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fine and plentiful ; and at three in the afternoon, a breeze 

 , " '- i'prung up from the Weft, with which we flood along the 

 coaft to the Southward. A head land, bearing South by 

 Weft, now opened with Cape Gavareea, lying about feven 

 leagues beyond it. Eetwecn them are two narrow but deep 

 inlets, which may probably unite behind what appears to 

 be an high ifland. The coaft of thefe inlets is deep and 

 cliffy. The hills break abruptly, and form chafms and 

 deep vallies, which are well wooded. Between Cape Ga- 

 vercea (which lies in latitude 52 21', longitude 158 38') and 

 Awatfka Bay, there arc appearances of feveral inlets, which 

 at firft fight may flatter the mariner with hopes of finding 

 flicker and fafe anchorage: but the Ruffian pilots allured 

 us, that there are none capable of admitting veffels of the 

 fmalleft fize, as the low land fills up the fpaces that appear 

 vacant between the high projecting head-lands. Toward 

 evening, it again became calm ; but, at midnight, wc had 

 a light breeze from the North, which increafed gradually 

 Monday n. to a ftrong gale; and at noon, the next day, we found our- 

 felvcs in latitude 52° 4', longitude 158° 31', when Cape Ga- 

 vareea bore North by Weft one quarter Weft ; the South ex- 

 treme South Weft half Weft. Wc were at this time diftant 

 from the ncarcft fhorc about three leagues, and faw the 

 whole country inland covered with mow. A point of land 

 to the Southward, which wc place in latitude 51 54', formed 

 the North fide of a deep bay, called Achachinfkoi, in the 

 diftant bottom of which wc fuppofed a large river to empty 

 itfelf, from the land behind being fo unufually low. 

 South of Achachinfkoi Bay, the land is not Co rugged and 

 barren as that part of the country which wc had before 

 pafled. 



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