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We found the weather exceftively cold, with much rain and 

 fogs, nor did we fee the fun for the three days we continued 

 here. At the fame time we had only faint land-breezes ; from 

 all which circumftances, as well as the great fatigue of our 

 feamen, little cover from the bad weather, and great Want of 

 proper cloaks to keep them warm, our fhip's company fo fickened, 

 that we could only mutter two men for every watch. 



On the 2 1 ft we fteered N. W. the wind being at S. E. in 

 order to difcover whether there was any land to the E. when we 

 might reach two degrees of higher latitude to the N. or whether it 

 did not lie to the W. which we conceived to be more probable. 



On the 22d we knew, by our reckoning, that we rauft be near 

 the Eaftern part of the coaft m , as we found ourfelves by an obser- 

 vation at noon to be in 57. 18 N. Lat. 



At two in the evening the wind blew frefh at N. W. when we 

 wanted to gain fo much Wefting as to permit the reaching a 

 •higher Northern Latitude, in which attempt we muft have there- 

 fore loft many days, whilft the feafon for profecuting our dif- 

 coveries drew fo near to an 'end. To this it muft be added, that 

 the ficknefs of our crew increafed every day, by their great fa- 

 tigues, on which account we defifted from our Northern courfe, 

 and fteered S. E. approaching the coaft at a lefs diftance than a 

 mile, and endeavouring to obferve every projection of it. 



Though we now therefore determined to return to S.Blas, yet 

 we comforted ourfelves in having reached fo high a latitude as 

 58 n , beyond what any other Navigators had been able to effect 

 in thofe feas, though our vefTel failed fo indifferently that we 

 often had thoughts of quitting her. 



Sc. as laid down by Bellin. 

 n By the table only 57. 57. Capt. Cook however is faid to have traced 

 the W. coaft of America beyond 60 N.Lat. when it runs for fome de- 

 grees nearly E. 



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