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with the head-lands (or bluff heads) that rise to the 

 northward of the first small bay, or bending, observ- 

 able on the east side of the entrance. When arrived 

 to the north of the north head-land of the eastern 

 harbour, the shoal is past. 



In sailing into the harbour of Saint Peter and 

 Saint Paul, and approaching the village, it is neces- 

 sary to keep in close to the eastern shore, in order to 

 avoid a spit, which runs from the head-land to the 

 south-west of the town. 



Before I proceed to give a table of the result of 

 our astronomical observations at this place, it may be 

 proper to acquaint the reader, that the time-keeper 

 we had on board the Resolution, which was an exact 

 copy of that invented by Mr. Harrison, and executed 

 by Mr. Kendal, stopped on the 27th of April, a few 

 days before we first came into Awatska Bay. It had 

 been always kept with the most scrupulous care 

 during the voyage, having never been trusted for a 

 moment into any other hands than those of Captain 

 Cook and mine. No accident could, therefore, have 

 happened to it, to which we could attribute its stop- 

 ping; nor could it have arisen from the effects of in- 

 tense cold, as the thermometer was very little below 

 the freezing point. As soon as the discovery was 

 made, I consulted with Captain Clerke what course 

 it was best to pursue; whether to let it remain as it 

 was, entirely useless to us, for the purpose of satisfy- 

 ing the curious at home, where it was sure of being 

 examined by proper judges, or suffer it to be in- 

 spected by a seaman on board, who had served a re- 

 gular apprenticeship to a watchmaker in London ; 

 and appeared sufficiently knowing in the business, 

 from his success in cleaning and repairing several 

 watches since we had been out. The advantages 

 we had derived from its accuracy made us extremely 

 unwilling to be deprived of its use during the re- 

 maining part of the voyage ; and that object ap- 

 peared to us of much greater importance than the 



