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•778' appeared to branch in feveral arms, the largeft of which 



« >r— — ' turned to the Northward. The South Eafl; point of this 



Sound is a high promontory, which obtained the name of 

 Crofi Cape. It lies in the latitude of 57° 57', and its longi- 

 tude is 223° 21'. At noon it bore South Eaft; and the point, 

 under the peaked mountain, which was called Cape Fair 

 Weather, North by Wefl: a quarter Weft, diftant thirteen 

 leagues. Our latitude at this time, was 58° 17', and our 

 longitude 222° 14'; and we were diftant from the fliore 

 three or four leagues. In this fituation we found the varia- 

 tion of the compafs to be from 24' 1 1' to 26° 1 1' Eaft. 



Here the North Eaft wind left us, and was fucceeded by 

 light breezes from the North Weft, which lafted for feveral 

 days. I flood to the South Weft, and Weft South Weft, till eight 

 Monday 4. o'clock the ncxt momiug, when we tacked> and ftood to- 

 ward the Iliore. At noon, the latitude was 58° 22', and the 

 longitude 220" 45'. Mount Fair Weather, the peaked moun- 

 tain over the cape of the fame name, bore North, 63° Eaft; 

 the Olore under it twelve leagues diftant. This mountain, 

 which lies in the latitude of 58* 52', and in the longitude of 

 222°, and five leagues inland, is the higheft of a chain, or 

 rather a ridge, of moimtains, that rife at the North Weft 

 entrance of Crofs Sound, and extend to the North Weft, 

 in a parallel dire(5lion with the coaft. Thcfe mountains 

 were wholly covered with fnow, from the higheft fummic 

 down to the fea-coaft ; fome few places excepted, where 

 ■we could perceive trees rifing, as it were, out of the fea ; 

 and which, therefore, we fuppofed, grew on low land, or 

 2n iflands bordering upon the fliore of the continent *. 



At 



• According fo Mullcr, Ikciing fell in with the coaft of North America, in lati- 

 tude 58" 28' i and he dcicribcs its afpccl thus: " Vafpca du pays ctoit effrayant par 



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