A VOYAGE TO 
1779* it* For had we been furnhhed with a tolerable account of 
°. er ', the form of the coaff, on each fide of Awatfka Bay, w r e 
fhould, on our firfl arrival upon it, have got fafely within 
the bay two days before we did, and thereby have avoided 
part of the ftormy weather, which came on when we were 
plying off the mouth of the harbour. Befides, from the 
prevalence of fogs, in thefe feas, it muff frequently happen, 
that an obfervation for afcertaining the latitude cannot be 
got; to which we may add, that the deceptive appearances 
land makes, when covered with fnow, and when viewed 
through an hazy atmofphere, both which circumftances 
prevail here during the greateff part of the year, render the 
knowledge of a variety of difcriminating objects the more 
neceffary. 
Should, however, the weather be clear enough to admit 
a view of the mountains on the coaft in its neighbourhood, 
thefe will ferve to point out the fituation of Awatfka Bay, 
with a great deal of precifion. For to the South of it are 
two high mountains ; that which is neareif the bay, is 
fhaped like a fugar-loaf; the other, which is farther inland, 
does not appear fo high, and is flat at the top. To the 
North of the bay, are three very confpicuous mountains; 
the Welfernmolf is, to appearance, the higheff; the next 
is the volcano mountain, which may be known from the 
fmoke that iffues from its top, and likewife from fome 
high table-hills connected with it, and ffretching to the 
Northward : thefe two are fomewhat peaked. The third, 
and the molt northerly, might perhaps be more properly 
called a duller of mountains, as it prefents to the fight i'eve- 
ral flat tops. 
When the navigator has got within the Capes, and into 
the outward bay, a perpendicular head-land, with a light- 
houfe 
