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'779-' We had light airs from the South Weft, till noon of the 



Auguft. ° 



v_ — ^-^j i ft of Auguft, at which time our latitude, by obfervation, 

 was 64 23', longitude 189 15', the coaft of Alia extended 

 from North Weft by Weft to Weft half South, diftant about 

 twelve leagues ; and the land to the Eaftward of Saint Lau- 



Monday 2. rence bore South half Weft. On the 2d, the weather be- 

 coming clear, we faw the fame land at noon, bearing from 

 Weft South Weft half Weft to South Eaft, making in a num- 

 ber of high hummocks, which had the appearance of fe- 

 parate iflands ; the latitude, by obfervation, was 64 3', 

 longitude 189* 28', and depth of water feventeen fathoms. 

 We did not approach this land fufficicntly near to deter- 

 mine, whether it was one ifland, or compofed of a clufter 

 together. Its Wefternmoft part we patted July 3d, in the 

 evening, and then fuppofed to be the ifland of Saint Lau- 

 rence ; the Eafternmoft we ran clofe by in September laft 

 year, and this we named Clerke's Ifland, and found it to 

 confift of a number of high cliffs, joined together by very 

 low land. Though we miftook, the laft year, thofe cliffs 

 for feparate iflands, till we approached very near the fliore, 

 I fhould flill conjecture, that the ifland Saint Laurence was 

 diftinct from Clerke's Ifland, fince there appeared a conGder- 

 ablc fpace between them, where we could not perceive the 

 fmalleft rifing of ground. In the afternoon, we alfo faw 

 what bore the appearance of a fmall ifland, to the North 

 Eaft of the land, which was fecn at noon, and which, from 

 the hazinefs of the weather, we had only fight of once. 

 We cflimatcd its diftance to be nineteen leagues from the 

 ifland of Saint Laurence, in a North Eaft by Eaft half Eaft 



TuefJay 3 . direction. On the 3d, we had light variable winds, and di- 

 rected our courfe round the North Weft point of the ifland 



WeJnef. 4. of Saint Laurence. On the 4th, at noon, our latitude, by 



account, 



