122 AVOYAGETOTHE 



CHAP. 



VI. 



1786. 



near an hour longer than I expeded. When at anchor, 

 the South point of Trading Bay bore North 46° Weft. 

 Auguii. The extremes of the ifland on the Weftern fhore South 65"^ 

 Weftj and South 30' Weft, diftant from the neareft land on 

 Friday II. the Eaft ftiorc about two leagues. Next morning at half 

 paft five o'clock, the flood-tide being done, we weighed and 

 made fail with a light breeze at South South Weft, and car- 

 ried foundings along fhore about two leagues diftant, from 

 fifteen to twenty fathoms, over a fhingly bottom. At eight 

 o'clock, the North point of an ifland on the Weftern. ftiore 

 bore North 84° Weft, fix leagues, and fome rocks that are 

 fituated two miles from the Eaftern fhore, South 53° Eaft, 

 three leagues dift:ant. Thefe rocks make their appearance 

 at all times of tide, yet are not noticed in captain Cook's 

 chart of the river, but are in Mr. Edgar's, who was mafter 

 of the Difcovery ; he I think has laid them down about a 

 league too far to the Southward. 



We tacked at nine o'clock, and foon afterwards law a: 

 number of canoes, which at firft I concluded were traders 

 coming off to the fhip ; but on looking at them through, 

 a glafs, I perceived two Ruftian boats amongft them; they 

 were about a league to the Northward of us, and appeared 

 to be ftanding over for the ifland on the Weftern fhore :: 

 juft at this time the breeze from the South South Weft 

 frefhening, the boats fet their fails, and pufhed over for 

 the ifland. They no doubt were the fame party we met 

 at Coal Harbour ; and probably the Fador's intelligence, 

 refpeding their having a fettlement on the Weft fide of 

 that ifland, was true. 



Having 



