>778* the latitude o f 57“ 33', and in the longitude o f 307° 13 ';
<__Lv ' and is. diftant fifteen leagues from Cape St. Hermogenes, in
the direction o f South, 17° Weft.
Tuefday 9. T he three fo llow in g days w e had almoft conftant mifty
Thurfdayu. weather, with d r iz z lin g ra in ; fo that we feldom had a fight
o f the coaft. T he wind was South Eaft by South, and South
South Eaft, a gentle breeze, and the air raw and cold. With
this wind and weather, we continued to ply up th e coaft,
m akin g boards o f fix or e ight leagues each. The depth o f
water was from thirty to fifty-five fathoms, over a coarfe,
black fandy bottom.
T h e fo g clearing up, with the change o f the wind to South
Friday 12. Weft, in the evening o f the 12th, we had a fight o f the land
bearing Weft, twelve leagues diftant. We flood in for it
early next morning. At noon we were not above three
miles from i t ; an elevated point, w hich obtained the name
o f Cape Barnabas, ly in g in the latitude o f 57* 13' bore North
North Ea ftha lf Eaft, ten miles diftant; and the coaft extended
from North, 42° Eaft, to Weft South Weft. T h e North Eaft
extreme was loft in a,haze ; but the point to the South Weft,
whofe elevated fummit terminated in two round h ills ; on
that account was called Two headed Point. This part o f the
coaft, in w hich are feveral fmall bays, is compofed o f high
hills and deep vallies ; and in fome places we could fee the
tops o f other hills, beyond thofe that form the coaft ; which
was but little incumbered with fnow, but had a very barren
appearance. Not a tree or bufh was to be feen upon i t ; and,
in general, it had a brownilh hue, probably the e fix f t o f a
molly covering.
Icon tin u ed to ply to the South Weft by Weft, as the coaft
trended; and, at fix in the evening, being midway between
=6 Cape
Cape Barnabas and Two-headed Point, and' two leagues J77®*
from the fhore; the depth o f water was fixty-two fathoms. 1 ■
From this ftation, a low point o f land made its appearance
beyond Two-headed Point, bearing South, 69° Weft; and,
withou t it, other land that had the appearance o f an illand,
bore South, 59" Weft.
At noon; on the_i3th, being in latitude 36° 49', Cape St.Bar- Saturday,,,
nabas bore-North, 52* Eaft; Two-headed Point North,' 14»
Weft, feven or eight miles diftant; and the coaft o f the continent
extended as far as South, 724° Weft ; and the land feen
the preceding- evening, and fuppofed to be an illand, now
appeared lik e two illands. From whatever quarter T w o -
headed Point w a s viewed, it had the-appearance o f being an
illan d; or elfe it is a peninfula, on each fide o f w hich the
fhore forms a bay, The wind ftill continued Weftèrly, a
gentle bre eze ; the weather rather dull and cloudy, and the _•
air iharp and dry: ' ' . '
We were^well u p with the Sduthèrnmoft land nc-xt morn- Sunday 1*.
in g, and found it to bè an illand, w hich wasmamed ‘Trinity'
JJland: Its greateft extent is fix leagues in thé direction o f
Eaft and Weft. Each end is elevated naked land, and in
the middle it is low ; fo that, at a diftance, from fome points ‘
o f view, it allumes the appearance o f two illands. It liés in -
the latitude o f 56° 36' and in the longitude o f 20:5° ; and between
two and three leagues from the continent ; w h ich -
fpaee is interfperfed with fmall illands and rocks ; but there
feemed to be good palTage enough, and alfo fafe anchorage. .
At firft, we were inclined to think, that this was Beering’s
Foggy Iflond* ; but its fituation fo near.the main does not fuit
his chart.
* Tumanm-ojirow, c’eft-a-dire, Uifie Nebuhufc. Muller, p. 261*
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