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On the nth we faw land, at the diftance of eight or nine 

 ■leagues, and in Lat. 53.54. but as we wiihed not to approach fo 

 near as not to be able to leave it, on account of our having fo few 

 hands capable of working, we kept at a proper diftance, only 

 having a view of it from daj to day, and not examining its capes, 

 bays, and ports. 



In Lat. 49. however we endeavoured to draw nearer to the 

 land, both becaufe we were perfuaded that the wind would con- 

 tinue favourable, and that fome of the conyalefcents might now 

 begin to affift us ; fo that in Lat. 47. 3. we were not farther dif- 

 tant than a mile, when we attended to all proper particulars % as 

 before. 



On the 20th, at eight iia the morning, we were within half a 

 league, precifely in the fame fituation as on the 13th of July ; we 

 found however 17 leagues difference with regard to our Lon- 

 gitude. 



On the 2 1 ft, being {till nearer the coaft, the wind blew from 

 the S. & S. W. which, though moderate, obliged us to fail from 

 the land. 



On the 2 2d the wind was N. W. but as both the captain and 

 myfelf were ill of a fever, the fhip fteer'd for the port of Mon- 

 terey. This our ficknefs made the reft of the crew almoft de- 

 fpair ; for which reafon the captain and myfelf fbewed ourfelves 

 upon the deck as often as we could, in which efforts the Almighty 

 aflifted us. 



On the 24th, finding ourfelves fomewhat better, we dis- 

 covered the land in 45. 27. failing along the coaft at about 

 the diftance of a cannon's mot ; and as we therefore could dis- 

 tinctly fee every confiderable object, we lay to during the night, 



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* That is for laying the coaft; down in their charts. 



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