THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
of the North Weft land; and, foon after, on account of a 
calm, and a current driving us toward the fhore, we found 
it neceflary to anchor in twelve fathoms water, about two 
miles from the coaft. Over the Weftern extreme is an 
elevated peaked hill, fttuated in latitude 65° 3b 7 , and in 
longitude 192 0 i8 7 . A breeze at North Eaft fpringing up 
at eight o’clock, we weighed, and flood to the South Eaft, 
in hopes of finding a pafiage between the coaft on which 
we had anchored on the 6th in the evening, and this North 
Weft land. But we foon got into feven fathoms water, and 
difcovered low land connecting the two coafts, and the high 
land behind it. 
Being now fatisfied that the whole was a continued coaft, 
I tacked, and flood away for its North Weft part, and came 
to an anchor under it in feventeen fathoms water. The 
weather, at this time, was very thick with rain; but, at four 
next morning, it cleared up, fo that we could fee the land 
about us. A high fteep rock or ifland bore Weft by South; 
another ifland to the North of it, and much larger, bore 
Weft by North; the peaked hill above mentioned, South 
Eaft by Eaft; and the point under it, South, 32 0 Eaft. Un¬ 
der this hill lies fome low land, ftretching out toward the 
North Weft, the extreme point of which bore North Eaft 
by Eaft, about three miles diftant. Over, and beyond it, 
fome high land was feen, fuppofed to be a continuation of 
the continent. 
This point of land, which I named Cape Prince of IVales , 
is the more remarkable, by being the Weftern extremity 
of all America hitherto known. It is fituated in the lati¬ 
tude of 65° 46', and in the longitude of 191 0 45'. The ob- 
fervations by which both were determined, though made 
in fight of it, were liable to fome fmall error, on account of 
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443 
1778. 
Auguft. 
Sunday 9. 
