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a doe and her fawn, and a dead sea-horse, or cow, upon 

 the beach. Of these animals we had lately seen a 

 great many. 



As the coast takes a northerly direction from Cape 

 Newenham, that cape fixes the northern limit of the 

 great bay and gu\i\ lying before the river Bristol, 

 which, in honour of the admiral Earl of Bristol, was 

 named Bristol Bay. Cape Ooneemak is the south limit 

 of this bay, and is distant eighty-two leagues from 

 Cape Newenham, in the direction of south-south-west. 



About eight in the evening, a light breeze spring- 

 ing up, which fixed at S. S. E., we steered N. W., 

 and N. N. W., round Cape Newenham, which at 

 noon next day bore S. by E., distant four leagues. 

 At this time the most advanced land to the north- 

 ward bore N., 30 E. ; our depth of water was se- 

 venteen fathoms ; and the nearest shore 3- leagues 

 distant. We had but little wind all the afternoon ; 

 so that, at ten at night, we had only made three 

 leagues upon a north course. 



We steered N. by W. till eight the next morning, 

 when, our depth of water decreasing suddenly to 

 five and seven fathoms, we brought to, till a boat 

 from each ship was sent ahead to sound, and then 

 steered north-east after them ; and at noon we had 

 deepened the water to seventeen fathoms. At this 

 time Cape Newenham bore S. 9 E., distant eleven 

 or twelve leagues, the north-east extreme of the land 

 in sight N. 66 E., and the nearest shore about four 

 or five leagues distant. Our latitude, by observation, 

 was 59 16'. 



Between this latitude and Cape Newenham the 

 coast is composed of hills and low land, and appeared 

 to form several bays. A little before one o'clock 

 the boats ahead made the signal for meeting with 

 shoal water. It seems they had only two fathoms, 

 and at the same time the ships were in six fathoms. 

 By hauling a little more to the northward, we con- 

 tinued in much the same depth till between five and 



