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by W. till one o’clock, for what we thought the open channel, 
jwnen the petty officer at the malt-head cried out that he faw 
land ahead, extending quite round to the illands that lay 
witiiout s, and a large reef between us and them : upon this I 
ran up to the matt head niyfelf, from whence 1 very plainly iaw 
the reef, which was now lo far to windward, that we could 
pot weather it, but the land ahead, whi h he had fuppofed to 
be the main, appeared to me to be only a cjufter of fmall 
illands. As foon as I got down from the mal't-head, the maf- 
ter, and fome others went up, who all inliftea that the la d 
ahead was not illands, but the ma ; n, and to make their report 
Hill more alarming, they faid that they faw bieakers all round 
us. In this dilemma, we hauled upon a wind in for the land, 
and made thefignal for the boat, that was founding ahead, to 
come on boara, but as Ihe was far to leward, we were ob iged 
.to edge away to take her up, and foon after we came to an an- 
chor, under a point ol 'the main, in fomewhat lefs than live 
fathom, and about the diftai ce of a mile from the Ihore. Cape 
Flattery now bore S. E, aiitant three leagues and an half. As 
foon as the fhip was at anchor, I wept alhore upon the point, 
which is high, and afforded me a good view of the fea coaft, 
trending away N, W, by W. eight or ten leagues, which, the 
weather not being very clear, was as far as I cou d fee. Nine 
or ten fmall low illands, and fome (hoals, appeared off t‘ e 
coaft ; I faw alio fome large Ihoals between the main and the 
three high illands, without which, I was clearly of opinion 
there wer more illands-, and not any part of the mam. Ex- 
cept the p int I was now upon, whicr. I called Point Look- 
out, and Cape Flurery, toe main land, to che northward of 
Cape Bedford, is low, and chequered with whi e fand and 
green bulhes, for ten or tvelve nvles inlind, beyond whi hit 
xifes to a confideruble height. To he northward of Point 
Look-cut, the coaft appeared to be focal and flat, for a con- 
fiderabfo diftance, which did not en oarage the hope that the 
channel we had hitherto found i.i with the land would con- 
tinue. Upon this po nt, which was n -ncnv, ana confifted of 
the lineft win ■. fand we had. ever fe-n, wedifccvered the foot- 
fteps of people, and we law alfp l'nioke and foe at a diftance 
up the cou': try. 
In the evening I r turned -o the foip, and refolved the next 
morning to vifit one of the high iflan .s in the offing, from 
the top of wh.ch, as they lay five leagues out to fea, 1 hoped 
to dif over more fofti dly the duration of the fooals, and the 
channel between tfom. 
In the morning therefore, of the nth, I let cut in the pin- 
nace, accompanied by.x.r. Banks who'e fortitudeand curio- 
fity made hi n a party in every expedition, for the norrhermoft 
and largeft of the three illands, and at the lame time I lent the 
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