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c ^if ^' At noon a frefli breeze came on from the South South 



*— - — ' Weft ; which being diredlj againft us, we ftood in again, 



July." and at one o'clock came to anchor near our former fitua- 



Priiay 27- ^-Qj^^ There being no probabiHty of our getting out to 



fea that afternoon, I went on fhore, accompanied by 



MelTs. Hayward, Hill, and Bryant, in the whale-boat 



and yawl ; and near a freih-water creek which lies in the 



Southern part of the bay, we hauled the feine, and caught 



a quantity of falmon fufficient to load both the boats, and 



afterwards returned on board. 



Saturday 28. DuRiNG the 28th the Wind continued to blow frefh 

 from the South South Weft, which kept us at anchor ; 



Sunday 29. but at fevcn o'clock the next morning a light breeze 

 fpringing up from the Northward, we weighed, and with 

 the boats a- head towed out of the bay. The wind pre- 

 fently fhifted to the Southward, which greatly retarded 

 our progrefs, and at fix o'clock in the afternoon the ebb- 

 tide being done, we anchored in the South bay in twenty- 

 four fathoms water, over a bottom of muddy fand. 



Monday 30. At four o'clock ncxt mornino; a light breeze cominp- 

 on from the Eaftward, we weighed and got under fail. 

 At fix o'clock, however, the ebb being done, and the 

 wind hauling to the Southv/ard, we were obliged to an- 

 chor in twenty-one fathoms water, over a black fandy 

 bottom ; the South point of the bay bearing South three 

 quarters Weft, two miles, and the South point of fome 

 low land lying off the entrance into the Prince of Wales's 

 Paflage Weft by South, three Jeagues diftant. In this 

 Situation it was low-water at 6" 45"", the moon 15" 14' old. 

 Scon alter we ai rived in the bay, three of our old ao- 



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