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'778- it ncceflary to anchor in twelve fathoms water, about two 



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<— .w—.^ miles from the coaft. Over the Weftern extreme is an 

 - elevated peaked hill, fituated in latitude 65° 36', and in 

 .longitude igz" 18'. A breeze at North Eafl: fpringing up 

 at eight o'clock, we weighed, and flood to the South Eafl:, 

 in hopes of finding a pafTage between the coaft on which 

 we had anchored on the 6th in the evening, and this North 

 Weft land. But we foon got into feven fathoms water, and 

 difcovered low land connedling the two coafts, and the high 

 land behind it. 



Being now fatisfied that the whole was a continued 

 coaft, I tacked, and flood away for its North Weft part, and 

 came to an anchor under it in feventeen fathoms water. 

 The weather, at this tirne, was very thick with rain ; bur, at 

 Sunday 9. four ucxt momiug, it cleared up, fo that we could fee the 

 land about us. A high fteep rock or ifland bore Weft by 

 South; another ifland to the North of it, and much larger, 

 bore Weft by North ; the peaked hill above mentioned, 

 South Eaft by Eaft ; and the point under it. South, 32" 

 Eaft. Under this hill lies fome low land, flretching out 

 toward the North Weft, the extreme point of which, bore 

 North Eaft by Eafl, about three miles diftant. Over, and 

 beyond it, fome high land was fcen, fuppofed to be a 

 continuation of the continent. 



This point of land, which I named Cape Prince of WaJes^ 

 is the more remarkable, by being the Weflern extremity 

 of all America hitherto known. It is fituated in the lati- 

 tude of 65° 46', and in the longitude of 191° 45'. The ob- 

 fervations by which both were determined, though made 

 in fight of it, were liable to fome fmall error, on ac- 

 count of the hazincfs of the weather. We thought we faw 



fome 



