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fully enjoyed, as if we had been already in fight of the *779- 

 Land's-end. «. — - — -» 



On the 28th, we kept working to windward with a frefh. Wednef. *8, 

 breeze from the South Eaft, having the coaft of Afia ftill in 

 fight. At four in the morning, the Cape, which on the 

 authority of Muller, we have called Serdze Kamen, bore 

 South South Weft, diftant fix or feven leagues. We faw, in 

 different places, upon the tops of the hills, which rife in- 

 land on both fides of the Cape, protuberances of a confider- 

 able height, which had the appearance of huge rocks, or 

 pillars of ftone. 



On the 29th, the wind Mill continuing contrary, we made Thurfdayjp* 

 but flow progrefs to the Southward. At midnight we had 

 thick, foggy weather, accompanied with a breeze from the 

 North North Weft, with which we directed our courfe to the 

 South South Eaft, through the ftraits, and had no land in 

 fight till feven in the evening of the 30th; when the fog Friday 30. 

 clearing away, we faw Cape Prince of Wales bearing South 

 by Eaft, diftant about fix leagues; and the ifland St. Diomede 

 South Weft by Weft. We now altered our courfe to the Weft, 

 and at eight made the Eaft Cape, which, at midnight, bore 

 Weft by North, diftant four leagues. In the night we fleered 

 to the South South Weft, with a frefh Weft North Wefterly 

 breeze; and, at four in the morning of the 31ft, the Eaft Saturday 31. 

 Cape bore North North Eaft, and the North Eaft part of the 

 bay of St. Laurence (where we anchored the laft year) Weft 

 by South, irs diftance being four leagues. As we could not 

 have worked up to windward without a greater wafte of 

 time, than the object appeared to deferve, we ran acrofs the 

 bay, regretting much, as we pa fled along, the lofs of this 

 opportunity of paying a fecond vifit to the Tfchutfki. At 



noon 



