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ef the ocean, so that we had now all the proof which 
could be obtained, that we had reached the sea, 
aud by that means fully accomplished the object 
of our expedition. 
And as we may fairly claim the honour of being 
the discoverers of this coast, Mr. Parry took this op- 
portunity of establishing our right to that honour, 
by naming the different remarkable places that were 
seen on the occasion. The hills I mentioned as 
having been seen on the night of the fifth instant, 
bearing then, from north by east, to the eastward 
of us, appear now to be a separate island, which 
he has named Sabine Island. The northern ex- 
tremity of the blue hills which have been so fre- 
quently mentioned in the course of our journey, 
he has done me the honour of naming after me, 
Cape Fisher. It bore N. W. of us, distant, as 
near as we could judge at the time, six or seven 
leagues ; from the view that we had of it, it ap- 
peared to be very bold, and of a considerable 
height. The point on which we pitched our tents, 
he named after one of the gentlemen of the party, 
Point Nias, and another point of land, a few miles 
to the eastward of this, he named Point Reid, 
after another gentleman of our number; and a large 
bay, lying between Cape Fisher and Point Nias, 
was named after the ships, Hecla and Griper’s 
Bay. ‘hese were the different places that were 
distinguished with names on this occasion, and as 
the weather was fine and clear in the evening, we 
had a very excellent view of them, and angles 
were taken, from which their situation will be 
correctly laid down in the chart, or rather the map 
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