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A VOYAGE TO 
1778* mountains, which were covered with fnow. It appeared, 
« ^ ly ‘ that we might have gone very fafely between thefe two 
idands and the continent, the South Weft point of which 
opened oft' the North Eaft point of Acootan, in the direc¬ 
tion of North, 6o° Eaft ; and which proved to be the fame 
point of land we had feen when we quitted the coaft of the 
continent, on the 25th of June, to go without the iflands. 
It is called by the people of thefe parts Oonemak , and 
lies in the latitude of 54 0 30', and in the longitude of 
192 0 30b Over the cape, which, of itfelf, is high land, is a 
round elevated mountain, at this time entirely covered with 
fnow. 
At fix in the evening, this mountain bore Eaft, 2 0 North; 
and at eight we had no land in fight. Concluding, there¬ 
fore, that the coaft of the continent had now taken a North 
Eafterly direction, I ventured to fteer the fame courfe till 
Friday 3 . one o’clock next morning, v 7 hen the watch on deck thought 
they faw land ahead. Upon this we wore, and flood to the 
South Weft for two hours, and then refumed our courfe to 
the Eaft North Eaft. 
At fix o’clock, land was feen ahead, bearing South Eaft, 
about five leagues diftant. As we advanced, we railed more 
and more land, all connected, and feemingly in the direc¬ 
tion of our courfe. At noon, it extended from South South 
Weft to Eaft; the neareft part five or fix leagues diftant. 
Our latitude, at this time, was 55 0 2i y , and our longitude 
195 0 18b This coaft is on the North Weft fide of the vol¬ 
cano mountain ; fo that we muft have feen it, if the wea¬ 
ther had been tolerably clear. 
At fix in the evening, after having run eight leagues 
upon an Eaft by . North courfe from noon, we founded, 
and found forty-eight fathoms, over a bottom of black 
fand. 
