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received, from Lewis and Clarke, the name of Clarice's Point of 

 View — and the numerous rocky points and reefs bordering the 

 shore, between those places and Cape Mendocino. 



Meanwhile, Bodega and Maurelle, in their little vessel, were 

 striving, if possible, to reach the 65th degree of latitude, agreeably 

 to the instructions of the viceroy. With this object, after their 

 separation from Heceta, they advanced towards the north, without 

 seeing land, until they had passed the 56th degree of latitude, when 

 they unexpectedly beheld it, on the 16th of August, at a great dis- 

 tance in the north, and much nearer on the east ; though, by 

 Bellin's chart, and their own calculations, they should have been 

 one hundred and thirty-five leagues from any part of America. 

 Steering towards the east, they discovered a lofty mountain, rising 

 from the ocean in the form of a beautiful cone, and covered with 

 snow, occupying the whole of what seemed to be a peninsula, 

 projecting from the main land of an extensive and elevated ter- 

 ritory : this mountain immediately received the name of San Jacinto, 

 in honor of St. Hyacinth, on whose day it was discovered, the pro- 

 jecting point of land which it occupied being called Cape Engano, 

 or False Cape. In the angles between this supposed peninsula and 

 the main land were two bays, or sounds, of which the northernmost 

 was named Port Remedios, and the other Port Guadehipe, after 

 the two celebrated shrines in the vicinity of the city of Mexico. 

 There is no difficulty in identifying any of these places, as described 

 in the journals of the Spanish voyage. They are situated on the 

 west side of the largest island of the group distinguished, on 

 English maps, as King George IIVs Archipelago : Mount San 

 Jacinto was, three years afterwards, named by Cook Mount 

 Edgecumb ; Port Remedios is the Bay of Islands of the same 

 navigator, and Port Guadelupe is the Norfolk Sound of the 

 English geographers. The two bays have since been found to com- 

 municate with each other by a narrow passage, which completely 

 separates the main land from the mountain. The Spaniards landed 

 on the shore of Port Remedios, where they took possession of the 

 country agreeably to the formalities prescribed, and obtained some 

 water and salmon for the supply of their vessel. While thus en- 

 gaged, they were surrounded by a crowd of natives of the country, 

 who appeared to be more savage and determined than those of any 

 other part of the coast, and also to entertain very distinct ideas 

 of their own superior rights of property and domain. Thus the 

 Spaniards were obliged to pay, not only for the fish, but also for 

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