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with wooden pins, but moftly with thongs or lafhings of '7?3. 



whale-bone, which made me think it was entirely the > .~..L> 



workmanfliip of the natives. 



At three o'clock, the next morning, we weighed, and ThurfdayS. 

 proceeded to the North Weftward, with a light Southerly 

 breeze. We had an opportunity to obferve the fun's meri- 

 dian altitude for the latitude; and to get altitude, both in 

 the forenoon and afternoon, to obtain the longitude by the 

 time-keeper. As we had but little wind, and variable withal, 

 we advanced but flowly; and, at eight in the evening, 

 finding the fliips fettle fait toward the land intoflioal water^ 

 I anchored in feven fathoms, about two leagues from the 

 coaft. Sledge Ifland bore South, 5rEafl:, ten leagues diftant j 

 and was feen over the South point of the main land. 



Soon after we had anchored, the weather, which had 

 been mifty, clearing up, we faw high land extending from 

 North, 40" Eaft, to North, 30° Weft, apparently disjoined 

 from the coaft, under w^hich we were at anchor, which- 

 feemed to trend away North Eaft. At the fame time, an 

 illand was feen bearing North 81° Weft, eight or nine 

 leagues diftant. It appeared to have no great extent, and 

 was named King^s IJlatid. We rode here till eight o'clock, 

 next morning, when we weighed, and ftood to the North Friday 7. 

 Weft. The weather clearing up toward the evening, we 

 got fight of the North Weft land, extending from North by 

 Weft, to North Weft by North, diftant about three leagues. 

 We fpent the night making Ihort boards, the weather 

 being mifty and rainy, with lictle wind ; and, between four 

 and Ave of the morning of the 8th, we had again a fight Saturday&. 

 of the North Weft land ; and, foon after, on account of a 

 calm,, and a current driving us toward the fliore,, we found 



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