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A VOYAGE TO 
1779- ingly fine and plentiful; and at three in the afternoon, a 
t breeze fprung up from the Weft, with which we ftood 
along the coaft to the Southward. A head-land, bearing 
South by 'Weft, now opened with Cape Gavareea, lying 
about feven leagues beyond it. Between them are two 
narrow but deep inlets, which may probably unite behind 
what appears to be an high illand. The coaft of thefe 
inlets is fteep and cliffy. The hills break abruptly, and 
form chafms and deep vallies, which are well wooded. 
Between Cape Gavareea (which lies in latitude 52 0 2T, 
longitude 158° 3s 7 ) and Awatfka Bay, there are appear¬ 
ances of feveral inlets, which at firft fight may flatter 
the mariner with hopes of finding fhelter and fafe an¬ 
chorage : but the Ruffian pilots allured us, that there are 
none capable of admitting veftels of the fmalleft fize, as 
the low land fills up the fpaces that appear vacant be¬ 
tween the high projeffing head-lands. Toward evening, 
it again became calm; but, at midnight, we had a light 
breeze from the North, which increafed gradually to a 
Monday 11. ftrong gale; and at noon, the next day, we found our- 
felves in latitude 52 0 4 7 , longitude 158° 3T, when Cape Ga¬ 
vareea bore North by Weft one quarter Weft; the South 
extreme South Weft half Weft. We were at this time dif- 
tant from the neareft fhore about three leagues, and faw 
the whole country inland covered with fnow. A point of 
land to the Southward, which we place in latitude 51 0 54", 
formed the North fide of a deep bay, called Achachinfkoi, 
in the diftant bottom of which we fuppofed a large river 
to empty itfelf, from the land behind being fo unufually 
low. South of Achachinfkoi Bay, the land is not fo rugged 
and barren as that part of the country which we had be¬ 
fore palled. 
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