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presented in the drawings of it in Captain Cook's c ^^' 

 Voyage.* v^-v^. 



After clearing the Aleutian Chain, we had the J5Si # 

 winds from the westward, and made rapid pro- 

 gress towards our port. The first part of the pas- 

 sage was remarkable for heavy rolling seas, misty 

 weather, and a low barometer, which varied a little 

 each side of 28,5 ; in the latter part of the passage 

 we had dry foggy weather, and the barometer was 

 at 30,5. 



On the 5th of November we made the high land 

 of New Albion about Bodega, and soon afterwards 

 saw Punta de los Reyes, a remarkable promon- 

 tory, from which the general line of coast turns 

 abruptly to the eastward, and leads to the port of 

 St. Francisco. 



We stood to the southward during the night, and 

 about three o'clock in the morning unexpectedly 

 struck soundings upon a clayey bank in 35 fathoms 

 very near the Faralldnes, a dangerous cluster of rocks, 

 which, until better known, ought to be avoided. 

 The ship was put about immediately ; but the next 

 cast was 25 fathoms in so stiff a clay that the line 

 was broken. The weather was very misty, and a 

 long swell rolled towards the reefs, which, had there 

 been less wind, would have obliged us to anchor ; 

 but we increased our distance from them, and deep- 

 ened the water. This cluster of rocks is properly 

 divided into two parts, of which the south-eastern 

 is the largest and the highest, and may be seen nine 

 or ten leagues in clear weather. The most dan- 

 gerous part is apparently towards the north-west. 



* See also Kot.zebue's Voyage, vol. iii p. 283. 



