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Farewell, they stood to the north-westward ; and in 

 four days saw land to the eastward, in latitude 

 64° 15', being the west side of Greenland. It con- 

 sisted of islands, some of them inhabited, and con- 

 tained many harbours, in one of which they an- 

 chored. They afterwards stretched across an open 

 sea to the north-westward, and again discover- 

 ed land in latitude 66° 40', on the 6th of August, 

 and anchored under a mount which they named 

 Mount Baleigh. To different parts of this coast, 

 since denominated Cumherlcmd Island, they ap- 

 plied names. The foreland to the northward of 

 them, they called Diefs Cape ; that to the south- 

 ward Cape JValsi7igham ; and a great bay between 

 the two capes they named Eocctey^ Sound ; and their 

 anchorage they called Totness Road. On the 11th 

 of August, having returned a little to the south- 

 ward, they sailed to the westward, in a strait 20 or 

 30 leagues in width, and free from ice, which has 

 since been denominated Citmherland Strait. The 

 cape which they rounded to enter this strait, they 

 called the Cape of God's Mercy, as being the place 

 of their first entrance for discovery. On proceed- 

 ing 60 leagues to the westward, they fell in with a 

 cluster of islands in the midst of the passage, which, 

 with the commencement of fog and unfavourable 

 weather, put an end to their discovery. After re- 

 maining six days in expectation of a change of 

 weather, they sailed homeward, and arrived safe at 

 Dartmouth on the SOth September. They met 



