390 cook's voyage to july, 



CHAP. VIII. 



PROGRESS NORTHWARD, AFTER LEAVING OONALASHKA. 



THE ISLANDS OONELLA AND ACOOTAN. OONEEMAK. 



SHALLOWNESS OF THE WATER ALONG THE COAST. BRISTOL 



BAY. ROUND ISLAND. CALM POINT. CAPE NEWENHAM. 



LIEUTENANT WILLIAMSON LANDS, AND HIS REPORT. 



BRISTOL BAY, AND ITS EXTENT. THE SHIPS OBLIGED TO 



RETURN, ON ACCOUNT OF SHOALS. NATIVES COME OFF TO 



THE SHIPS. DEATH OF MR. ANDERSON; HIS CHARACTER J 



AND ISLAND NAMED AFTER HIM. POINT RODNEY. 



SLEDGE ISLAND, AND REMARKS ON LANDING THERE. 



KING'S ISLAND. CAPE PRINCE OF WALES, THE WESTERN 



EXTREME OF AMERICA. COURSE WESTWARD. ANCHOR 



IN A BAY ON THE COAST OF ASIA. 



.Having put to sea with a light breeze, at south- 

 south-east, we steered to the north, meeting with 

 nothing to obstruct us in this course ; for, as I ob- 

 served before, the Island of Oonalashka, on the one 

 side, tended south-west, and on the other, no land 

 was to be seen in a direction more northerly than 

 north-east ; the whole of which land was a conti- 

 nuation of the same group of islands which we had 

 fallen in with on the 25th of June. That which lies 

 before Samganoodha, and forms the north-east side of 

 the passage through which we came, is called Oonella, 

 and is about seven leagues in circumference. Another 

 island, to the north-east of it, is called Acootan, which 

 is considerably larger than Oonella, and hath in it 

 some very high mountains, which were covered with 

 snow. It appeared, that we might have gone very 

 safely between these two islands and the continent, 

 the south-west point of which opened off the north- 

 east point of Acootan, in the direction of north, 60 

 east ; and which proved to be the same point of land 

 we had seen when we quitted the coast of the conti- 



