Mcnaics' Journal. 



Oregon Coast. ii 



About 6 or 7 miles to the Southward of this Cape we 

 observd a small break in the shore like a creak or open- 

 ing, but in passing it, it did not seem deserving of much 

 consideration. 



In the evening we again hauld out from the land with 

 the wind Southerly which encreasd in the night time to a 

 very fresh gale attended with frequent showers of rain & 

 lightning so that we were hardly able to preserve our station. 



We this day tracd about 26 leagues of the Coast which 

 assumd a very different appearance from any part we had 

 yet seen of it, for to the Northward of Cape Blanco the 

 shore forms for the most part a fine white sandy Beach 

 which here & there rose into elevated banks among the trees 

 that might easily be mistaken for snow or white cliffs, as 

 was the case we conceivd in some measure with Cap* Cook, 

 for that part of the Coast we quitted this evening agrees so 

 exactly with his description of it, that it would seem even 

 as if his snow had not yet dissolvd. — The Country inland 

 appeard low & almost level nothing to be seen but one 

 extended forest of Pine trees as far back as the eye could 

 reach, but from Cape Blanco to the Southward / as far as 

 Point S* George the shore appears very broken rocky & 

 indented, here & there lind with detachd peaked rocks & 

 rising suddenly to form an uneven hilly country almost every 

 where coverd wnth wood. 



We stood in again for the land early on the morning of 

 the 26th & being a little hazy had but a very indistinct view 

 of this part of the Coast besides we were now a few leagues 

 to the northward of where w'e quitted it on the preceeding 

 evening. We bore up along shore & soon after passed Cape 

 Perpcfua which forms a naked low projecting hilloc, & as 

 the day advancd the breeze freshend from the Southward 

 & became very squally which indued us to edge out a little 

 from the land & at noon though we were about the Latitude 

 of Cape Foulweather & the land still in view yet the haze 

 over it & our distance from the shore prevented our having 

 a distinct view of the Cape. In the afternoon it still blew 

 a fresh gale from the South West quarter & squally weather 

 with rain & hail, but towards evening it moderated a little 

 & we gradually edged in again nearer the land for a low 

 point round which we had some expectations of finding a 

 harbour but in this we were disappointed it being apparently 



1792. 



April 25th. 

 CoquUle River. 



April 26tli. 



Perpetna and 

 Fiiulweather, 

 Capes. 

 Cook, 1778. 



