, which 

 was called Cape Fair Weather, north by west a quar- 

 ter west, distant thirteen leagues. Our latitude at 

 this time was 58 17', and our longitude 222 14/ ; 

 and we were distant from the shore three or four 

 leagues. In this situation we found the variation of 

 the compass to be from 24 11' to 26 11' E. 



Here the north-east wind left us, and was suc- 

 ceeded by light breezes from the north-west, which 

 lasted for several days. I stood to the south-west, and 

 west-south-west, till eight o'clock the next morning, 

 when we tacked and stood toward the shore. At noon 

 the latitude was 58 22', and the longitude 220 45'. 

 Mount Fair Weather, the peaked mountain over the 

 cape of the same name, bore N., 63 E. ; the shore 

 under it twelve leagues distant. This mountain, 



