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land in fight, bore from Weft by North to North, twelve ^ "^^ ^ 

 or thh'teen leagues diftant. The latitude then was 58° 23' '^-v— -/ 

 North, and 149° 43' longitude. We continued during juiy.' 

 the afternoon to ftand in for the fhore, but the wind grew ^°'^'^^y '/• 

 light and variable ; fo that we gained ground very flowly. 



At noon on the i8th our latitude by obfervation was Tuefday is. 

 !;8° 29' North. Cape Elizabeth then bore North Weft by 

 Weft, diftant fifteen leagues ; the barren Ifles Weft North 

 Weft, about the fame diftance ; and Cape Saint Hermo- 

 genes South Weft, diftant twelve leagues. With a mo- 

 derate breeze at Weft North Weft, we ftood towards 

 Cape Saint Hermogenes ; but by fix o'clock the wind en- 

 tirely failed us, and it grew calm. Cape Saint Hermo- 

 genes then bore South Weft, fix leagues diftant. In that 

 fituation we had foundings in forty fathoms water, over a 

 bottom of gravel and dark fand. At nine o'clock a light 

 breeze fpringing up at South Eaft, I changed our courfe 

 from Weft North Weft to North Weft by Weft ; being 

 apprchenfive, fhould it again fall calm, that the tide 

 might draw us in between the Ifle Saint Hermogenes and 

 the land to the Weftward ; a fituation I wifhed to avoid, 

 particularly in the night and with light winds. During 

 the night our foundings varied greatly; when the Ifle Saint 

 Hermogenes bore South South Weft, fix leagues diftant, 

 we had forty-five fathoms water ; after the ifland was 

 brought to bear more to the Southward, we had from 

 fixty-five to feventy fathoms water, over a bottom of dark 

 grey muddy fand. 



At two o'clock in the morning of the 19th I again Wedner. t 

 fteered Weft North Weft, with a moderate breeze from 



O South 



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