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o'clock Mount Fainveather bore North Weft by Weft, ^ ^^'^ ^• 

 twelve leagues diftant. What was taken for a wide open- ' — >^ — ' 

 ing in the land on the preceding evening now appeared Auguii. 

 to be joined by low land, as we could from the maft- °° ^^ 

 head fee the low land extending from fide to iide, and no 

 good appearance ot an harbour. Indeed, our diftance 

 from the land was fo great, that we could not determine 

 this point with certainty ; but as the wind was now rather 

 fcant for proceeding in towards the place where we had 

 fuppofed the opening to be, and a line wind for run- 

 ning towards Cape Edgecombe, I deftfted from ftand- 

 ing any further in the North North Eaft direftion, and 

 edged away to the Eaft North Eaft, with an in- 

 tention of getting pretty well in ftiore, in order to look 

 for a harbour, as we ftood towards the Cape. At ten 

 o'clock we faw an opening in the land bearing North Eaft, 

 which promifed well for a good harbour. On running in 

 for it, another good appearance of an harbour prefented 

 itfelf, bearing North by Eaft, and feems to be fttuated 

 about eight leagues to the South Eaft of Grofs Cape. 



All the land next the fea, beginning about eight leagues 

 to the South Eaft of Crofs Cape, and trending to within 

 ten leagues of Cape Edgecombe, feems to be compofed of 

 low woody iftands, among which there appear feveral 

 places of good fbelter. The inland country forms into a 

 number of peaked hills, fome well wooded, and others 

 quite bare. On drawing near the opening, and about two 

 miles from the fliore to the North Weft of it, we had 

 twenty and twenty-five fathoms water over a muddy bot- 

 tom, and juft in the entrance were fome high barren 

 rocks. A large Indian boat came out, probably to view . 

 the fhip : there were twelve people in her, and only three 



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