Febrnwy. f i v e » a fmall ifland which lies in the middle o f the
«— 1 bay, and is about a mile diftant from the fhore, W. bv S.
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dittant about h a lf a mile; and a rivulet o f frefh water
N. W. by W. diftant three quarters o f a mile.
Wedaef. i-j. At fix o’clock the next morning, we weighed and continued
our courfe through the Streight: from Cape Holland
to Cape Gallant, which are diftant about eight leagues, the
coaft lies W, 4 S. by the compafs: Cape Gallant is very high
and fteep, and between this and Cape Holland lies a reach
about three leagues over, called Englifh Reach. About five
miles fouth o f Cape Gallant lies a large ifland, called Charles’s
Iftand, which it is neceflary to keep to the northward of: we
failed along the north ihore o f it, at about two miles dif-
tance, and fometimes much Iefs. A little to the eaftward o f
Cape Holland is a fair Tandy bay, called Wood’s Bay, in
which there is good anchoring. The mountains on each
fide the Streight are, I think, higher, and o f a more defolate
appearance, than any other in the world; except perhaps the
Cordeliers, both being rude, craggy, and fteep, and covered
with fnow from the top to the bottom.
From Cape Gallant to Paflage Point, which are diftant
about three leagues, the coaft lies W. by N. by compafs.
Paflage Point is the eaft point o f Elizabeth’s bay, and is low
land, with a rock lying off it. Between this and Cape Gallant
there are feveral Blands, fome o f them are very ftnall;
but the eaftermoft, which is Charles’s ifland, that has been
juft mentioned, is two leagues lo n g ; the next is called Monmouth
s Ifland, and the weftermoft, Rupert’s Ifland : Rupert’s
Ifland lies S. by E. o f Point Paflage. Thefe iflands make the
Streight narrow; between Point Paflage and Rupert’s Tflanfl
it is not more than two miles over, and it is neceflary to go
to the northward o f them all, keeping the north fhore on
board:
board: we failed within two cables’ length of it, and had no 1765-
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ground with forty fathom. At fix in the evening, the wind > — j
fhifted to the weftward, upon which we flood in for Eliza:- We f' 27'
beth’s Bay, and anchored in ten fathom with very good
ground; the belt anchoring however is in thirteen fathom,
for there was but three qr four fathom about a cable’s length
within us. In this bay there is a good rivulet o f frefh water.
We found the flood here fet very ftrong to the eaftward;
and according to our calculation, it flows at the full and
change of the moon about twelve o’clock. We found the
variation two points eafterly.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, of Thurftlay the 38th, the ThurfdayzS.
wind being between the N. W. and W. with frefh gales and
fqualls, we made the fignal to weigh, and juft as we had got
the fhip over the anchor, a violent guft brought It home; the
fhip immediately drove into fhoal water, within two cables’
length o f the fhore, upon which we let go the fmall bower in
four fathom, and had but three fathom under our ftern: the
ftream anchor was carried out with all pofiible expedition,
and by applying a purchafe to the capftern, the fhip was
drawn towards it: we then heaved up both the bower anchors,
flipt the ftream cable, and w ith the gibb and ftay-fails
ran out into ten fathom, and anchored with the beft bower
exactly in the fituation from which we had been driven.
At five o’clock the next morning, the wind being northerly, March,
and the weather moderate, we weighed again, and at feven rl ay *’
pafled Mufcle Bay, which lies on the fouthern fhore, about a
league to the weftward of Elizabeth’s . Bay. At eight, we
were abreaft o f Bachelor’s River, which is on the north fhore,
about two leagues W. by N, from Elizabeth’s Bay. At nine,
we pafled St. Jerom’s Sound, the entrance of which is about
a league from Bachelor’s River: when St. Jerom’s Sound
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