290 JOURNAL OF THE "ST. PAUL" 



July 10, 1741 



Latitude 53° 10'; from Vaua, longitude 51° 18', rhumb N89°28'E, 

 distance 1,852 knots. 



July II, 1741 

 Latitude 53° 21'; from Vaua, longitude 52° 04', rhumb N89°09'E, 

 distance 1,874 knots. 



July 12, 1741 

 Latitude by observation 54° 27'; from Vaua, longitude 55° 16', rhumb 

 N87°i5'E, distance 1,959 knots. 

 Saw a shore duck today. 



July 13, 1 74 1 



Latitude by observation 54° 41'; from Vaua, longitude 58° 03' 5"» 

 rhumb N86°59'E, distance 2,053 knots. 



Saw a shore duck, a gull, and two old floating trees. 



July 14, 1 741 



Latitude 55° 09' 6"; from Vaua, longitude 60° 41', rhumb N86°2i'E, 

 distance 2,145 knots. 



At the beginning of the first hour in the morning we noticed near the 

 ship three wide and long strips of very white water. We brought to and 

 took soundings, but no bottom at 100 fathoms. We drifted into the first 

 strip, which was about half a verst long and 200 fathoms wide, and later 

 into the other strips, which were smaller. The color of the water was 

 different, possibly owing to the movement of a school of fish; but we do 

 not know for certain the cause of it. As the night was dark and foggy 

 we were afraid of running ashore and therefore during the second and 

 third hours we sailed by the wind on the course W by N by the compass. 



At the third hour in the morning we saw a large number of shore ducks, 

 gulls, a whale, porpoises, and three medium-sized pieces of driftwood 

 that had been in the water for some time. 



July 15, 1 741 



Latitude 55° 36' 3"; from Vaua, longitude 61° 51', rhumb N85°42'E' 

 distance 2,178 knots. 



At the beginning of the fourth hour in the morning [i.e., 3 a. m.] we 

 sighted land, took its bearings, and went by the wind on a left tack. Shook 

 out reef in fore-topsail. At the ninth hour took soundings and at 60 

 fathoms got bottom of gray sand. The parts of the shore which we saw to- 

 day are quite mountainous. We took a number of soundings within three to 

 five knots from shore and got nowhere less than 60 fathoms, bottom gray 



