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b ird s ; nor the lead: figns o f inhabitants having ever been
upon the ifland.
I returned on board at h a lf pad two in the afternoon;
and, with a ligh t breeze Eaderly, deered for the South Wed
o f the ifland, w hich w e got round b y eight o’ clock, and
then dood for the Weflernmod land now in fight, which, at
this time, bord North Wed h a lf North. On the North Wed
fide o f the North Ead end o f Ka ye ’s Ifland, lies another
ifland, flretching South Ead and North W ed about three
leagu es, to within the fame diflance o f the North Wed
boundary o f the ■ bay above mentioned, which is didin-
gu idled by the name o f Comptroller's Bay,
Next morning, at four o’clock, K a y e ’s Ifland was d ill in Tuefday
fight, bearing Ead a quarter South. At this time, w e were
about four or five leagues from the main ; and the mod
Weflern part in fight bore North Wed h a lf North. We had
now a frefli gale at Ead South Ead ; and as we advanced to
the North Wed, we raifed land more and more W e d e r ly ;
and, at lad, to the Southward o f W ed ; fo that, at noon,
w hen the latitude was 6 t ' 11', and the longitude 213° g8',
the mod advanced land bore from us South Wed by Wed-
h a lf Wed. At the fame time, the Ead point o f a large inlet
bore Wed North Wed, three leagues didant.
From Comptroller’ s Bay to this point, which I name Cape
Hinchingbroke, the direction o f the coad is nearly Ead and
Wed. Beyond this, it feemed to incline to the Southward ;
a direction fo contrary to the modern charts founded upon
the late Ruffian difcoveries, that we had reafon to expedt
that, by the inlet before us, we Ihould find a pafiage to the
North; and that the land to the Wed and South Wed was
nothing but a group o f iflands. Add to this, that the wind
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