THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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St. Paul. At noon, we were in latitude 53 0 8' North, longi- 1779* 
tude 160 0 40' Eaft, with Cheepoonfkoi Nofs bearing Weft. 
We had light airs in the afternoon, which lafted through 
the forenoon of the 23d. At noon, a frefh breeze fpringing Monday 23. 
up from the Eaft ward, we ftood in for the entrance of Awat- 
fka Bay; and at fix in the evening, faw it bearing Weft 
North Weft half Weft, diftant five leagues. At eight, the 
light-houle, in which we now' found a good light, bore 
North Weft by Weft, three miles diftant. The wind about 
this time died away ; but the tide being in our favour, we 
fent the boats ahead, and towed beyond the narrow parts of 
the entrance; and, at one o’clock in the morning of the 
24th, the ebb tide letting againft us, we dropped anchor. Tuefday 24. 
At nine, we weighed, and turned up the bay with light airs, 
and the boats ftill ahead till one; when, by the help of a 
frelh breeze, we anchored, before three in the afternoon, 
in the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, with our enfign 
half ftaff up, on account of our carrying the body of our 
late Captain; and were foon after followed by the ■ Dis¬ 
covery. 
We had no fooner anchored, than our old friend, the 
Serjeant, w r ho was ftill the Commander of the place, came 
on board with a prefent of berries, intended for our poor 
deceafed Captain. He was exceedingly affedted when w r e 
told him of his death, and Ihewed him the coffin that con¬ 
tained his body. And as it was Captain Clerke’s particular 
requeft to be buried on fhore, and, if poffible, in the church 
of Paratounca, we took the prefent opportunity of explain¬ 
ing this matter to the Serjeant, and confulting with him 
about the proper fteps to be taken on the occafion. In the 
courfe of our converfation, which, for want of an interpre¬ 
ter, was carried on but imperfectly, we learned that Profef- 
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