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of 69° 32', and in the longitude of 195' 48' ; and as the main '778- 

 ice was at no great diltance from us, it is evident, that it » "^'" ' j 

 now covered a part of the fea, which, but a few days before, 

 had been clear ; and that it extended farther to the South, 

 than where we firfl: fell in with it. It muft not be under- 

 llood, that I fuppofed any part of this ice which we had 

 feen, to be fixed ; on the contrary, I am well afTured, that 

 the whole was a moveable mafs. 



Having but little wind, in the afternoon, I fent the Mafler 

 in a boat, to try if there was any current ; but he found 

 none. I continued to fleer in for the American land, until 

 eight o'clock, in order to get a nearer view of it, and to look 

 for a harbour ; but feeing nothing like one, I flood again to 

 the North, with a light breeze Weflerly. At this time, the 

 coaft extended from South Weft to Eafl; the neareft part 

 four or five leagues diftant. The Southern extreme feemed 

 to form a point, which was named Cape Lijbume. It lies in 

 the latitude of 6(f 5', and in the longitude of 191' 42', and 

 appeared to be pretty high land, even down to the fea. But 

 there may be low land under it, which we might not fee, 

 being not lefs than ten leagues from it. Every where elfe, 

 as we advanced Northward, we had found a low coaft, 

 from which the land rifes to a middle height. The coaft 

 now before us was without fnow, except in one or two 

 places ; and had a grecnilh hue. But we could not perceive 

 any wood upon it. 



On the 22d, the wind was Southerly, and the v/eather Saturday 

 moftly foggy, with fome intervals of funfliine. At eight in 

 the evening it fell calm, which continued till midnight, 

 when we heard the furge of the fea againft the ice, and had 



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