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opinion they were foon confirmed by coming into a large ^ ^ j^ ^• 

 Sound, where they faw a great number of whales. They <- — - — » 

 alfo had a fight of Mount Edgecombe, and fome iilands Auguli. 

 lying to the South Eafl of Cape Edgecombe. In the ^''^"'^- '^' 

 courfe of their cruife thus far they had landed feveral 

 times in a fine level pleafant country, where they could 

 perceive the traces of inhabitants having been there re- 

 cently, but what is rather extraordinary, they faw neither 

 huts nor Indians. 



On getting round the North point of this pafTage, 

 through which they had come thus far, they faw an opening 

 that appeared to run about a league up in a North direc- 

 tion, and then branched out various ways. In the en- 

 trance of the main opening were feveral fmall iflands fl 

 think it very probable that the North Weft arm of this 

 opening runs into the firft large found that we entered). 

 They f^ill faw no inhabitants, therefore continued to fteer 

 on to the South Eaft for a pafl'age about a mile and a half 

 acrofs, made by the Northern part of an ifland juft under 

 Mount Edgecombe (which was diil:inguiihed by the name 

 of Pitt's Ifland), and the. oppofite point of land which 

 we fuppofe to be the main. Through this pafTage they 

 had a view of the fea, and the iflands lying to the South 

 Eaft of Cape Edgecombe. 



After getting through the paflage, they fteered among 

 a clufter of iflands lying near the fhore to the North- 

 ward of Cape Edgecombe, and anchored to the North- 

 ward- of the largeft. This ifland bore North from the 

 Cape about three leagues diftant, and feveral other iflands 

 lay to the South Eaft of this clufter, fix leagues diftant. 



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