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bour bore Weft North Weft one mile diftant, and the V/eft ^ ^^^^ ^^ 

 point of Weft Point Ifland, Weft half North, diftance ^-- — ' 

 three leagues. This harbour' is certainly one of the fincft January. 

 in the world, being ftieltered from' every wind, and eafy ""^^ ^°' 

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The wind being unfavourable, and the weather very 



hazy during the afternoon, we kept our fttuation ; but the 

 morning of the 21ft proving fine, we weighed and got under Situi-dayzi. 

 fail at feven o'clock. Soon afterwards, being diredly 

 oppofite the South Weft point of Weft Ifland, the gufts of 

 wind came on fo very heavy from the high land, that we 

 were obliged to clew all up and keep the ftiip large ; how- 

 ever, after we had rounded the point, and got clear of 

 the high land, we had a moderate fteady breeze from 

 Weft North Weft. The weather being very hazy, we 

 fteered South Weft by South, to make the Middle Iflands; 

 and at half paft ten o'clock the South end of Middle 

 Iflands bore South Eaft by Eaft half Eaft, one league 

 diftant, and Swan Ifland, South half Eaft, four leagues 

 diftant. At noon we had an obfervation, which gave 

 51" 44.' South latitude. In this fituation, Loop's Head 

 (which is the Eaft point of the entrance into Swan Ifland 

 Bay) bore South Eaft half Eaft, diftant about two leagues, 

 and the Wefternmoft of the Middle Iflands Eaft South 

 Eaft, three miles diftant. At one o'clock -we paffed 

 Loop's Head, and ftood into States Bay, fo named by 

 captain Benjamin Hufly, who firft difcovered it when on 

 a whaling voyage to thefe iflands fome years ago. 



Within this bay are feveral fine harbours, the principal 

 of which I fhall diftinguifh by the name of Hujfys Har- 



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