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the North Eaft corner of the bay. As I could not fetch the 
former, I bore up for the latter; and palfed fome breakers, 
or funken rocks, that lay a league or more from the fhore. 
We had nineteen and twenty fathoms water half a league 
without them; but as foon as we had palfed them, the 
depth increafed to thirty, forty, and fifty fathoms, with a 
fandy bottom; and farther in we found no ground with 
the greateft length of line. Notwithftanding appearances, 
we were not yet fure that there were any inlets ; but, as we 
were in a deep bay, I had refolved to anchor, with a view 
to endeavour to get fome water, of which, by this time, we 
were in great want. At length, as we advanced, the exift- 
ence of the inlet was no longer doubtful. At five o’clock we 
reached the Weft point of it, where we were becalmed for 
fome time. While in this fituation, I ordered all the boats 
to be hoifted out to tow the fhips in. But this was hardly 
done, before a frefh breeze fprung up again at North Weft, 
with which we were enabled to ftretch up into an arm of 
the inlet, that was obferved by us to run into the North Eaft. 
There we were again becalmed, and obliged to anchor in 
eighty-five fathoms water, and fo near the fhore as to reach 
it with a hawfer. The wind failed the Difcovery before 
fhe got within the arm, where fhe anchored, and found only 
feventy fathoms. 
We no fooner drew near the inlet than we found the 
coaft to be inhabited ; and at the place where we were firft 
becalmed, three canoes came off to the fhip. In one of 
thefe were two men, in another fix, and in the third ten. 
Having come pretty near us, a perfon in one of the two 
laft flood up, and made a long harangue, inviting us to 
land, as we guefted, by his geftures. At the fame time, he 
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