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Fail from Greenwich. The land about this cape is very 
high, and the inland mountains were ftill covered with 
fnow. The fhore breaks off in fteep cliffs, and the coaft is 
without any appearance of inlets or bays. We had not been 
long gratified with this fight of the land, when the wind 
frefhened from the South Weft, and brought on a thick 
fog, which obliged us to ftand off to the North Eaftby Eaft. 
The weather clearing up again at noon, we fleered toward 
the land, expecting to fall in with Kamtfchatfkoi Nofs, and 
had fight of it at day-break of the 21ft. 
The Southerly wind was foon after fucceeded by a light 
breeze blowing off the land, which prevented our approach¬ 
ing the coaft fufhciently near to defcribe its afpeCt, or afcer- 
tain, with accuracy, its direction. At noon our latitude, by 
obfervation, was 55 0 52', and longitude (deduced from a 
comparifon of many lunar obfervations, taken near this 
time, with the time-keepers), 163° 50'; the extremities of 
the land bearing North Weft by Weft three quarters Weft, 
and North by Weft three quarters Weft, the neareft part 
about eight leagues diftant. At nine o’clock in the evening, 
having approached about two leagues nearer the coaft, we 
found it formed a projecting peninfula, extending about 
twelve leagues in a direction nearly North and South. It is 
level, and of a moderate height, the Southern extremity 
terminating in a low floping point; that to the North form¬ 
ing a fteep bluff head; and between them, about four 
leagues to the Southward of the Northern Cape, there is a 
confiderable break in the land. On each fide of this break 
the land is quite low; beyond the opening rifes a remark¬ 
able faddle-like hill; and a chain of high mountains, co¬ 
vered with fnow, ranges along the back of the whole pen¬ 
infula. 
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Tune. 
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Monday 21 , 
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