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fand. Being at this time four leagues from the land, the i 77 &. ~ 
Eaftern part in fight bore Eaft South Eaft, and appeared , July ‘ 
as a high round hummock, feemingly detached from the 
main. 
Having continued to fteer Eaft North Eaft all night, at 
eight in the morning of the 4th, the coaft was feen from Saturday 4. 
South South Weft to Eaft by South; and at times we could 
fee high land, covered with fnow, behind it. Soon after, it 
fell calm, and being in thirty fathoms water, we put over 
hooks and lines, and caught a good number of fine cod-fifh. 
At noon, having now a breeze from the Eaft, and the wea¬ 
ther being clear, we found ourfelves fix leagues from the 
land, which extended from South by Weft to Eaft by South. 
The hummock, feen the preceding evening, bore South 
Weft by South, ten leagues diftant. Our latitude was now 
55 ° 5 ° ? and our longitude 197° 3'. A great hollow fwell 
from Weft South Weft, alfured us, that there was no main 
land near, in that direction. I flood to the North till fix in 
the afternoon, when the wind having veered to South Eaft, 
enabled us to fteer Eaft North Eaft. The coaft lay in this 
dire6tion, and, at noon the next day, was, about four leagues Sunday 5. 
diftant. 
On the 6th and 7th, the wind being Northerly, w'e made Monday 6. 
but little progrefs. At eight in the evening of the latter, Tuefday /0 
we were in nineteen fathoms water, and about three or 
four leagues from the coaft, which, on the 8th, extended Wednef, g r 
from South South Weft to Eaft by North, and was all low 
land, with a ridge of mountains behind it, covered with 
fnow. It is probable, that this low coaft extends, fome 
diftance, to the South Weft; and that fuch places as we 
fometimes took for inlets or bays, are only vallies between 
the mountains. 
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