November ^ c o a ^ to ^ fouthward, we hauled our wind and plied under an
<_— ,--- 1 eafy fail until day light the next morning, when we again refumed our
" 7 9‘ courfe along Ihore with a light northerly breeze, which by noon brought
us to that part of the coaft we lirft made on the 17th of laft april. It
extended by compafs from s. 43 e . to n . 33 w . ; the neareft Ihore bearing
E. by N. about 2 leagues diftant. In this fituation our latitude was
39° 25', longitude 236° 32', which places the coaft under this parallel,
near a quarter of a degree more to the eaftward than I had confidered it
on our former vifit. The land to the fouthward, which had then appeared
to have been much broken, was now proved to be compaCl, the deception
having been occafioned by our diftance from it, and the irregularity o f its
furface, which rifes abruptly in low fandy cliffs from a connefted beach
which uniformly compofes the fea fhore. The interior country appeared
to be nearly an uninterrupted foreft, but towards the fea fide was
a plealing variety of open fpaces.
From the fouth promontory of cape Mendocino to the land we were
abreaft o f the preceding night, the coaft takes a dire&ion about s, 40 e,
for about 12 or 13 leagues, and there forms fomething o f a projection,,
whence it falls back about 2 leagues to the eaftward, and then ftretches
about s. 15 E., in which direction we failed at the diftance o f 4 or 7
•miles from the fhore which ftill continued compaft, with two or three
fmall rocky iflets lying near it. As we proceeded, a diftant view was
obtained of the inland country, which was compofcd of very lofty rugged
mountains extending in a ridge nearly parallel to- the direction- o f
the coaft. Thefe were in general deftitute of wood, and the more
elevated parts were covered with perpetual fnow.
In the evening we again hauled off from the fhore to wait the return
Saturday 10. o f day, at which time a low projecting point, called by the Spaniards
Punta Barro de Arena, bore by compafs-S. 57 e . about 2 leagues from us.;
The wind blew a pleafant gale from the n .w . with fine weather, which
made me much regret the delays .our furvey demanded, as thefe now
prevented our embracing fo favorable an opportunity of making the-
beft of our way to thofe ports of refrefhments now not far off, efoe-
cially as fome fcorbutic fymptoms had at length made their appearance.
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ance. Six of the crew were affeCted, though not in fuch a degree as
to 'caufe confinement. , The fame attention had been unremittingly '— ■1
paid to the prefervation of health as on all former' occafions during
the voyage, and I was unable to afenbe the appearance o f this malady
to • any other ca-ufe than the laborious exertions which the nature of
the fervice had demanded, and the fcarcity of refrefhments we had been
enabled to procure in the courfe of the fummer The very unpleafant
ftate of the fhip during the late boifterous weather had undoubtedly operated
in producing this calamity, by the crew being almoft continually
wet with the ineeffant rains, and from our having fhipped a great quantity
of water which had unavoidably kept the fhip damp in fpite of our
utmoft endeavors. The falubrious qualities of the four krOut, though
ferved with the portable foup every day, and boiled not only in the peas
for dinner but every morning in the wheat for brèakfaft ever fince we
had left Nootka, had not averted the evil. On the firft fymptoms of the
difeafe, recourfe was immediately had to the effence o f malt, with the in-
fpiffated juice of orange and lemon, which from fome removed the dif-
order, and checked its progrefs in others, though they ftill continued to
labour under its influence.
We purfued our line of direction (lowly along the coaft, owing to the
light baffling winds that prevailed. At noon the obfervéd latitude was
38° 48', longitude 236° 42'; the fouthernmoft land in fight bore by
compafs s. 67 E.; two fmal-l rocky iflets lying near the Coaft N. 79 e . ;
the neareft fhore about 2 leagues diftant; and the point de Arena being
nearly the northernmoft land in fight N. iô w . at the diftance of about
3 leagues. According to our obfervations this point is fituated in latitude
38° 56', longitude 236* 44' ; it forms a confpicuous mark on the
coaft ; the-fhores to the north of it fake a direftion N. 10 w. ; its northern
fide is compofed of black rugged rocks On which the fea breaks with
great violence ; to the fouth of it the coaft trends s. 35 e. ; its foüthern
fide is compofed of low fandy or clayey cliffs, remarkably white, though
interfperfed with ftreaks of a dull green colour ; the country abovfe it
rifes with a gentle afeent, is chequered with copfes of foreft trees and clear
ground, which gave it the appearance of being in a high ftate of cultiva