1778. THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 4^7 



CHAP. X. 



RETURN FROM CAPE NORTH, ALONG THE COAST OF ASIA. 



VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY. BURNEY's ISLAND. CAPE 



SERDZE KAMEN, THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF BEERING's 



VOYAGE. PASS THE EAST CAPE OF ASIA. DESCRIPTION 



AND SITUATION OF IT. OBSERVATIONS ON MULLER. 



THE TSCHUTSKI. BAY OF ST. LAURENCE. TWO OTHER 



BAYS, AND HABITATIONS OF THE NATIVES. BEERING's 



CAPE TSCHUKOTSKOI. BEERING's POSITION OF THIS 



COAST ACCURATE. ISLAND OF ST. LAURENCE. PASS TO 



THE AMERICAN COAST. CAPE DARBY. BALD HEAD. 



CAPE DENBIGH, ON A PENINSULA. BESBOROUGH ISLAND. 



-WOOD AND WATER PROCURED. VISITS FROM THE NA- 

 TIVES. THEIR PERSONS AND HABITATIONS. PRODUCE 



OF THE COUNTRY. MARKS THAT THE PENINSULA HAD 



FORMERLY BEEN SURROUNDED BY THE SEA. LIEUTENANT 



KING'S REPORT. NORTON SOUND. LUNAR OBSERVATIONS 



THERE. ST^HLIN's MAP PROVED TO BE ERRONEOUS. 



PLAN OF FUTURE OPERATIONS. 



After having stood off till we got into eighteen 

 fathoms' water, I bore up to the eastward, along the 

 coast, which, by this time, it was pretty certain, 

 could only be the continent of Asia. As the wind 

 blew fresh, with a very heavy fall of snow, and a 

 thick mist, it was necessary to proceed with great 

 caution. I therefore brought to for a few hours in 

 the night. 



At day-break, on the 80th, we made sail, and 

 steered such a course as I thought would bring us in 

 with the land ; being in a great measure guided by 

 the lead ; for the weather was as thick as ever, and 

 it snowed incessantly. At ten, we got sight of the 

 coast, bearing south-west, four miles distant; and pre- 

 sently after, having shoaled the water to seven fa- 

 thoms, we hauled off. At this time, a very low point, 



