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Had I not been certain of the latitude of this bay, from my observations 

 of the same day, I might easily have believed it to be the passage dis- 

 covered by Juan de Fuca, in 1592, which is placed on the charts between 

 the 47th and the 4Sth degrees ; where I am certain that no such strait 

 exists; because I anchored on the 14th of July midway between these 

 two latitudes, and carefully examined every thing around. 



Notwithstanding the great difference between the position of this bay 

 and the passage mentioned by De Fuca, I have little difficulty in con- 

 ceiving that they may be the same, having observed equal or greater 

 differences in the latitudes of other capes and ports on this coast, as I 

 shall show at its proper time; and in all cases the latitudes thus assigned 

 are higher than the real ones. 



I did not enter and anchor in this port, which in my plan I suppose 

 to be formed by an island, notwithstanding my strong desire to do so; 

 because, having consulted the second captain, Don Juan Perez, and the 

 pilot, Don Christoval Revilla, they insisted that I ought not to attempt it, 

 as, if we let go the anchor, we should not have men enough to get it up, 

 and to attend to the other operations which would be thereby rendered 

 necessary. Considering this, and also that, in order to reach the anchor- 

 age, I should be obliged to lower my long-boat, (the only boat that I had,) 

 and to man it with at least fourteen of the crew, as I could not manage with 

 fewer, and also that it was then late in the day, I resolved to put out; and 

 at the distance of three or four leagues I lay to. In the course of that 

 night, I experienced heavy currents to the south-west, which made it 

 impossible for me to enter the bay on the following morning, as I was 

 far to leeward. 



These currents, however, convinced me that a great quantity of water 

 rushed from this bay on the ebb of the tide. 



The two capes which I name in my plan Cape San Roque * and Cape 

 Frondoso,i lie in the angle of ten degrees of the third quadrant. They 

 are both faced with red earth, and are of little elevation. 



On the 18th, I observed Cape Frondoso, with another cape, to which 

 I gave the name of Cape Falcon, J situated in the latitude of 45 degrees 

 43 minutes, and they lay at the angle of 22 degrees of the third quadrant, 

 and from the last-mentioned cape I traced the coast running in the angle 

 of five degrees of the second quadrant. 



This land is mountainous, but not very high, nor so well wooded as 

 that lying between the latitudes of 48 degrees 30 minutes, and 46 degrees. 



On sounding, I found great differences : at the distance of 7 leagues, 

 I got bottom at 84 brazas ; and nearer the coast, I sometimes found no 

 bottom; from which I am inclined to believe that there are reefs or 

 shoals on these coasts, which is also shown by the color of the water. In 

 some places, the coast presents a beach, in others it is rocky. 



A flat-topped mountain, which I named The Table,^ will enable any nav- 

 igator to know the position of Cape Falcon without observing it ; as it is 

 in the latitude of 45 degrees 28 minutes, and may be seen at a great dis- 

 tance, being somewhat elevated. 



* Cape Disappointment. I Cape Lookout. 



t Cape Adams. § Charke's Point of View. 



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