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Tune* ^ T ° rt * 1 2 4° Weft; and the iiland or which it is, and called 
- 4 —- -» Halibut IJland , extended from North by Eaft, to North Weft 
by Weft, two leagues diftant. This ifland is feven or eight 
leagues in circuit; and, except the head, the land of it is 
low and very barren. There are feveral fmall iflands near 
it, all of the fame appearance; but there feemed to be a 
paftage between them and the main, two or three leagues 
broad. 
The rocks and breakers, before mentioned, forced us fo 
far from the continent, that we had but a diftant view of 
the coaft between Rock Point and Halibut Iiland. Over 
this and the adjoining iflands we could fee the main land 
covered with fnow; but, particularly, fome hills, whofe 
elevated tops were feen, towering above the clouds, to a 
moft ftupendous height. The moft South Wefterly of 
thefe hills was difcovered to have a volcano , which conti¬ 
nually threw up vaft columns of black fmoke. It Hands 
not far from the coaft; and in the latitude of 54 0 48", and 
the longitude of 195 0 45'. It is alfo remarkable, from its 
figure, which is a complete cone; and the volcano is at the 
very fummit. We feldom faw this (or indeed any other 
of thefe mountains) wholly clear of clouds. At times, 
both bafe and fummit would be clear; when a narrow 
cloud, fometimes two or three, one above another, would 
embrace the middle, like a girdle; which, with the co¬ 
lumn of fmoke, rifing perpendicular to a great height out 
of its top, and fpreading before the wind into a tail of vaft 
length, made a very piclurefque appearance. It may be 
worth remarking, that the wind, at the height to which 
the fmoke of this volcano reached, moved fometimes in a 
direction contrary to what it did at fea, even when it blew 
a frefli gale. 
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