82 LEAVE THE BAY OF GOO'S MERCY. 



1824. land all round it was so low that it was scarcely 

 Sept. visible from the deck at five miles' distance, 

 while the point which I had taken for Cape 

 Fullerton, and which I named after Mr. Ken- 

 dall, (assistant surveyor,) was higher than the 

 coast of Southampton hitherto seen, although 

 still low land. The extreme of the right side 

 of the bay was named after Lieutenant Ma- 

 nico. Keeping abreast of Cape Kendall, and 

 steering west in from ten to thirteen fathoms, 

 at six or eight miles off, at seven P.M. we 

 anchored in thirteen fathoms. The weather 

 was calm, with a heavy ground-swell setting for 

 the shore. The ship being now somewhat to 

 rights, I called the hands aft, and we offered 

 up our thanks and praises to God, for the 

 mercy he had shewn to us. All hands then 

 turned in, and the ship lay quiet for the 

 night. 



It will be seen by the reduced chart, that the 

 land of the Bay of God's Mercy, lies imme- 

 diately in the centre of the Welcome, which 

 is in consequence, considerably and most dan- 

 gerously narrowed by it. Hence it is evident 

 that although Southampton Island is laid 

 down with a continuous outline, it has in fact 

 never been seen, except at its southern ex- 

 treme. This but too clearlv established fact 



