3 8S 
1778. 
May, 
JFriday 29. 
A VOYAGE TO 
hawfer bent to it. But, in bringing the fhip up, the hawfer 
parted near the inner end; and we loft both it and the an- 
chor. For although we brought the fhip up with one of 
the bowers, and fpent moft of the day in fweeping for 
them, it was to no effedt. By an obfervation, we found our 
ftation to be in the latitude of 59 0 5F ; the low land above 
mentioned extended from North Eaft to South, 75 0 Eaft; the 
near eft part two leagues diftant. The land on the Weftern 
lliore was about feven leagues diftant, and extended from 
South 35 0 Weft, to North 7 0 Eaft; fo that the extent of the 
inlet was now reduced to three points and a half of the 
compafs; that is, from North half Eaft, to North Eaft. Be¬ 
tween thefe two points no land was to be feen. Here was 
a ftrong tide fetting to the Southward out of the inlet. It 
was the ebb, and ran between three and four knots in an 
hour; and it was low water at ten o’clock. A good deal of 
fea-weed, and fome drift-wood, were carried out with the 
tide. The water too had become thick like that in rivers; 
but we were encouraged to proceed by finding it as fait at 
low water as the ocean. The ftrength of the flood-tide was 
three knots; and the ftream ran up till four in the after¬ 
noon. 
As it continued calm all day, I did not move till eight 
o’clock in the evening; when, with a light breeze at Eaft, we 
weighed, and flood to the North up the inlet. We had not 
been long under fail, before the wind veered to the North, 
increafing to a frefh gale, and blowing in fqualls, with rain. 
This did not, however, hinder us from plying up as long 
as the flood continued; which was till near five o’clock the 
next morning. We had foundings from thirty-five to 
twenty-four fathoms. In this laft depth we anchored about 
two leagues from the Eaftern fhore, in the latitude of 6o° 8'* 
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