470 AVOYAGETO 



«778- country of the Tfchutfki, or the North Eafl coafl: of Afiij 



Sepiember. 



\ , > and that thus far Beering proceeded in 1728; that is, to 



this head which Muller fays is called Senize Kamen, on ac- 

 count of a rock upon it, fliaped Hke a heart. But I con- 

 ceive, that Mr. Muller's knowledge of the geography of 

 thefc parts is very imperfcdt. There are many elevated 

 rocks upon this Cape, and poflibly fome one or other of 

 them may have the fhape of a heart. It is a pretty lofty 

 promontory, with a fleep rocky clifF facing the fea; and lies 

 in the latitude of 67° 3', and in the longitude of i8b° 11'. To 

 the Eaflward of it, the coafl is high and bold , but to the 

 Weftward it is low, and trends North North Weft, and North 

 Weft by Weft ; which is nearly its direction all the way to 

 Cape North. The foundings are every where the fame at 

 the fame diftance from the fliore, which is alfo the cafe on 

 the oppofite fliore of America. The greateft depth we found 

 in ranging along it was twenty-three fathoms. And, in the 

 nighr, or in foggy weather, the foundings are no bad guide 

 in failing along either of thefe fliores. 



Wcdnef. 2. At eight o'clock in the morning of the 2d, the moft ad- 

 vanced land to the South Eaft, bore South, 25' Eart ; and 

 from this point of view had the appearance of being an 

 ifland. But the thick fnow fliowers, which fucceeded one 

 another pretty faft, and fettled upon the land, hid great 

 part of the coaft at this time from our fight. Soon after, 

 the fun, whofe face we had not feen for near five days, 

 broke out at the intervals between the (howcrs ; and, in 

 fome meafure, freed the coaft from the fog, fo that we had 

 a fight of it, and found the whole to be conneJled. The wind 

 ftill continued at North, the air was cold, and the mercury 

 in the thermometer never rofe above 35", and was fometimes 

 as low as 30°. At noon the obicrvcd latitude was 66" 37', 



Cape. 



