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to the northward, we Ihould be compelled to take that measure 
&t laft. Thefe anxious deliberations engaged us till eleven 
o’clock at night, when the fliip drove, and obliged us to veer 
away to a cable and one third, which brought her up ; but in 
the morning, the gale increafing, Ihe d.ove again, and we 
therefore let go the fmall bower, and veered away to a whole 
cable upon it, and two cables on the other anchors, yet Ihe 
ftill drove, though not fo fail ; we then got down top-gallant 
mafts, and ftruck the yards and top-malls clofe down, and at 
laft haJ the fatisfa&ion to find that Ihe rode. Gape Bedford 
now bore W. S. W. diftant three leagues and an half, and in 
this fitaation We had (hoals to the eallw ;rd, extending from 
fhe S. E. by S. to the N. N. W. the neareil of which was 
about two miles diftant. As the gale continued with little re- 
mifiion, we rode till feven o’clock in the morning of the ioth* 
When, it being more moderate, we weighed, and flood in for 
the land, having at length determined to feek a paflage along 
the fliore to the northward, ftill keeping the boat ahead : during 
Our run in we had from nineteen to twelve fathom: after 
ftanding in about an hour, we edged away for three fmall 
iflands that lay N. N. E. \ E. three leagues from Cape Bed- 
ford, which the mafter had vilited while we were in port. At 
nine o’clock we were abreaft of them* und between them and 
the main : between us and the ma : n there was another low 
ifland, which lies N. N. W, four miles from the three iflands ; 
and in this channel we had fourteen fathom water. The nor- 
thermoft point of land in fight now bore N. N. W. A W. dif- 
tant about two leagues. Four or five leagues to the north of 
this head land, we faw three iflands, near which lay fome 
that were ftill fmaller, and we could fee the fhoals and reefs 
without us, extending to the northward, as far as thefe iflands : 
between thefe reefs and the head land, we directed our courfe, 
leaving to the eaftward a fmall ifland, which lies N. by E. 
diftant four miles from the three iflands. At noon, we were 
got between the head land and the three iflands : from the 
head land we were diftant two leagues, and from the iflands 
four; our latitude, by obfervation, was I4°5i'. We now 
thought we faw a clear opening before us, and hoped that we 
were once more out of danger ; in this hope, however, we 
foon found ourfelves difappointed, and for that reafon I called 
the head land Cape Flattery, kt lies in latitude 14 0 56' 
S. longitude 214 0 43' W. and is a lofty promontory, making 
next the fea into two hills, which have a third behind them, 
with low fandy ground on each fide : it may however be ftill 
better known by the three iflands out at fea : the horthermoft 
and largeft lies about five leagues from the cape, in the direc- 
tion of N. N. E. From Cape Flattery the land trends away 
N. W. and N. W. by W. We fleered along the fliore N. W. 
