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our courfe to the northward ; and per- 

 ceiving a large opening between very 

 high land and a low point, we fleered 

 for it ; and when got that length, found 

 a large bay, down which we rowed, flat- 

 tering ourfelves there might be a paflage 

 that way ; but towards night we came to 

 the bottom of the bay, and finding no 

 outlet, we were obliged to return the 

 fame way we came, having met with no- 

 thing the whole day to alleviate our 

 hunger. 



Next night we put into a little cove, 

 which, from the great quantity of red- 

 wood found there, we called Redwood 

 Cove. Leaving this place in the morn- 

 ing, we had the wind foutherly, blowing 

 freih, by which we made much way 

 that day, to the northward. Towards 

 evening we were in with a pretty large 

 ifland. Putting afhore on it, we found 

 it cloathed with the fineft trees we had 

 ever feen, their ftems running up to a 



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