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1779, coming clear, we faw the fame land at noon, bearing from 
1 Au ^ uft t Weft South Weft half Weft to South Eaft, making in a num¬ 
ber of high hummocks, which had the appearance of fe- 
parate iflands ; the latitude, by obfervation, was 64° 3', 
longitude 189° 28", and depth of water feventeen fathoms. 
We did not approach this land fufhciently near to deter¬ 
mine, whether it was one ifland, or compofed of a clufter 
together. Its Wefternmoft part we paffed July 3d, in the 
evening, and then fuppofed to be the ifland of Saint Lau¬ 
rence ; the Eafternmoft we ran clofe by in September laft 
year, and this we named Clerke’s Ifland, and found it to 
confift of a number of high cliffs, joined together by very 
low land. Though we miftook, the laft year, tliofe cliffs 
for feparate iflands, till we approached very near the fhore, 
I fhould ftill conjecture, that the ifland Saint Laurence was 
diftindt from Clerke’s Ifland, fince there appeared a confider- 
able fpace between them, where we could not perceive the 
fmalleft riling of ground. In the afternoon, we alfo faw 
what bore the appearance of a fmall ifland, to the North 
Eaft of the land which was feen at noon, and which, from 
v the hazinefs of the weather, we had only fight of once. 
We eftimated its diftance to be nineteen leagues from the 
ifland of Saint Laurence, in a North Eaft by Eaft half Eaft 
Tuefday 3. direction. On the 3d, we had light variable winds, and di¬ 
rected our courfe round the North Weft point of the ifland 
Wednef. 4. of Saint Laurence. On the 4th, at noon, our latitude, by 
account, was 64° 8', longitude 188 0 ; the Ifland St. Lau¬ 
rence bearing South one quarter Eaft, diftant feven leagues. 
In the afternoon, a frefh breeze fpringing up from the 
Eaft, we fteered to the South South Weft, and foon loft fight 
Saturday 7. of St. Laurence. On the 7th, at noon, the latitude, by ob¬ 
fervation, was 59 0 38', longitude 183°. In the afternoon, it 
fell 
