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'778- At eight in the evcnin?, we flood in for the land, till we 



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were within a league of the above-mentioned fmall iflands. 

 The WeRernmoft part of the continent now in fight, being a 

 low point facingTrinity Ifland, and which we called CapcTr'mi- 

 ly, now bore Weft North V/cft. Inthis fituation, having tacked 

 in fifty-four fathoms water, over a bottom of black fand, 

 we flood over for the ifland, intending to work up between 

 it and the main. The land to the Weftward of Two-headed 

 Point, is not fo mountainous as it is to the North Eaft of it, 

 nor does fo much fnow lie upon it. There are, however, 

 a good many hills confidcrably elevated; but they are dif- 

 joined by large traces of flat land that appeared to be per- 

 fectly dcflitute of wood, and very barren. 



As we were ftanding over toward the ifland, we met two 

 men in a fmall canoe, paddling from it to the main. Far 

 from approaching us, they fcemcd rather to avoid it. The 

 wind now began to incline to the South ; and v»re had rea- 

 fon to expec% that it would foon be at South Eafl. Expe- 

 rience having taught us, that a South Eaflerly wind was 

 here generally, if not always, accompanied by a thick fog, 

 I was afraid to venture through between the ifland and the 

 continent, left the pailage fliould not be accompliflied before 

 night, or before the thick weather came on; when we fliould 

 be obliged to anclior, and, by that means, lofe the advan- 

 tage of a fair wind. Thefe reafons induced me to ftretch 

 out to fea ; and we paflx^d two or three rocky iflots that lie 

 near the Eafl end of Trinity Ifland. At four in the after- 

 noon, having weathered the ifland, we tacked, and fleered 

 Weft, Southerly, with a frcfli gale at South South Kaft ; 

 which, before midnight, veered to the South Eaft ; and was, 

 as ufual, attended with mifly, drizzling, rainy weather. 



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