the laft-mentioned latitude, and 43? ; 16', we had only fine grey
fand, with the fame variation of depths, except that we once or.
twice leflened our water to forty fathom. After this, we continued
in forty fathom for about half a degree, having a bottom ofi
coarfe fand and broken (hells, at which time we were in fight of
land, and not above feven leagues from it. As we edged from the
land, we met with variety o f foundings; fir if black fand, them
muddy, and'foon after rough ground with (tones; but when we had
increafed our water to forty-eight fathom, we had a muddy bottom,
to the latitude of 46°: 10'. Hence drawing towards the (hore,
we had firlt thirty-fix fathom, and (till kept fhoal.ing our wa.ter„
till at length we came into twelve' fathom, having conftantly (mall
(tones and pebbles at the bottom. Part o f this time we had a
view of Cape Blanco, which lies in about the latitude of 47° : xo/,
and longitude Weft from London 69°. This is the molt remarkable
land upon the coaft : two very exaft views :of it are exhibited
in the annexed plate, where, fb j reprefents the^Cape itfelf.
Thefe draughts will fully enable future Voyagers to diftingui(h it.
Steering from hence S. by E, nearly, we, in a run of .about thirty
leagues, deepened our water to fifty fathom, without once altering;
the bottom; and then drawing towards the (hore, with a S. W.
courfe, varying rather to the weftward, we had conftantly a fandy
bottom, till our coming into thirty fathom, where we had again
a fight of land, diftant from us about eight leagues, lying in the-
latitude of 48°: 31’ . We made this land on the 17th of February y.
and at five that afternoon we, came to an anchor, having the fame
foundings as before, in the latitude o f 48° : 58', the fouthermoft
land then in view bearing S. S. W. the nort-hermoft N. J E, a.
(mall ifland N. W . and the weftermoft hummock W. S. W. In
this ftation we found the tide to fet S. by W ; and weighing again-
at five the next morning, we, an hour.afterwards, difcovered a fail;
upon which the Severn and Gloucejier were both directed to give-
chace ; but we foon perceived it to be the Pearl, which feparated
from us a few days after we left St. Catherine'1 ; and on this we
made
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