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ward, four leagues at leaf!, exclufive of the feveral branches i 77 s. 
toward its bottom, the termination of which we had not . Apn ' . 
an opportunity to afcertain. But, from the circumftance of 
finding that the water frefhened where our boats croffed 
their entrance, it is probable that they had almoft reached 
its utmoft limits. And this probability is increafed by the 
hills that bounded it toward the land, being covered with • 
thick fnow, when thofe toward the fea, or where we lay, had 
not a fpeck remaining on them; though, in general, they 
were much higher. In the middle of the Sound are a num¬ 
ber of iflands of various fizes. But the chart or fketch of 
the Sound, here annexed, though it has no pretenfions to 
accuracy, will, with all its imperfections, convey a better 
idea of thefe illands, and of the figure, and the extent of 
the Sound, than any written defcription. The depth of 
water in the middle of the Sound, and even clofe home to 
fome parts of its fhore, is from forty-feven to ninety fa¬ 
thoms, and perhaps more. The harbours, and anchoring- 
places within its circuit, are numerous; but we had no 
time to furvey them. The cove in which our fhips lay is on 
the Eaft fide of the Sound, and on the Eaft fide of the largeft 
of the illands. It is covered from the fea, but has little elfe 
to recommend it, being expofed to the South Eaft winds, 
which we found to blow with great violence ; and the de¬ 
valuation they make fometimes, was apparent in many 
places. 
The land bordering upon the fea-coaft is of a middling 
height and level; but within the Sound, it rifes almoft every 
where into fteep hills, which agree in their general forma¬ 
tion, ending in round or blunted tops, with fome fliarp, 
though not very prominent, ridges on their fides. Some of 
thefe hills may be reckoned high, while others of them 
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