to South, h a lf E a il; each extreme about feven lea gu es d if-
tant. Seeing no figns o f a harbour, and the weather being
flill unfettled, I tacked and ilretched o ff South Weft, having
then fifty-five fathoms water over a muddy bottom.
Tha t part o f the land, w h ich we were fo near when roe
tacked, is o f a moderate height, though, in fome places, it
rifes higher within. It was diverfified with a great many
riling grounds and fmall hills; many o f w hich were entirely
covered w ith tall, ftraight trees ; and others, w hich were
lower, and g rew in fpots lik e coppices ; but thè interfpaces,
and fides o f many o f the riling grounds, were clean T h e
whole, though it might make an agreeable fummer pro-
fpecft, had now an uncomfortable appearance ; as the bare
grounds toward the coaft were a ll covered with fnow, w hich
feemed to be o f a confiderable depth between the little hills
and. riling grounds ; and, in feveral places toward th e 1 fea,
m igh t ealily have been miftaken, at a diftance, fo r white
cliffs. T he fnow on the riling grounds was thinner fpfead1;
and farther inland, there was no appearance o f an y ; from
whence w e might, perhaps, conclude, that what we faw toward
the fea, had fallen during the night's which was colder
than any we had experienced linee our arrival on th’e'
coaft; and we had fometimes a kind o f fleet. The coaft
feemed every where almoft ftraight, without any opening
or inlet ; and it appeared to terminate in a kind o f white
fandy beach ; though fome on board thought that appearance
was ow in g to the fnow. - Each extreme o f the land
that was now before us, feemed to Ihoot out into a point.
T h e Northern one was. the fame w hich we had firft feen on
the 7 th ; and, on that account, I called it Cape-Perpetua.
It lies in the latitude o f 44° 6' North, and in the longitude o f
335° 52' Eaft. T he Southern extreme before us, I named
Cape
Cape Gregory *. Its latitude is 43° 30', and its longitude 078.
o / t-» n T • ' 1 1 „ ’ March. 235- 57 .Ealt. It is a remarkable point; the land o f it rifing
almoft diretffly from the fea, to a tolerable height, While that
on each fide o f it is low.
I continued Handing o ff till one in the afternoon. Then
I tacked, and flood in, hoping to have the wind o ff from
the land in the night. But in this I was m iftak en ; for at
five o’clock it began to veer to the Weft and South Weft ;
w h ich obliged me, once more, to Hand out to fea. At this
time, Cape Perpetua bore North Eaft b y Norths and the-
fartheft land w e could fee to the South o f Cape Gregory,,
bore South b y Eaft, perhaps ten or twelve leagues diftant.
I f I am right in this eftimation, its latitude w ill be 43° 10',,
and its lo n g itu d e 2350 55' Eaft, which is nearly the fituation
o f Cape Blanco, difcovered or feen by Martin d’A gu ila r, on
the 19th o f January, 1603. It is worth obferving, that, in
the ve ry latitude where w e now were, geographers have
been pleafed to place a large entrance or ftrair, the difco-
ve ry o f w hich they take upon them to afcribe to the fame
navigator; whereas nothing more is mentioned in the account
o f his voyage, than his having feen, in this fituation,
a large river, w h ich he would have' entered, but was pre-
vented by the currents-f.
T h e 'w in d , as I have' obferved, had veered to South Weft
in the e v en in g ; but it was' ve ry unfettled, and b lew in
fqUalls with fnow ihowers. In one o f thefe, at midnight,
it ihifted at once to Weft North Weft, and foon increafed to
a ve ry hard ga;le, with heavy fquallS, attended with fleet
or fnow. There was no choice now ; and we were obliged
* 1° our calendar, th e y th o f March is diitinguiihed by the name o f Perpetua M,
and'the 12th By that o f Gregory B.
t See the Hiftory o f California. Eng. tranf. V o l. ii. p. 292.
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