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from it j and (land by his Longitude he has fix'd $ and - 
allow that his North-Eaft Cape is in the other Hemi- 
fphere $ reckoning Eaft ward, either fromFm*, as the firft 
Meridian, or from London 5 which laft I fliall follow* 
Behring fixes his North-Eaft Cape iz6 9 7' Eaft 
Longitude from Tobolski 5 and Tobolski is 86° Eaft 
from Fero 5 fo the Cape is 212 0 y / Eaft of Fero, or 
about 194 0 Eaft from London. — By Captain Mid- 
dletons O bfervation of Jupiter s Satellite at Churchill 
River in- Hudfons Bay, that River is 95? Weft from? 
London $ which, added to 1 94 0 ? niakes 289° 5 con- 
fequently the North-Eaft Cape of Ajia is 7i°diftanfc: 
from Churchill , to complete 360° 5 which, in the 
Latitude of 6y°, computing 8 Leagues to a Degree 
of Longiude, of which 20 make a Degree of Lati- 
tude, the Diftance betwixt that Cape and Hudfon's 
Bay would be f68 fuch Leagues. 
From the known Longitude of the North Cape of 
Japon in 40° Latitude, which is pretty exactly known, 
from the Obfervations made by the Jefuits at F eking, 
and is about 1 jro° Eaft from London , and from the 
beft computed Longitude of California in 40° North 
Latitude, it lies in 130° Longitude Weft from Lon* 
don, making together 280°, leaves 8o° for the Di- 
ftance of California from Japon*, allowing 1 7 Leagues 
to a Degree of Longitude in 40° North Latitude, the 
Diftance would be about 1360 Leagues: By the fame 
Calculation California muft be at leaft 7 or goo fuch 
Leagues from the North-Eaft Cape of Afa ? fo that, 
in fo great a Space there may be very great Coun- 
tries orlflands *, without fuppofingthe new difeover'd 
Country continuous to Calif or nia> and might well al- 
low of an open Chanel or Sea, from fo to 200 Leagues 
widcj between the difeovefd Coaft and California . 
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