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fight. At four in the morning, the Cape, which, on the 1779. 
authority of Muller, we have called Serdze Kamen, bore . ^ ul _ y ' . 
South South Weft, diftant fix or feven leagues. We faw, in 
different places, upon the tops of the hills, which rife in¬ 
land on both fides of the Cape, protuberances of a conftder- 
able height, which had the appearance of huge rocks, or 
pillars of ftone. 
On the 29th, the wind ftill continuing contrary, we made Thurfday 29, 
but flow progrefs to the Southward. At midnight we had 
thick, foggy weather, accompanied with a breeze from the 
North North Weft, with which we diredted our courfe to 
the South South Eaft, through the ftrait, and had no land 
in light till feven in the evening of the 30th; when the fog Friday 30, 
clearing away, we faw Cape Prince of Wales bearing South 
by Eaft, diftant about fix leagues; and the ifland St. Dio¬ 
mede South Weft by Weft. We now altered our courfe to 
the Weft, and at eight made the Eaft Cape, which, at mid¬ 
night, bore Weft by North, diftant four leagues. In the 
night we fteered to the South South Weft, with a frefh Weft 
North Wefterly breeze; and, at four in the morning of the 
31ft, the Eaft Cape bore North North Eaft, and the North Saturday 31. 
Eaft part of the bay of St. Laurence (where we anchored 
the laft year) Weft by South, its diftance being four leagues. 
As we could not have worked up to windward without a 
greater wafte of time than the objedl appeared to deferve, 
we ran acrofs the bay, regretting much, as we paffed. along, 
the lofs of this opportunity of paying a fecond vifit to the 
Tfchutlki. At noon our latitude, by obfervation, was 65° 6 
and longitude 189°. The South point of the Bay of.St. Lau¬ 
rence bore North by Weft one quarter Weft, and was diftant 
feven or eight leagues. In the afternoon the variation was 
found to be 22° 50" Eaft. 
Having 
