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A VOYAGE TO 
1778 . 
March. 
Friday 6. 
Saturday 7. 
Sunday 8. 
lari a maxima (the quebrantahueffos ) 9 and the other, which 
was little more than half the lize, feemed to be of the alba - 
trofs kind. The upper part of the wings, and tip of the tail, 
were black, with the reft white; the bill yellowifti; upon 
the whole, not unlike the fea-gull, though larger. 
On the 6th, at noon, being in the latitude of44°io / North* 
and the longitude of 2341° Eaft, we faw two feals, and feve- 
ral whales; and at day-break, the next morning, the long- 
looked for coaftof New Albion* was feen, extending from 
North Eaft to South Eaft, diftant ten or twelve leagues. At 
noon, our latitude was 44 0 33' North, and our longitude 
235 0 20' Eaft; and the land extended from North Eaft half 
North, to South Eaft by South, about eight leagues diftant. 
In this fttuation, we had feventy-three fathoms water, over 
a muddy bottom, and about a league farther off found 
ninety fathoms. The land appeared to be of a moderate 
height, diverfified with hills and vallies, and, almoft every 
where, covered with wood. There was, however, no very 
ftriking object on any part of it, except one hill, whofe ele¬ 
vated fummit was flat. This bore Eaft from us, at noon. 
At the Northen extreme, the land formed a point, which I 
called Cape Foulweather , from the very bad weather that 
we, foon after, met with. I judge it to lie in the latitude of 
44 0 55' North, and in the longitude of 235 0 54' Eaft. 
We had variable light airs and calms, till eight o’clock in 
the evening, when a breeze fprung up at South Weft. With 
it, I flood to the North Weft, under an eafy fail, waiting for 
day-light to range along the coaft. But at four, next morn¬ 
ing, the wind fhifted to North Weft, and blew in fqualls, 
with rairu Our courfe was North Eaft, till near ten o’clock, 
* This part of the Weft fide of North America, was fo named by Sir Francis 
Drake. 
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