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The weather being still fine, and the ship almost 
becalmed, I had an opportunity of landing at 
Cape Hope, where I took a series of angles and 
bearings, for the advancement of my survey. The 
result of my observations on the appearance and 
products of this station, will be found embodied 
with the description of the main-inlet, and account 
of other visits to the shore. On my return to the 
ship, I took occasion to call on board of the Fame, 
which was now not very distant from the Baffin, 
when I was informed by my Father, that he had 
seen two whales in this inlet (where lie had already 
cruized for two or three days);—and that his boats 
had explored Hurry’s Inlet, though without suc¬ 
cess, to an extent of thirty or forty miles towards 
the north ; and also the inlet to the westward of 
Jameson’s Land, to an almost equal distance from 
his ship. 
July 2 6th .—Two whales having been seen in 
the night, I was encouraged to prolong my stay 
here, which afforded me another opportunity of 
visiting the shore, in a more interesting spot than 
formerly, on the east side of Jameson’s Land. 
The place I selected for landing upon was Cape 
Stewart, so called after Professor Dugald Stew¬ 
art, which lies nearly in the same parallel as Cape 
Hope, directly across the mouth of Hurry’s In¬ 
let. Not only its appearance, but its structure, 
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