THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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As the coaft takes a Northerly direction from Cape 
Newenham, that Cape fixes the Northern limit of the great 
bay and gulph, lying before the river Briftol, which, in ho¬ 
nour of the admiral Earl of Briftol, was named Briftol Bay . 
Cape Ooneemak is the South limit of this bay; and is dif- 
tant eighty-two leagues from Cape Newenham, in the di¬ 
rection of South South Weft. 
About eight in the evening, a light breeze fpringing 
up, which fixed at South South Eaft, we fteered North 
Weft, and North North Weft, round Cape Newenham, 
which, at noon next day, bore South by Eaft, diftant four 
leagues. At this time the moft advanced land to the North¬ 
ward bore North, 30° Eaft ; our depth of water was feven- 
teen fathoms; and the neareft fhore 3 f leagues diftant. 
We had but little wind all the afternoon; fo that, at ten 
at night, we had only made three leagues upon a North 
courfe. 
We fteered North by Weft till eight the next morning, 
when, our depth of water decreafing fuddenly to five and 
feven fathoms, we brought to, till a boat from each Blip 
was fent ahead to found, and then fteered North Eaft after 
them; and at noon we had deepened the water to feventeen 
fathoms. At this time, Cape Newenham bore South, 9 0 Eaft, 
diftant eleven or twelve leagues; the North Eaft extreme 
of the land in fight North, 66° Eaft ; and the neareft ftrore 
about four or five leagues diftant. Our latitude, by obfer- 
vation, was 59 0 i6\ 
Between this latitude and Cape Newenham, the coaft is 
compofed of hills, and low land, and appeared to form 
feveral bays. A little before one o’clock, the boats ahead 
made the fignal for meeting with fiioal water. It feems 
they had only two fathoms; and, at the fame time, the 
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