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1778. at laft to the North, clear of the flioals, ftill the attempt 



luly. 



Ci-v~.^ would have been attended with vaft rifk ; and if we fliould 

 not have fuccceded, there would have been a confiderable 

 lofs of time that could ill be fpared. Thefe reafons induced 

 me to return by the way in which we came j and fo get 

 without the fhoals. 



A number of lunar obfervations made by Mr. King and my- 

 felf, on this, and the four preceding days, and all reduced to 

 thefliip'sprefentftation, gave the longitude, 197° 45' 48" 



By the time-keeper it was - 197" 26' 48" 



Our latitude was _ _ - ^g" 37' 30" 



Variation by the], iv/i ^ « „ , ^„^ 



mean of three fpf;•^\^^ \lm^^n 22' 56' 5i"Eaft. 



\P.M. 22 19 40') 

 compalies, J 



The Nordiernmofl part of the coaft that we could fee 

 from this ftation, I judged to lie in the latitude of 60". It 

 feemcd to form a low point, which obtained the name of 

 Shoal Nefs. 



The tide of flood fets to the North, and the ebb to the 

 South. It rifes and falls, upon a perpendicular, five or fix. 

 feet; and I reckon it to be high-water, on the full and change 

 days, at eight o'clock. 



THefJay 21. Having weighed at three in the morning on the 21ft, with 

 a light breeze at North North Weft, we fleered back to the 

 Southward, having three boats ahead to dirc(5l us. Bur, 

 ' notv/ithftanding this precaution, we found more difiicul- 

 ty in returning than we had in advancing; and at laft 

 were obliged to anchor, to avoid running upon a flioalj, 

 ' which had only a depth of five feet. While we lay here, 



twenty-feven men of the country, each in a canoe, came 

 off to the fliips, which they approached with great caution;, 



hollowing 



