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A VOYAGE TO 
177s. fure prelude to a ftorm, which blew the hard eft at South 
South Eaft, and was attended with rain and lleet. It fel- 
dom lafted above four or fix hours, before it was fucceeded 
by another gale from the North Weft, which, generally, 
brought with it fair weather. It was, by the means of thefe 
Southerly blafts, that we were enabled to get to the North 
Weft at all. 
Sunday 29. At length, at nine o’clock in the morning of the 29th, as 
we were Handing to the North Eaft, w'e again faw the land, 
which, at noon, extended from North Weft by Weft, to Eaft 
South Eaft, the neareft part about fix leagues diftant. Our 
latitude was now 49 0 29" North, and our longitude 232 0 29' 
Eaft. The appearance of the country differed much from 
that of the parts which we had before feen; being full of 
high mountains, whofe fummits were covered with fnow. 
But the valleys between them, and the grounds on the fea 
coaft, high as well as low, were covered to a confiderable 
breadth with high, ftraight trees, that formed a beautiful 
profpecft, as of one vaft foreft. The South Eaft extreme of 
the land formed a low point, off which are many breakers, 
occafioned by funken rocks. On this account it was called 
Point Breakers. It lies in the latitude of 49 0 15' North, and 
in the longitude of 233 0 20'' Eaft; and the other extreme, 
in about the latitude of 50°, and the longitude of 232 0 . I 
named this laft Woody Point. It projects pretty much out 
to the South Weft, and is high land. Between thefe two 
points, the fhore forms a large bay, which I called Hope 
Bay ; hoping, from the appearance of the land, to fi nd in it 
a good harbour. The event proved, that we were not. 
miftaken, 
As we drew nearer the coaft, we perceived the appear¬ 
ance of two inlets ; one in the North Weft, and the other in 
the 
