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28th. Lefs wind in the morning than the day before, June, 

 with rain and fleet : continued fteering to the Northward. ^~" 



At five in the afternoon picked up a piece of drift wood, 

 which was fir, and not worm-eaten : founded in 290 fa- 

 thom ; no ground. At fix the longitude by the watch 

 was 7° 50' E : between ten and eleven at night, faw the 

 land to the Eaftward at ten or twelve leagues diftance. 

 At midnight, dip 81° 7', 



29th. The wind Northerly; flood clofe in with the 

 land. The coaft appeared to be neither habitable nor 

 accelTible ; it was formed by high, barren, black rocks, 

 without the leaft marks of vegetation ; in many places bare 

 and pointed, in other parts covered with fnow, appear- 

 ing even above the clouds : the vallies between the hio-h 

 cliffs were filled with fnow or ice. This profpefl: would 

 have fuggefted the idea of perpetual winter, had not 

 the mildnefs of the weather, the fmooth water, brlo-ht 

 funfhine, and conftant day-light, given a chearfulnefs 

 and novelty to the whole of this flriking and romantick- 

 fcene. 



I had an opportunity of making many obfervations near 

 the Black Point. Latitude obferved at noon 77^^59' 11". 

 The difference of latitude, from the lafl: obfervation 

 ©n the 27th at midnight to this day at noon, would 

 according to the old method of marking the log have been 



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