foutlrieaft 'Ihore be excepted. In !the afternoon two ópëriings on the
north -Veil fliofe'wefe paffed. The ndrthernmOft o f théfe'had the 'appearance'
of being' extérifive. At its Tdirih‘point1 óf entrance, in latitude
520 23T, longitude 232° 28^', 'we niet with a fmall party of the natives,
whofe appehfahce bnd condiiCt -much fèfêmbled thófe' we ha’d met the
day'béförë. Théy'flrongty Tolicited ris 'tö vifit .tMeir'höüfes; but as
theïr 'figns gave 'ris ‘rëafoii ‘tö -’believe their 'habitations were bélimd ris,
though at no■ great dift’arice, T declined -tlteir civil inti'ëatiès, and prbfe-
cdted öür furvey until'fevén'in the evening, when we arrivéd at a póïrit,
fröih whence this inlet again divides into tWO arrhs, One taking a northerly,
the other a fouth-eafterly ‘ diteftion. From this point, riamed by me
P o in t E d"W A k b ; 'fituatéd'in'latitüde'gb0' 25'J'; M g e A e M E t i l 'ari(^
forming the northern extremity of the ealtefn Aïötë, we ’Hirefited ‘our
route:fb theföuth-erift, in' ordër'to 'fefke up bur 'lodging for 'the flight,
having little doubt'offindirigifl’at'Channel to'b’ethe fdrfte that Mr. JÖhn-
ftönë Had the laft year léft uriekpibfèd, 'extending to'ihe ridrthWard.
Aboritfour therieictmoYiiinb, ;the Weather beirig‘mild,‘ thöugh-cloudy,
tVeJ attain 'pröfëcutéd bur lêïeafches tb the Torith-eaft,-rind-’about fevën
came to a point that left no doubt as to our fituation, and that the
Ïïairbbafk ïhóre which Weiiad'mus 'far'.pürfué’d, ' was brie ’fide of an ex-
tenfivelfland, whichï diftingüiffiétPtty tKëflamé!o f Ki'fib’s T s t a n D', ‘after
the Family of my late highly-éfteèmeH arid 'rnuch-Taménté'd ‘friend,
Captain James King of the navy. Point Menzies was Tëèri1 fförii this
Ration lying's. 83 E., ^bórit'3leagues‘ dlftant, and’ the nöïth-eaft 'point
Of Burke’s criiial On the OppMte'lhdre 'si 'jtyE. twomiles’ arid an half
diffaiit. The continuationof the-inlet’ to theflaftwarlfwasevidently the
fame that had Undergone the' examination óf' Mr. Johnftönë, arid de termined
to a: certainty that 'we had the'cóntihëiit again in View.
At this point I left in a cohfpicuOus place a note,- defiling Mr.
Johnflone would return to the veffèls by the Wav hc b.ad come; ‘having
before received directions, in cafe o f his finally exploring;the arm before
Us leadirig' tb1 the’ëaftwatd/to ëndëavour to'returrito the1 veffels'by the foute
We had pUrfüê'd; this had now become urinecelfafydrift as the inlet
at point Merizies1 Had again 'drvrdéd itfelf into'-two branchés, o n e extettding
in a fouth-eallerly, and the other in a north-eafterly direction. I
had acquainted Mr. Johnltone, that I Ihould profecute the examination
of the north-eallern branch, whiltt he was employed in the other, if I
met with no indications of his having preceded me. After quitting
this point, we landed to breakfalt on the before mentioned point o f the
continental fhore, and there found, either left by accident or defign, one
o f our kegs, which proved that Mr. Johnflone had reached that fpot
before us. In its bung-hole I left a note fimilar to the former.
The weather was now ferene and pleafant. With a gentle fouth-weft
breeze, after breakfalt, we continued to examine the north-eaft branch,
and at noon I obferved the latitude in its entrance to be 52°19' 30";
whence point Menzies will be found to lie in 52018'30";. being 4' further
north than the latitude affigned to that point on our former v ilit ;
but its longitude did not appear to require any correction.
On the north point of entrance into this branch I left a third note for
Mr. Johnftone, left he Ihould not at this time have finilhed his fouth-
eaftern furvey, and Ihould hereafter purfue the examination of this arm,
directing him as before to return home, as the whole extent within the limits
o f his intended excurfion would now fall under my own inveftigation.
From hence we directed our courfe over to the eaftern Ihore, where,
obferving a fire on the beach amongft the drift wood, we landed, and
not only found evident figns of Mr. Johnftone’s party having recently
quitted the beach, but on a tree was written with a burnt flick, “ Gone
by." Any further attempts here on our part became therefore ufelels.
That branch extended to the fouth-eaft, and from the light colour o f the
water we had paffed through this morning, there was no doubt it had
terminated in the ufual way. In our progrefs to this ftation, we had
paffed five openings on the larboard or continental fhore. Our attention
was now directed to thefe objeCts, and having dined, we returned by the
fame way we had come, and relied for the night near our lodging of the
preceding evening.
The appearance o f the country we had paffed by, varied in no refpeCt
from what has already been frequently defcribed, excepting that the
maple, birch, crab, and other fmall trees, feemed to be more numerous,
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