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top-gallant masts, and struck the yards and top-masts 

 close down, and at last had the satisfaction to find 

 that she rode/ Cape Bedford now bore W. S. W. 

 distant three leagues and a half, and in this situation 

 we had shoals to the eastward, extending from the 

 S. E. by S. to the N. N. W., the nearest of which was 

 about two miles distant. As the gale continued, 

 with little remission, we rode till seven o'clock in 

 the morning of the 10th, when, it being more mo- 

 derate, we weighed, and stood in for the land, having 

 at length determined to seek a passage along the 

 shore to the northward, still keeping the boat a- 

 head : during our run in we had from nineteen to 

 twelve fathom : after standing in about an hour, we 

 edged away for three small islands that lay N. N. E. 

 i- E., three leagues from Cape Bedford, which the 

 master had visited while we were in port. At nine 

 o'clock we were abreast of them, and between them 

 and the main : between us and the main there was 

 another low island, which lies N. N. W. four miles 

 from the three islands ; and in this channel we had 

 fourteen fathom water. The northernmost point of 

 land in sight now bore N. N. W. W., distant about 

 two leagues. Four or five leagues to the north of 

 this head-land we saw three islands, near which lay 

 some that were still smaller, and we could see the 

 shoals and reefs without us, extending to the north- 

 ward, as far as these islands : between these reefs 

 and the head-land we directed our course, leaving 

 to the eastward a small island, which lies N. by E., 

 distant four miles from the three islands. At noon 

 we were got between the head-land and the three 

 islands : from the head-land we were distant two 

 leagues, and from the islands four ; our latitude, by 

 observation, was 14 51'. We now thought we saw 

 a clear opening before us, and hoped that we were 

 once more out of danger ; in this hope, however, 

 we soon found ourselves disappointed, and for that 

 reason I called the head-land Cape Flattery. It 



