Mensies' Journal. 



Off Coast of California. 



1T92. 

 April 23rd. 



Crescent City, 

 Bite of. 



April 24th. 



C. Blanco of 

 Vizcaino, 1603. 



Coos Co., 

 Oreg. 



Probably of the 

 Kusan Tribe. 



The ornament 

 of the well- 

 known 



name of Point S* George, And some naked rocks & break- 

 ers which are scatterd off it for about 7 miles were named 

 the Dragon Rocks. In the afternoon we stood round the 

 outside of / these Rocks where we had Soundings in 45 

 fathoms fine black sand, & again hauld in on the North side 

 of them where we deepend our water & on account of our 

 distance off the shore had but a very indistinct view of a 

 large Bay which formd on the North Side of the Point. 

 We coasted on till 10 in the evening when we hauld our 

 wind off shore under easy sail for the night. 



Point S* George is in the Latitude of 41° 46' North & 

 in the Longitude of 236° 00' East, the Land behind it is a 

 low flat tract of considerable extent densely wooded with 

 pines & has much the appearance of an Island from both 

 sides, but our distance from the shore has left this point 

 doubtfull. On the South side we saw the appearance of a 

 small opening & we do not conceive it at all improbable that 

 a small river may here disembogue itself as we saw a great 

 deal of white muddy water about the entrance of this appar- 

 ent opening & along shore to the Southward of it. Saw 

 also some Sea Otters this day. 



Early on the 24th we again stood in for the land & 

 fetching near to the place where we quitted it on the pre- 

 ceeding evening reassumd our course to the Northward 

 examining & surveying the Coast. In the forenoon we 

 passed on the outside of another group of naked rocks & 

 breakers 4 or 5 miles from the shore in the Latitude of 

 42° 28' North & had Soundings in 45 fathoms about 2 

 miles from them. Our Latitude at noon was 42° 36' North 

 & our Longitude 235° 44' East, the Northern extreme of 

 the Land stretched out into a low hammoc point bore N 

 22 W 5 or 6 leagues which will be nearly / the situation 

 of Cape Blanco. In the afternoon v/e had it chiefly calm 

 & finding the tide or a strong current setting us very fast 

 in shore we dropped anchor in 36 fathoms till a breeze 

 should spring up to favor our progress to the Northward 

 which happend towards midnight when we both weighd & 

 made Sail out from the Land. 



When we anchord two Canoes came off from the Shore, 

 one went along side of the Chatham & the other paddled 

 towards us without shewing any kind of dread or appre- 

 hension. When she came along side we invited her Crew 



