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177s. till eight o’clock, then refumed our courfe to the South 
Auguit.^ anc i before midnight were obliged to tack again, on 
account of the ice. Soon after, the wind fluffed to the 
North Weft, blowing a ftiff gale, and we ftretched to the 
South Weft, clofe hauled. 
Saturday 29. In the morning of the 29th, we faw the main ice to the 
Northward, and not long after, land, bearing South Weft by 
Weft. Prefently after this, more land the wed itfelf, bear¬ 
ing Weft. It fhewed itfelf in two hills like iflands, but af¬ 
terward the whole appeared conne&ed. As we approached 
the land, the depth of water decreafed very fall; fo that at 
noon, when we tacked, we had only eight fathoms; being 
three miles from the coaft, which extended from South, 
30° Eaft, to North, 6o° Weft. This laft extreme termi¬ 
nated in a bluff point, being one of the hills above men¬ 
tioned. 
The weather at this time was very hazy, with drizzling 
rain; but foon after it cleared; efpecially to the South¬ 
ward, Weftward, and Northward. This enabled us to have 
a pretty good view of the coaft; which, in every refpeff, is 
like the oppoftte one of America; that is, low land next the 
fea, with elevated land farther back. It was perfectly defti- 
tute of wood, and even fnow; but was, probably, covered 
with a moffy fubftance, that gave it a brownifh caft. In the 
low ground lying between the high land and the fea, was 
a lake, extending to the South Eaft, farther than we could 
fee. As we ftood off, the Wefternmoft of the two hills be¬ 
fore mentioned came open off the bluff point, in the di¬ 
rection of North Weft. It had the appearance of being an 
ifland; but it might be joined to the other by low land, 
though we did not fee it. And if fo, there is a two-fold 
point, with a bay between them. This point, which is. 
fteep 
