QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. 5 ]; 



the north-eastward, off which lie some breakers, though at no great Vancouver's 



distance. The coast to the N.O. and S.E. of Hippa Island appeared thfwesUoart. 



to be much broken, particularly to the south-eastward, where a very 



extensive sound takes an easterly direction, named by Mr. Dixon 



Eennell's Sound ; its entrance, by our observations, is in latitude 



53° 28', longitude 127° 21'. Having reached this extent about dark, 



we hauled our wind, and plied under an easy sail to preserve our 



station until the next morning. At the dawn of the following day, 



Wednesday, the 25th, we continued along the coast, composed of steep, 



mountainous precipices, divided from each other by the water ; these 



seemed to have gradually increased in height from Point North, from 



whence along the shores to this extent were some scattered islets and 



rocks at a small distance from the land. Our progress was slow, the 



wind being light, accompanied with pleasant weather. At noon, in 



the observed latitude of 53° 2', longitude 227° 22', Hippa Island by 



'. -nnpass bore N. 42 W., and a conspicuous projecting point near the 



southern-most land in sight, which I named Cape Henry, S. 82 E. ; 



these forming the outline of the coast, lie from each other S. 32 E. and 



IS". 32 W., 15| leagues apart. This cape, situated in latitude 52° 53', 



longitude 227° 45J', forms the south point of a deej3 bay or sound, its 



shores apparently much broken ; to this I gave the name of Englefield 



Bay. in honor of my much esteemed friend, Sir Henry Englefield. 



[Since partty surveyed]. Its north point of entrance, lying from Cape 



Henry N. 27 W., at the distance of seven leagues, I named Point Buck, 



which also forms the south point of entrance into a sound falling deep 



back to the eastward, named by me Cartwright's Sound. Its north 



point of entrance, which, likewise after my very particular friend and 



physician, I named Point Hunter, lies from Point Buck IN". 25 W., 



distant ten miles, and a little within this line of direction is an island 



near the- northern shore. 



" From Cape Henry, which we passed in the afternoon, at a distance 

 of four or five miles, the shores, so far as we had reached by sunset, 

 seemed to be compact, and to take a more easterly direction. The 

 southern-most land in sight bore by compass S. 72 E., the nearest 

 shore N.KE. five miles, and the northern-most land in sight IS". 33 W.. 

 During the night the wind was light and variable, by which means 

 our distance from the coast was increased greatly beyond what I had 

 intended. At daylight on Thursday, the 26th, the land near the south 

 extremity of Queen Charlotte's Islands, which is named by Mr. Dixon 

 Cape St. James, was seen bearing by compass S. 87 E., the northern- 

 most land in sight N. 68 W., and the nearest shore X. 11 W., four or 

 five leagues distant. 



" With a favorable though light breeze, our course was directed 



