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an Octagon Form, which appear to have been so erected to form Bas- 
tions but are now converted into dwelling Kooms and Warehouses. It 
is two Storeys high. The Roof which forms a Sort of Walk or Look out 
is covered with Lead on which there is a Flag Staff, rigged as a Mast. 
In the Centre of the Building is the Hudson Bay Arms painted by Mr. 
Cooke. Within the Stockade are several Buildings, a small Garden 
and the Powder Magazine which is a wooden Erection covered with 
Lead. It is in a most dangerous Situation and should be removed. 
The Fort may be about a hundred yards from the River. On landing 
there is a Warehouse to the right and one to the left. The former is 
called the Colony Warehouse. The Banks may be 60 or 70 Feet high 
and are of so loose and clayey a Nature that they are continually falling 
in. As a Fortification it is a Place of no Strength. There are twelve 
small Cannon within the Stockades and four six-pounders before the 
main Entrance, which were sent out for the Colony but which cannot 
be transported there by River because of their Weight and the Shallow 
Navigation of the Rivers. The same may be said of the Iron for the 
Corn Mill: 
Friday the 14th of September. At two o’clock in the Morning 
Captain Davison prepared for sailing. At 9.30 the Guns from York 
Fort announced the Departure of Governor Williams for Cumberland 
House where he winters. At 10 we were under Weigh. The Fort 
saluted us with five Guns which we returned with as many. Left Five 
Fathom Hole, Wind S.E., in beautiful Weather. At 12 Cape Tatnam 
bears East ; low Shore which continues to James Bay and is a dan- 
gerous Navigation, shoal Water. Lat. 57.10, Lon. 93. 
Saturday, the 15th of September. Wind S.E. and E.S.E. Fine 
weather. Short unpleasant Sea, producing Sea-sickness. (Five 
Fathom Hole to Mansfield 165 Leagues, Mansfield to Cape Diggs 18 
Leagues, Cape Diggs to Resolution 136 Leagues, Resolution to Orkneys 
660 Leagues.) 
Lat. 58.53, Lon. 89.45. 
Sunday the 16th September. Wind E.N.E. and N. Lat. 59.30, 
Lon. 86.50. 
Monday the 1%th September. Wind E.N.E. Cold Weather. 
Thermometer 31°. Lat. 60, Lon. 85. 
Tuesday the 18th [September]. Wind E.N.E. and N. Cold 
Weather. Thermometer 31°. Lat. 60, Lon. 84.30. 
Wednesday the 19th [September]. Wind E. Very cold. Abreast 
Ge the ihe: Hans mountainous Rocks, Lio 59 and 60 Degrees 

1 For further particulars about York Fort, see AP [F.] 
