THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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tacked, and flood over to Cape Elizabeth, under which we 1778. 
fetched at half paft five in the afternoon. On the North fide May ‘ «, 
of Cape Elizabeth, between it and a lofty promontory, named 
Cape Bede % is a bay, in the bottom of which there appear¬ 
ed to be two fnug harbours. We flood well into this bay, 
where we might have anchored in twenty-three fathoms 
water; but as I had no fuch view, we tacked and flood to 
the Weflward, with the wind at North, a very flrong gale, 
attended by rain, and thick hazy weather. 
The next morning the gale abated; but the fame wea- Wednef. 27. 
ther continued till three o’clock in the afternoon, when it 
cleared up. Cape Douglas bore South Well by Well; Mount 
St. Auguhin Well half South; and Cape Bede South, 15 0 
eaft, five leagues diftant. In this htuation, the depth of 
water was forty fathoms, over a rocky bottom. From Cape 
Bede, the coall trended North Eaft by Eaft, with a chain 
of mountains inland, extending in the fame diredlion. The 
land on. the coall was woody; and there feemed to be no 
deficiency of harbours. But what was not much in our 
favour, we difcovered low land in the middle of the inlet, 
extending from North North Eafl, to North Eaft by Eaft 
half Eafl. However, as this was fuppofed to be an ill and, 
it did not difcourage us. About this time, we got a light 
breeze Southerly, and I fleered to the Weftward of this low 
land; nothing appearing to obftru6t us in that diredlion. 
Our foundings, during the night, were from thirty to 
twenty-five fathoms. 
On the 28th in the morning, having but very little wind,-' Thurfday 28, 
and obferving the fhip to drive to the Southward, in order 
to Hop her, I dropped a hedge-anchor, with an eight inch 
* In naming this, and Mount St. Auguftin, Captain Cook was directed by our Ca¬ 
lendar. 
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