1786. 

 September. 



Tuefday 5* 



A VOYAGE TO THE 



bad as to prevent us from making the neceffary prepara- 

 tions for efFeding that purpofe. 



At eight o'clock in the morning of the 5th we faw the 

 land making in two very high mountains, one of which 

 bore North North Weft half Weft, and the other North 

 North Weft half Weft, diftant fourteen or fifteen leagues. 

 Thefe mountains we ftippofed to be Mount Saint Elias and 

 Mount Fairweather, according to their fituation in captain 

 Cook's chart. We now had light variable airs, which 

 caufed us to ply occafionally, and retarded our progrefs 

 very much. Our latitude at noon was 58" 16' North, and 

 the longitude 140° 3'. 



In the afternoon, finding myfelf fo ill as not to be able 

 to keep the deck, I defired my firft mate to fpeak the 

 Queen Charlotte, and requeft captain Dixon to take the 

 Saturday 9. lead, which he accordingly did. In the forenoon of the 

 9th, Mount Fairweather Vv^as feen bearing Eaft North 

 Eaft. This mountain is .fituated a little to the North- 

 ward and Eaftward of Crofs Sound. At noon, having a 

 moderate breeze from the South Eaft by Eaft, with open 

 cloudy weather, we ftood in fhore to the North Eaft by 

 Eaft ; the land in fight extending from Eaft North Eaft 

 to North North Eaft half Eaft, and a low point North 

 Eaft half Eaft, four or five leagues diftant. Ou^ latitude 

 then was 57° 54', and the longitude 137* 58'. At two 

 o'clock, the wind being then at Eaft South Eaft, our 

 courfe was changed to North Eaft, in order to made Crofs 

 Sound ; but in a few hours afterwards, being well in 

 with itj captain Dixon hailed, and defired my firft mate 



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