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A VOYAGE TO THE 



^ ^j^ ^- anchored in forty-three fathoms v/ater, over a bottom of 



« ' gravel mixed with fmall flones and fliells. The extremes 



Auguii. of Montague Ifland bore North, 45° Eaft, and North, 



■ *"^ ^^'''* 9° Eaft; the middle of the pafTage into Prince William's 

 Sound North, 2° Eaft ; and our diftance from the neareft 

 land three or four miles. During the afternoon and night 

 we had light airs, inclining to calm, with thick foggy 



Friday i&.. wcathcr. Ncxt morning a moderate breeze fprung up 

 from the Weft South Weft ; but the fog was fo thick, 

 that we could not fee any object half a cable's length from 

 the fhip. At fix o'clock in the afternoon, the fog rather 

 difoerfing, we weighed and came to fail ; but the day 

 being fo far fpent, 1 did not think it prudent to ftand in 

 for the paffage in the night ; therefore ftood to the South- 

 ward under an eafy fail. We had foundings in torty-four 

 fathoms water, with a bottom of grey fand ; but at mid- 

 night, in ftanding to the North Weft, we ftruck no 

 ground with ninety fathoms of line, and prefently after- 

 wards got no bottom wdth 106 fathoms. At nine o'clock 



Satsifday 19. ncxt moming, the fog clearing away over Montague 

 Iftand, we faw the North Eaft point bearing North,. 

 39° Eaft, four leagues diftant ; but light baffling winds 

 prevented our making any great progrefs towards it. 

 At four in the afternoon the extremes of Montap^ue 

 Iftand bore from North by Eaft to Eaft, the neareft 

 part about four miles diftant, and a rock which lies 

 to the South Weft of the Green Iftes, North, ii° Eaft. 

 A light breeze now fprung up at Eaft, with which we 

 fteered North North Eaft, and I began to conceive hopes 

 ■ that we fliould get into the paflage before night came on ; 

 in this however I w^as difappointed ; for as foon as we got 

 the paftlige open,, we took the current,, and the w:ind 



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