294 JOURNAL OF THE "ST. PAUL" 



At the eighth hour in the afternoon we saw a high bare cape which at 

 the third hour bore SSE^E, distant 12 knots; now it bears SE by S.'^E, 

 15 knots. 



At the fourth hour in the morning we saw that the small far-away cape 

 which at the eighth hour bore SE by S^E now bears SE^E, distant 25 

 knots; the mountain which at the fifth hour bore N by E^E, 24 knots, 

 is now NE^E, 12 knots. Now the mountains extend NKW. 



July 20, 1741 

 During the twenty-four hours the wind shifted about; it was foggy, 

 cloudy, rainy. The heavy wind and rain carried us away from the place 

 where the boat had gone and from which it had not yet returned. 



July 21, 1 7 41 

 Boat has not yet returned. We worked hard to come closer to the 

 place to which it had gone. 



July 22, 1741 

 No boat. We went near the place into which it had been ordered. 



July 23, 1741 



From about the first hour in the afternoon we kept parallel to the 

 coast and, according to our opinion, close to the place where the boat 

 went; but owing to the heavy fog we could not identify the landmarks. 



At the second hour we thought we were opposite the exact spot where 

 the boat was, and to summon it we fired two guns. Depth of water 70, 

 75, and 80 fathoms; bottom of sand and large rocks. 



At the fourth hour the fog lifted a little and we noticed smoke on the 

 beach E by NJiE, 5 knots, and we supposed that it was made by our 

 men because during all the time that we followed the shore we saw no 

 human habitations, no boats, and no fires. Took soundings and got 

 80 fathoms. 



At the seventh hour wind very light, and the air clear from fog, and 

 the landmarks of the place into which the boat was sent stood out. The 

 fire burned in the very place into which the boat went, and we took it 

 for granted that it was kept up by our men, and we fired seven times 

 at intervals as a signal for them to come out; but no boat appeared, 

 although the weather was fair. We noticed, however, that after we sig- 

 nalled the fire on the beach grew bigger. 



At the tenth hour in the evening we hung out a lantern at the ensign 

 staff so that the boat might see us if it came out. 



Midnight. The fire on the beach bore ENE^E. 



At the ninth hour in the morning no fire on shore; half hour later a 

 little smoke in ENEJ^E, a °d then it again became invisible. 



