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1778- ftorm, which blew the hardeft at South South Eaft, and was 



March. 



V- — , — J attended with rain and fleet. It feldom lafted above four 

 or fix hours, before it was fucceeded by another gale from 

 the North Weft, which, generally, brought with it fair wea- 

 ther. It was, by the means of thcfe Southerly blafts, that 

 we were enabled to get to the North Weft at all. 



Sunday 29. At length, at nine o'clock in the morning of the 29th, as 

 we were ftanding to the North Eaft, we again faw the land, 

 which, at noon, extended from North Weft by Weft, to Eaft 

 South Eaft, the ncareft part about fix leagues diftant. Our 

 latitude was now 49° 29' Nortii, and our longitude 232°" 29' 

 Eaft. The appearance of tlie country diftered much from 

 that of the parts which we had before feen; being full of 

 high mountains, whofe fummits were covered with fnow. 

 But tl^e valleys between them, and the grounds on the fea 

 coaft, higli as well as low, were covered to a confiderablc 

 breadth with high, ftraight trees, that forined a beautiful 

 l)rofpc6l, as of one vaft foreft. The South Eaft extreme of 

 the land formed a low point, off which are many breakers, 

 occafioned by funken rocks. On this account it was called 

 Foint Breakers. It lies in the latitude of 49" 15' North, and in 

 the longitude of 233' 20' Eaft ; and the other extreme, in about 

 the latitude of 50°, and the longitude of -^iz". I named 

 this laft Woody Point. It projeds pretty much out to the 

 South Weft, and is high land. Between thefe two points, 

 tiic fliore forms a large bay, which I called Hope Bay; 

 hoping, from the appearance of the land, to find in it a 

 good hiubour. Tl.e event proved, that v/c were not mil- 

 taken. 



As we d:ev,' nearer the coaft, we perceived the appear- 

 ance of two inlets; one in the North Weft, and the other in 

 1 the 



