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ficiently accurate for the guidance of the Navi- 
gator, they are omitted in this narrative. 
On the 28th we discovered the land to the 
southward of Cape Tatnam, which is so ex- 
tremely low, that the tops of the trees were first 
discerned; the soundings at the time were seven- 
teen fathoms, which gradually decreased to five 
as the shore was approached. Cape Tatnam is 
not otherwise remarkable than as being the point 
from which the coast inclines rather more to the 
westward towards York Factory. : 
The opening of the morning of the 30th pre- 
sented to our view the anchorage at York Flats, 
and the gratifying sight of a vessel at anchor, 
which we reeognised, after an anxious examina- 
tion, to be the Wear. A strong breeze blowing 
from the direction of the Flats, caused the water 
to be more shallow than usual on the sandy bar, 
which lies on the seaward side of the anchorage, 
and we could not get over it before two P.M., 
when the tide was nearly at its height. : 
Immediately after our arrival, Mr. Williams, 
the Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s 
posts, came on board, accompanied by the Com- 
mander of the Wear. The pleasure we felt in 
welcoming the latter gentleman can easily be 
imagined, when it is considered what reason we 
had for the apprehension that he and his crew 
Von. I. =< D 
