APPENDIX 



June 26. 

 The vessel by which I expected to have sent this 

 letter proved to be his majesty's surveying schooner 

 Gulnare, commanded by Captain Bayfield of the 

 royal navy. They are taking a survey of this coast, 

 and making charts, which when completed will be 

 very thorough and accurate. They have already 

 passed one summer in this employment, and expect 

 to spend three or four more. A physician is on 

 board who is a good deal of a botanist; conchologist; 

 something of an ornithologist. Thus this coast has 

 been much more explored than we thought for, and 

 the field we expected to find unexplored has been 

 pretty well beaten. Mr. A. has been invited to dine 

 with Captain Bayfield, and actually ate roast mut- 

 ton on the coast of Labrador. He ascertained from 

 them that we are in Little Natashquam harbor, 

 Latitude 50° 12', longitude 9° 23 east of Quebec; 

 61° 53' east' of Greenwich. We are doing nothing 

 waiting for a west wind these last five days, for we 

 have explored the country very thoroughly, and 

 find almost nothing of interest. Snow and ice are 

 met with in sheltered spots every few steps, and as 

 we run down the coast we saw a good deal. 



Jidy 23. 



I resume my pen, to inform you of my continued 



health and happiness up to this date. We are now at 



the great Mecatina, whence we sail for Bon esper- 



ance by the first fair wind. We expect to find there 



several vessels from Boston, and in some of them 



* Error for west. 



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