3'70 cook's VOYAGE TO JUNE, 



CHAP. VII. 



DISCOVERIES AFTER LEAVING COOK'S RIVER. ISLAND OF ST. 



HERMOGENES. CAPE WHITSUNDAY. CAPE GREVILLE. 



CAPE BARNABAS. TWO-HEADED POINT. TRINITY ISLAND. 



BEERING's FOGGY ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL BIRD DE- 

 SCRIBED. KODIAK AND THE SCHUMAGIN ISLANDS. A 



RUSSIAN LETTER BROUGHT ON BOARD BY A NATIVE 



CONJECTURES ABOUT IT. ROCK POINT. HALIBUT ISLAND. 



A VOLCANO MOUNTAIN. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. ARRI- 

 VAL OF THE SHIPS AT OONALASCHKA. INTERCOURSE 



WITH THE NATIVES THERE. ANOTHER RUSSIAN LETTER. 



SAMGANOODHA HARBOUR DESCRIBED. 



J\s soon as the ebb tide made in our favour, we 

 weighed, and, with a light breeze, between west south- 

 west, and south south-west, plied down the river, till 

 the flood obliged us to anchor again. At length, 

 about one o'clock next morning, a fresh breeze 

 sprung up at west, with which we got under sail, and, 

 at eight, passed the Barren Isles, and stretched away 

 for Cape St. Hermogenes. At noon this cape bore 

 south south-east, eight leagues distant ; and the pas- 

 sage between the island of that name, and the main 

 land, bore south. For this passage I steered, intend- 

 ing to go through it ; but soon after the wind failed 

 us, and we had baffling light airs from the eastward, 

 so that I gave up my design of carrying the ships 

 between the island and the main. 



At this time, we saw several columns of smoke on 

 the coast of the continent, to the northward of the 

 passage ; and, most probably, they were meant as sig- 

 nals to attract us thither. Here the land forms a bay, 

 or perhaps a harbour ; off the north-west point of 

 which lies a low rocky island. There are also some 

 other islands of the same appearance, scattered along 

 the coast, between this place and Point Banks. 



