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1778- to ftretcli to the Southward, in order to ect clear of the 



March. <=> 



« „ ' coart. This was done under courfcs, and two clofe-reefed 



topfails; being rather more fail than the fhips could fafely 

 bear ; but it was necelTary to carry it to avoid the more 

 prefling danger of being forced on lliore. This gale con- 

 friday 13. tinucd till eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th; when 

 it abated, and I flood in again for the land. We had been 

 forced a confidcrable way backward ; for at the time of 

 our tacking, we were in the latitude of 42° 45', and in the 

 longitude of 233° 30'. 



The wind continued at Weft, and North Weft ; ftorms, 

 moderate weather, and calms, fucceeding each other by 



Saturday2i. turns, till the morning of the 2irt ; when, after a few hours 

 calm, a breeze fprung up at South Weft. This bringing 

 with it fair weather, I fteered North Eafterly, in order to 

 fall in with the land, beyond that part of it where we had 

 already fo unprolitably been tolTed about for the laft fort- 

 night. In the evening, the wind veered to the Weftward ; 



Sunday zi. and, at eight o'clock, the next morning, we faw the land, 

 extending from North Eaft to Eaft, nine leagues diftant. At 

 this time we were in the latitude of 47° 5' North, and in 

 the longitude of 235" 10' Eaft. 



I continued to ftand to the North with a line breeze at 

 Weft, and Weft North Weft, till near feven o'clock in the 

 evening, when I tacked to wait for day-light. At this 

 time, we were in forty-eight fathoms water, and about four 

 leagues from the land, which extended from North to South 

 Haft half Eaft, and a fmall round hill, which had the ap- 

 pearance of being an illand, bore North three quarters Eaft, 

 diftant fix or feven leagues, as 1 guellcd ; it appears to be of 

 a tolerable height, and was but juft to be lecn from the 

 4 deck. 



