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about the fame diftance from the contincnr, extended from '778- 

 South 26° Weft, to South 52" Weft. . \J^Z^ 



It was calm great part of the i8th ; and the weather was Thurfdayis. 

 clear and pleafant. We availed ourfelves of this, by making 

 obfervations for the longitude and variation. The latter was 

 found to be 21° 27' Eaft. There can be no doubt that there 

 is a continuation of the continent between Trinity Illand 

 and Foggy Cape, which the thick weather prevented us 

 from feeing. For fome diftance to the South Weft of that 

 Cape, this country is more broken or rugged than any part 

 we had yet feen, both with refpedl to the hills themfelves, 

 and to the coaft, which feemed full of creeks, or fmall in- 

 lets, none of which appeared to be of any great depth. Per- 

 haps, upon a clofer examination, fome of the projecting 

 points between thefe inlets will be found to be iflands. Every 

 part had a very barren afpedt ; and was covered with fnow, 

 from the fummits of the higheft hills, down to a very fmall 

 diftance from the fea-coaft. 



Having occafion to fend a boat on board the Difcovery, 

 one of the people in her fhot a very beautiful bird of the 

 awk kind. It is fomewhat lefs than a duck and of a black 

 colour, except the fore-part of the head, which is white; 

 and from above and behind each eye arifes an elegant yel- 

 lowifli- white creft, revolved backward as a ram's horn. The 

 bill and feet are red. It is, perhaps, the a/ca moiiochroa of 

 Steller, mentioned in the Hiftory of Kamtfchatka*. I think 

 the firft of thefe birds was feen by us, a little to the South- 

 ward of Cape St. Hermogenes. From that time, we gene- 

 rally faw fome of them every day ; and fomcrimes in large 



* P. 153. Eng. Tranf. 



3 G 2 - flocks. 



