302 JOURNAL OF THE "ST. PAUL" 



September 2, 17 41 



Latitude 52° 47' 5"; from Vaua, longitude 23° 44', rhumb S E, 



distance 860.3 knots. 



September 3, 17 41 



Latitude 52° 21' 5"; from Vaua, longitude 23"^ 18', rhumb S87°53'E, 

 distance 849 knots. 



September 4, 1741 



Latitude by observation 52° 23'; from Vaua, longitude 21° 10', rhumb 

 S88°i9'E, distance 770 knots. 



At the beginning of the seventh hour in the morning we sighted land 

 ahead of us and a little to the left, but owing to the mist we could not 

 observe it carefully. At noon the land^^ which we sighted at the seventh 

 hour appears now NE by N, 40 knots, N by K^K, 30 knots; mountains 

 (not very high) in NNW, 25 knots; high land, on which there are several 

 high peaks, in NNW^W, 25 knots; a large round, snow-covered 

 volcano NW by N^W; the land ends W by N^W, distant about 50 

 knots. Sailed past a dead whale on which were many sea birds called 

 fulmars.i^ 



September 5, 174.1 



Latitude by observation 51° 53'; from Vaua, longitude 19° 55', rhumb 

 S85°22'E, distance 730.4 knots. 



September 6, 17 41 



Latitude 51° 29'; from Vaua, longitude 18° 58', rhumb S83°o8'E, 

 distance 702.5 knots. 



September 7, 17 41 

 Latitude 51° 23'; from Vaua, longitude 16° 29', rhumb S8i°34'E, 

 distance 613.7 knots. 



September 8, 1741 



* Latitude 51° 36'; from Vaua, longitude 12° 20', rhumb S8o°2i'E, 

 distance 459.4 knots. 



From six in the morning until noon we saw floating sea cabbage, also 

 many shore ducks and gulls flying. 



September 9, 17 41 



Latitude by observation 51° 40'; from Vaua, longitude 11° 28' 5", 

 rhumb S79°39'E, distance 429 knots. 



At the ninth hour in the evening paid out 75 fathoms of cable. Took 

 soundings, 25 fathoms; bottom fine gray sand. Heard the breaking of 



1^ Islands of Four Mountains. 



17 Procellaria glacialis glupischa Stejneger 



