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twenty-four fathoms. We lay here till one, when the 

 fog, which had prevailed this morning, dispersing, 

 and the tide making in our favour, we weighed and 

 plied to the south-west. In the evening, the wind 

 was very variable, and we had some thunder. We 

 had heard none before, since our arrival upon the 

 coast ; and this was at a great distance. 



The wind having settled again in the south-west 

 quarter, in the morning of the 12th, we stood to the 

 north-west, and at ten saw the continent. At noon, it 

 extended from north-east by north, to north-north- 

 west, a quarter west ; and an elevated hill bore north- 

 north-west, ten leagues distant. This proved to be an 

 island, which from its figure obtained the name of 

 Round Island, It lies in the latitude of 58 37', and 

 in the longitude of 200 6', and seven miles from 

 the continent. In the evening, at nine, having stood 

 to the northward to within three leagues of the shore, 

 we tacked in fourteen fathoms water, the extremities 

 of the coast bearing east-south-east half east, and 

 west. The wind veering to the north-west enabled 

 us to make a good stretch along shore, till two o'clock 

 in the morning, when we got all at once i nto six fa 

 thorns water, being at this time two leagues from the 

 shore. After edging off a little, our depth gradually 

 increased, and at noon we had twenty fathoms, when 

 the latitude was 58 13', and the longitude 199. 

 Round Island bore north, 5 east ; and the west ex- 

 treme of the coast north, 16 west, seven leagues 

 distant. It is an elevated point, which obtained the 

 name of Calm Point, from our having calm weather 

 when off it. To the north-west of Round Island are 

 two or three hillocks, that appeared like islands ; and 

 it is possible they may be such ; for we had but a 

 distant view of the coast in this place.* 



During the 14th and 15th, our progress was slow, 

 having little wind, and sometimes so thick a fog, that 

 we could not see the length of the ship. The sound- 

 ings were from fourteen to twenty-six fathoms ; and 



