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•778. On the 2 1 ft at noon, having made but little pro^rrefs, on 



June. 10 



account of faint winds and calms, Halibut-head, which lies 

 in the latitude of 54° 27', and in the longitude of 197°, bore 

 North i!4° Weft ; and the ifland on which it is, and called 

 Halibut Jjland^ extended from North by Eaft, to North Weft 

 by Weft, two leagues diftant. This ifland is feven or eight 

 leagues in circuit ; and, except the head, the land of it is 

 low and very barren. There are feveral fmall iflands near 

 it, all of the fame appearance ; but there fecmed to be a 

 palTage between them and the main, two or three leagues 

 broad. 



The rocks and breakers, before mentioned, forced us io 

 far from the continent, that we had but a diftant view of the 

 coaft between Rock Point and HaUbut Ifland. Over this 

 and the adjoining iflands we could fee the main land co- 

 vered with fnow; but, particularly, lome hills, whofe ele- 

 vated tops were feen, towering above the clouds, to a moft 

 ftupendous height. The moft South Wefterly of thefe 

 bills was difcovered to have a 'volcano^ which continually 

 threw up vaft columns of black fmoke. h ftands not far 

 from the coaft; and in the latitude of 54° 48', and the 

 longitude of 195° 45'. It is alfo remarkable, from its figure, 

 which is a complete cone ; and the volcano is at the very 

 fummit. We feldom faw this i^or indeed any other of thefe 

 mountains) wholly clear of clouds. At times, both bafe 

 and fummit would be clear ; when a narrow cloud, fome- 

 timcs two or three, one above another, would embrace the 

 middle, like a girdle ; which, with the column of fmoke, 

 rifing perpendicular to a great height out of its top, and 

 fjMcading before the wind into a tail of vaft length, made a 

 very pidlurefquc appearance. It may be worth remarking, 

 that the wind, at the height to which the fmoke of this 

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