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jui^., on the 7th in the evening, but rather farther to the Eaft- 



""'^ ' ward J we had pafTed over the fame (hoal water we had 



met with that day, and were now in twenty fathom, 



rocky ground ; ftill amongil loofe ice, but not fo clofe as 



we had hitherto found it. 



25th. At feven in the morning we had deepened our 

 water to fifty-five fathom, and were ftill amongft the loofe 

 ice. At noon we had deepened our water to feventy 

 fathom, with muddy bottom, at the diftance of about 

 three miles from the neareft land. By two in the after- 

 noon we had pafl'ed Deer Field, which we had fo often 

 before attempted without fuccefs ; and finding the fea 

 open to the N F, had the moll: flattering profped: of 

 getting to the Northward. From this part, all the way 

 to the Eaftward, the coaft wears a different face; the 

 mountains, though high, are neither fo fteep or fharp- 

 pointed, nor of fo black a colour as to the Weftward. 

 It was probably owing to this remarkable difTerence in the 

 appearance of the (hore, that the old navigators gave to 

 places hereabouts the names of Red Beach^ Red Hill^ and 

 Red Cliff. One of them, fpeaking of this part, has de- 

 fcribed the whole country in a {^\f words : " Here (fays 

 " he] I faw a more natural earth and clay than any that I 

 " have feen in all the country, but nothing growing 

 " thereupon more than in other places." At two in the 

 afternoon we had little wind, and were in fight of Moffen 

 Ifland, which is very low and flat. 



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