to flretch to the Southward, in order to ge t clear o f the
coaft. This was done under courfes, and two clofe-reefed
topfails; b e in g rather more fail than the ihips could fa fe ly
b e a r ; but it was neceflary to carry it to avoid the more
prefling danger o f be in g forced on lliore. T h is g a le continued
till e ight o’clock in the morning o f the 13th; when
it abated, and I flood in again for the land. We had been
forced a confiderable w ay b a ckw a rd ; fo r at the time o f
our tacking, w e were in the latitude o f 42° 45', and in the
longitude o f 23 30 30'.
T h e wind continued at Weft, and North W e f t ; ftorms,
moderate weather, and calms, fucceeding each other b y
turns, till the morning o f the 21ft ; when, after a few hours
calm, a breeze fprun g up at South Weft. This b rin g in g
w ith it fair weather, I fleered North Eafterly, in order to
fa ll in w ith the land, beyond that part o f it where w e had
already fo unprofitably been toiled about for the laft fortn
ight. In the evening, the wind veered to the We ftw a rd ;
and, at eight o ’clock, the next irforning, we faw the land,
extending from North Eaft to Eaft, nine leagues diftant. At
this time we were in the latitude o f 47° 5' North, and in
the longitude o f 233° 10' Eaft.
I continued to ftand to the North with a fine breeze at
Weft, and Weft North Weft, till near feven o’clock in the
evening, when I tacked to wait fo r day-light. At this
time, we were in forty-eight fathoms water, and about four
leagues from the land, which extended from North to South
Eaft h a lf Eaft, and a fmall round hill, w h ich had the appearance
o f being an illand, bore North three quartet s Eaft,
diftant fix or feven leagues, as I gueffed ; it appears to be o f
a tolerable height, and was but ju ft to be feen from the
■'4 > ' deck.
deck. Between this ifland or rock and thP t
trem e B S w i - 1 ( I e Northern ex- '77.8-
trem e o f the land , th e re appeared to be a fm a ll op en in g
f t » “! » ® : ? - r P
h a d fom e reafon to th in k that t h e « ■ ’ ’ W e
lo w la n d n u • he 0Penm g was clofed by
North o f it r l i vCC° Unt I W r the P ° int o f land to the
North and in rh a ln the orth, and in the longitude o f 23 c0 3' lEaatfitt udet ko .f 48®• 15'
and fertile appearance. It is in this very latitude where we
pir the there the caft n nK M T n° thmg Iike 1 ’ >V
ifted *. P babllKy that ever an7 fuch thing « -
I flood o ff to the Southward till midnight, when I tack
ed, and fleered to the North Weft, with a gentle breeze at
South Weft, intending to ftand in for the i f nd n f
day-light fhould appear. But, by that time, we were r e ' m
duced to two courfes and clofe-reefed top-fails, having a' ^
very hard gale with rain, right on ih o r e ; fo that, inflfad
k e eUDh lnS ^ ^ thC Iand’ - 1 was g!ad to g e t an offing, or to
keep that w hich we had already got..' T he South Weft wind
was, however, but o f fhort con tin uance, for, inThe X en
mg, it veered again to the Weft. T hus had we p e ^ t u l f i v
ftrong Weil and North Weil winds to encounter. Sometimes *
to S a K S ? Wind WOUld b6COrae moderate, M M M
.0 the Southward 1 but this was always a fure prelude m a
S i v0ci^ r z hir oun; of Jur 8 1# 1 ( ¡¡¡Si I "• E-»49— »52. and many later Colleflions..
ftorm^