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1778. long, twenty inches broad; and had a kind of rail-work on 
^ Auguft. ^ ea ^j 1 anc [ was ^od with bone. The conftrucftion of it 
was admirable, and all the parts neatly put together; fome 
with wooden pins, but moftly with thongs or lathings of 
whale-bone, which made me think it was entirely the 
workmanfhip of the natives. 
Thurfday 6. At three o’clock the next morning, we weighed, and. 
proceeded to the North Weftward, with a light Southerly 
breeze. We had an opportunity to obferve the fun’s meri¬ 
dian altitude for the latitude; and to get altitudes, both in 
the forenoon and afternoon, to obtain the longitude by the 
time-keeper. As we had but little wind, and variable withal, 
we advanced but llowly; and, at eight in the evening, find¬ 
ing the fhips fettle fall toward the land into fhoal water, I 
anchored in feven fathoms, about two leagues from the 
coaft. Sledge Ifiand bore South, 5i°Eaft, ten leagues diftant; 
and was feen over the South point of the main land. 
Soon after we had anchored, the weather, which had 
been mifty, clearing up, we faw high land extending from 
North, 40° Eaft, to North, 30° Weft, apparently disjoined 
from the coaft, under which we were at anchor, which 
feemed to trend away North Eaft. At the fame time, an 
ifland was feen bearing North, 8i° Weft, eight or nine 
leagues diftant. It appeared to have no great extent, and 
was named King’s IJland. We rode here till eight o’clock, 
Friday 7 . next morning, when we weighed, and ftood to the North 
Weft. The weather clearing up toward the evening, we 
got fight of the North Weft land, extending from North by 
Weft, to North Weft by North, diftant about three leagues.. 
We fpent the night making ftiort boards, the weather 
being mifty and rainy, with little wind; and, between four 
Saturday s. and five of the morning of the 8th, we had again a fight 
of 
