Xlvi ADVERTISEMENT. 



the land, as a real tide. Neverthelefs, in the op- 

 pofite part of that fame Continent, I mean, at the 

 bottom of Hudfon's Bay, the flood, or the tide, 

 comes from the Weft, that is, from the interior of 

 the country. 



The following is what we find related, on this 

 fubjeél, in the Introdudion to Cook's third Voyage. 

 " Middleton, who commanded the expedition in 

 *' 1741 and 1742, into Hudfon's Bay, had pro- 

 ** ceeded farther North than any of his predecef- 

 *' fors in that navigation. He had, between the 

 " latitude of 65^ and 66^, found a very confider- 

 '* able inlet running VVeftward, into which he en- 

 " tered with his fhips; and, after repeated trials of 

 ** the tides, and endeavours to difcover the nature 

 '^ and courfe of the opening, for three weeks fuc- 

 ** ceffively, he found the flood conftantly to come 

 " from the Eaftward, and that it was a large river 

 *' he had got into, to which he gave the name of 

 *' Wager River. 



*' The accuracy, or rather the fidelity of this re- 

 ** port was denied by Mr. Dobbs, who contended 

 *' that this opening is a Strait, and not afre/Jj water 

 ^' river, and that Middleton, if he had examined 

 *' it properly, would have found apaflage through 

 " it to the Weftern American Ocean. The failure 

 *' of this Voyage, therefore, only ferved to furnifii 



*« out 



