THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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Between one and two in the afternoon, the wind, which 1778. 
had been at North Eaft, fliifted at once to the Southward. ^ j^!l L 
It was unfettled till fix, when it fixed at South, which was 
the very direction of our courfe; fo that we were obliged 
to ply up the coaft. The weather was gloomy, and the air 
dry, but cold. We ftood to the Eaft ward till midnight; then 
tacked, and ftood in for the land ; and, between feven and 
eight in the morning of the 8th, we were within four miles Monday 8. 
of it, and not more than half a league from fome funken 
rocks, which bore Weft South Weft. In this fituation we 
tacked in thirty-five fathoms water, the ifland of St. Her- 
mogenes bearing North, 20° Eaft, and the Southernmoft 
land in fight, South. 
In ftanding in for this coaft, we crofted the mouth of 
Whitfuntide Bay, and faw land all round the bottom of it; 
fo that either the land is connected, or elfe the points lock 
in, one behind another. I am more inclined to think, that 
the former is the cafe ; and that the land, Eaft of the bay, 
is a part of the continent. Some fmall illands lie on the 
Weft of the bay. The fea-coaft to the Southward of it is ra¬ 
ther low, with projecting rocky points, between which are 
fmall bays or inlets. There w r as no wood, and but little 
fnow upon the coaft; but the mountains, which lie at fome 
diftance inland, were wholly covered with the latter. We 
ftood off till noon; then tacked, and ftood in for the land. 
The latitude, at this time, was 57° 521'; Cape St. Hermo- 
genes bore North, 30° Weft, eight leagues diftant; and 
the Southernmoft part of the coaft in fight, the fame 
that was feen before, bore South Weft, ten leagues dif¬ 
tant. The land here forms a point, which was named 
Cape Greville. It lies in the latitude of 57 0 33', and in 
the longitude of 207° 15'; and is diftant fifteen leagues 
from 
