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«779- Northern extremity of Japan*. It is lower than any other 

 i -. 1< part; and, from the range of the high lands that were feen 

 over it from the maft-head, the coaft appeared evidently to 

 incline round to the Weftward. The North point of the in- 

 let we fuppofed to be Cape Nambu, and the town to be fitu- 

 ated in a break of the high land, toward which the inlet 

 feemed to direct itfelff. The country is of a moderate 

 height, confifts of a double range of mountains ; it abounds 

 with wood, and has a pleafing variety of hills and dales. 

 We faw the fmoke of feveral towns or villages, and 

 many houfes near the fliore, in pleafant and cultivated 

 Ctuations. 



During the calm, being willing to make the bed ufe of 

 our time, we put our fifhing lines overboard, in ten fathoms 

 water, but without any fuccefs. As this was the only 

 amufement our circumftances admitted, the difappoint- 

 ment was always very fenfibly felr, and made us look back 

 with regret to the cod-banks of the dreary regions we had 

 left, which had fupplicd us with fo many wholefome meals, 

 and, by the diverfion they afforded, had given a variety to 

 the wearifome fucceilion of gales and calms, and the tedi- 

 ous repetition of the fame nautical oblcivations. At two 

 in the afternoon, the breeze freshened from the Southward, 

 and, by four, had brought us under clofc-rcefcd toplliils, 



* The only authentic furvey of the F.aftcrn coaft of Japan, with which I am ac- 

 quainted, is that publifhed by Janfen in his Atlas, anJ compiled with great accuracy 

 from the charts and journals of the Callricom and Bra/kes. I have therefore adopted, 

 wherever the identity of the fixations could be nearly ascertained, the names given 

 in that map to the correfponding points and head- lands fecn by us along the coaft. 



Janfen places the- Northern extremity of Japan, in latitude 40' 15'. The point 

 feen by us was in latitude 40' 27'. 



f This town is called by Janfon, Nabo. 



and 



