Pass Cape York. 



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months ago. The day has been very hazy and 

 cloudy, which entirely prevents ray completing' my 

 observations along this coast. We are obliged to 

 keep clear of the ice, and a long distance from the 

 shore. I much fear nothing in the way of exploring 



Cape Hay. 



will now be done by this ship, and that we shall go 

 straight down Baffin's Bay, not even going through 

 Navy Board Inlet, which the captain always said 

 he should do, if it were only for the sake of getting 

 some salmon. At 7.30 this evening we passed 

 Cape York, and shall probably be off Cape Hay to- 

 morrow at noon, when the captain must determine 



