THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
fteep and rocky, was named Cape North . Its Etuation is 
nearly in the latitude of 68° 56', and in the longitude of 
180 0 5T. The coaft beyond it mult take a very Weflerly di- 
region; for we could fee no land to the Northward of it, 
though the horizon was there pretty clear. Being defirous 
of feeing more of the coaft to the Weft ward, we tacked 
again, at two o’clock in the afternoon, thinking we could 
weather Cape North. But finding we could not, the wind 
frefhening, a thick fog coming on, with much fnow, and 
being fearful of the ice coming down upon us, I gave up 
the defign I had formed of plying to the Weftward, and 
ftood off fhore again. 
The feafon was now fo far advanced, and the time when 
the froft is expected to fet in fo near at hand, that I did not 
think it confident with prudence, to make any farther at¬ 
tempts to find a paffage into the Atlantic this year, in any 
direction ; fo little was the profpe6t of fucceeding. My at¬ 
tention was now diredted toward finding out fome place 
where we might fupply ourfelves with wood and water; 
and the objed/t uppermoft in my thoughts was, how I fhould 
fpend the winter, fo as to make fome improvements in geo¬ 
graphy and navigation, and, at the fame time, be in a con¬ 
dition to return to the North, in farther fearch of a paffage, 
the enfuing fummer. 
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