JOURNAL. 



The Carcafs being becalmed very near the ifland In the 

 evening, Captain Lutvvidge took that opportunity of ob- 

 taining the following exa6t account of its extent, which 

 he communicated to me. 



"At lo PM, the body of MofFen Ifland bearing 

 *' E b S diftant two miles ; founded thirteen fathoms ; 

 " rocky ground, with light brown mud, and broken fliells. 

 *' Sent the mafler on lliore, who found the ifland to be 

 " nearly of a round form, about two miles in diameter, 

 " with a lake or large pond of water in the middle, all 

 " frozen over, except thirty or forty yards round the edge 

 " of it, which v/as water, with loofe pieces of broken ice, 

 ** and fo fhallow they walked through it, and went over 

 *' upon the firm folid ice. The ground between the fea 

 " and the pond is from half a cable's length to a quarter 

 ** of a mile broad, and the whole ifland covered with 

 " gravel and fmall Rones, without the leaft verdure or 

 " vegetation of any kind. They faw only one piece of 

 " drift wood (about three fathom long, with a root on it, 

 " and as thick as the Carcafs's mizen maft) which had 

 " been thrown up over the high part of the land, and lay 

 " upon the declivity towards the pond. They faw three 

 " bears, and a number of wild ducks, geefe, and other 

 " fea fowls, with birds nefls all over the ifland. There 

 " was an infcription over the grave of a Dutchman, who 

 " was buried there injuiy 1771. It was lowwaterat eleven 

 " o'clock when the boat landed, and the tide appeared to 

 " flow eight or nine feet ; at that time we found a current 

 2 " carrying 



