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read in D. Juan Perez's journal % which had been delivered to 

 him, where it was obferved that this navigator had the winds 

 from the S. & S. E. with which it was eafy to run along the coafr, 

 to a high Northern latitude, and for that reafon Perez was of opinion 

 that the coaft mould not be approached till 49, in which I agreed 

 with him. Our commanders indeed kept as much to windward 

 as poflible in order to take advantage of the wind, when it mould 

 become fair ; but it foon changed to the W. & N. W. which 

 drove us on that part of the coaft which we wanted to avoid. 



On this fame day we repaired feveral damages which our {hip 

 had fuffered, with the greater! alacrity, in hopes of profecuting 

 our difcoveries, and found that ihe failed better comparatively 

 with the frigate than fhe had done before \ 



On the 2d of July fome other damages were repaired. 



Although we laid great ftrefs upon, getting to the Wefhvard, 

 in order that- we might afterwards proceed N. as alfo difcover 

 fome port in a lower latitude than 65, yet we were not able to 

 effeft this, as the wind from being W. turned to the N. W. and 

 drove us upon the coaft [too early]»~ 



On the 9th of July I conceived myfelf to be in the latitude of 

 the mouth of a river % difcovered by John de Fuca (according to 

 the French map) which we therefore endeavoured to make for, 

 whilft at the fame time we obferved that the fea was coloured,, as 

 m foundings; many fi{h V reeds < 20 feet long, and the Orange- 



1 It appears afterwards that this D. Juan Perez was enjign on board 

 the frigate, and that he had failed in a former voyage of difcovery to a 

 confiderable N. Latitude on the W. coaft of America. 



r The particulars of thefe repairs^ . as alfo in what refpect ihe failed 

 better, are omitted as uninterefting. 1 



s Perhaps gulf [boca]. 



[ Toninas, fuppofed to be porpeffes. 



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