854 cook's voyage to may, 



I intended going through one of the channels that 

 divide these islands, but meeting with a strong cur- 

 rent setting against us, I bore up and went to the 

 leeward of them all. Toward the evening, the wea- 

 ther, which had been hazy all day, cleared up, and 

 we got sight of a very lofty promontory, whose 

 elevated summit, forming two exceedingly high 

 mountains, was seen above the clouds. This pro- 

 montory I named Cape Douglas, in honour of my 

 very good friend, Dr. Douglas, canon of Windsor. It 

 is situated in the latitude of .'38 56', and in the 

 longitude of 206 10', ten leagues to the westward of 

 Barren Isles, and twelve from Point Banks, in the 

 direction of N. W. by W. i W. 



Between this point and Cape Douglas, the coast 

 seemed to form a large and deep bay ; which, from 

 some smoke that had been seen on Point Banks, ob- 

 tained the name of Smokey Bay. 



At day-break the next morning, being the 26th, 

 having got to the northward of the Barren Isles, we 

 discovered more land, extending from Cape Douglas 

 to the north. It formed a chain of mountains of 

 vast height, one of which, far more conspicuous than 

 the rest, was named Mount Saint Augustin. The 

 discovery of this land did not discourage us, as it 

 was supposed to be wholly unconnected with the 

 land of Cape Elizabeth. For, in a N.N. E. direction, 

 the sight was unlimited by every thing but the 

 horizon. We also thought that there was a passage 

 to the N.W., between Cape Douglas and Mount 

 St. Augustin. In short, it was imagined, that the 

 land on our larboard to the N. of Cape Douglas was 

 composed of a group of islands, disjoined by so many 

 channels, any one of which we might make use of 

 according as the wind should serve. 



With these flattering ideas, having a fresh gale at 

 N.N.E., we stood to the N.W. till eight o'clock, 

 when we clearly saw that what we had taken for 

 islands were sum mits of mountains, every where con- 

 nected by lower land, which the haziness of the 



