•704- a heavy confuted tea-,- which, with the meeting of the tides, produced a
— kind of race. Here the boats, for fome time, were in a moft critical fitu-
ation, but by the great exertions of their crews, they were at length pre-
ferved, and arrived fafe, as has been before, related.
It now remains to recount the circumftances attendant on Mr. John-
ftorte’s expedition; who, ‘from cape Decilion, found the exterior coaft
firft take a direftion N.<go w., about g leagues, and then N, lo rn ,
about the fame diftance, to the north point of a harbour about a mile
wide ; the intermediate fhore, between' it and cape Decifion,. has in it
many fnlall open bays, and at fome diftance from it, lie many rocks.
This ftation was reached in the forenoon of the gd, the harbour was
found free and eafy of accefs, by keeping near the fouthern fhore; in
general it is about a mile wide. At firft it takes a north-eaft courfe for
about a league, and then terminates.in a s.s.e. direftion, abo^ a league
further, having fome iflets and rocks in it, notwithftanding which: it affords
very excellent , fhelter, with foundings from 17 to. .34 and 12 fathoms
water. It is conveniently fituated to the ocean, has its north
point in latitude 56° 1 7%, longitude 225° 58', and-obtained the name of
P o r t M a lm e s b u r y . Its north point, which I have called P o in t
H a r r i s , is rendered very remarkable, by its being a projefling point,
on which is a fingle hill, appearing from many points o f view like an
ifland, with an iflet and fome rocks extending near a mile to the fouth-
weft of it. North from hence, three miles and an half, and then n.n.e .
about the fame diftance,. is the fouth point of a large bay, full of innumerable
iflets and rocks, with a great number of very fmall branches
in various direftions ; its examination occupied much-time, and its fouthern
extremity reached to the latitude of 56° 15',.. longitude 226° 15'; its
eaftern branch to.. latitude 56* 28', longitude 226° 18'; ■ and its northern
• extremity to latitude g6°-33', longitude 226° 12k Between the two latter
the party met with about, a dozen of the natives, who occupied a
fingle habitation on the fhore, and were the firft people Mr. Johnftone’s.
party had feen on this expedition. The gth was very .ftormy, with much
rain, but the 6th was fair and pleafant, which enabled them to finifh
the examination o f this intricate found, and in the evening they reached
ed its north-weft point of entrance, which I called P o in t E l l is , where
they remained during the night. It is fituated in latitude 56° 31', löngi- >.
tude 225° 56'. This alfo forms the fouth-eaft point of another fmall inlet,
which is equally intricate, and as much incommoded with iflets and
' rocks. Thé examination of this employed the whole of the 7th. It
forms a narrow atm, extending from point Ellis n. 56 e . for ten miles,
where it terminates. Here they found a fingle houfe, fimilar to that before
mentioned, and containing about as many inhabitants.- From hence
they returned along the northern fide of this arnr, from half a1 mile to
half a league in width,, and about feven nules from its head to- its. north
point, which forms- alfo the fouth point of a bay or inlet,- full of iflets-
and rocks, the north point of which, called by me P o in t S u l l i v a n ,
lies in latitude' 56° gS',' longitude 22ty ^vj^'.| From point Sullivan the
fhores were lefs rocky, and became firm and compact, taking-a.dire&ion
Nrg wv thirteen miles, to-a confpicuous point, which after Vice Admiral
Kingfmill, obtained the-name of P o in t K in g sm il l . From this point,
which is the fouth point of the fpacious inlet, up which Mr. Whidbey
had purfued his- refearches to themorth-eaftward ; the fhores took a di-
reftión n'. 47 £., fix miles and a half to another point, which I called
P o in t C o r n w a l l i s , and which forms the fouth-weft point- of entrance
into an arm leading to the fouth-eaft. The fpace between thefe two
points is occupied byTwo bays, each taking a fouth-eafterly direflion,
from a mile to half a league wide, and 4 or .5 miles deep, in which as
ufual along the coaft were many iflets and dangerous rocks. The exami-
nation to this extent, employed the party until the 10th in the morning,
when they quitted the main inlet, and purfued the arm leading to the
fouth-eaftward, which firft took a dire&ion s. 68 e. for q miles, and then
s. 26 E. for 7 miles and a half further; here a branch was entered about
half a league wide; that took a s.s. w-direftion for about 8 miles, where'
it terminated in latitude! 56° 384'. The fhores- o f the fouthem parts of
this branch, which I have diftinguifhed by the name of P o r t C amd en ,
are pretty free from iflets and rocks, but-thofe-to the-north-weftof-it, are
lined with them, and render the approaching, of it extremely dangerous,
The termination of this branch reaches in. a north and fouth. direfftion,
within
1794.
Auguft.