350 cook's voyage to oct. 



Cape Gavareea (which lies in latitude 52° 21', 

 longitude 158° 38') and Awatska Bay, there are 

 appearances of several inlets, which at first sight 

 may flatter the manner with hopes of finding 

 shelter and safe anchorage: but the Russian pilots 

 assured us, that there are none capable of admitting 

 vessels of the smallest size, as the low land fills up 

 the spaces that appear vacant between the high 

 projecting head-lands. Toward evening, it again 

 became calm ; but at midnight we had alight breeze 

 from the north, which increased gradually to a 

 strong gale ; and at noon the next day, we found 

 ourselves in latitude .52° 4', longitude 158° 31', when 

 Cape Gavareea bore north by west one quarter 

 west ; the south extreme south-west half west. 

 We were at this time distant from the nearest 

 shore about three leagues, and saw the whole 

 country inland covered with snow. A point of 

 land to the southward, which we place in latitude 

 5\° 54', formed the north side of a deep bay, called 

 Achachinskoi, in the distant bottom of which we 

 supposed a large river to empty itself, from the land 

 behind being so unusually low. South of Acha- 

 chinskoi Bay, the land is not so rugged and barren 

 as that part of the country which we had before 

 passed. 



During the night, we had variable winds and 

 rain ; but at four in the morning of the 12th, it 

 began to blow so strong from the north-east, as 

 to oblige us to double-reef the top-sails, and make 

 it prudent to stand more off the shore. At six, 

 the w r eather becoming more moderate and fair, 

 we again made sail, and stood in for the land. 

 At noon, our latitude was 51° 0', longitude 157° 25'. 

 The northernmost land in sight, being the point we 

 have mentioned as first opening with Cape Gavareea, 

 bore north north-east. A head-land with a flat top, 

 which is in latitude 51° 27', and makes the south 

 point of an inlet, called Girowara, bore north one 





