»77*- ment in it. He did not feem to underftand any o f the
■ ■ words commonly ufed b y our vifiters in the Sound, w hen
repeated to him. But, perhaps, our fau lty pronunciation,
rather than his ignorance o f the dialed!, ma y be inferred
from this.
T he weather was cloudy and h a zy , with, now and then,
Monday 32, funfhine, till the afternoon o f the 22d, when the wind came
round to the South Eaft, and, as ufu a l, brought thick rainy
weather. Before the fo g came on, no part o f the main land
w a s in fight, except the volcano, and another mountain clofe
b y it . I continued to fleer Weft till feven in the evening,
w h en , be in g apprehenfive o f fa llin g in with the land in
th ick weather, w e hauled the wind to the Southward, till
Tuefflay 13. two o’clo ck next morning, and then bore away again
Weft. We made but little progrefs, ha vin g the w in d variable,
and but little o f it, till at laft it fixed in the Weftern
board, and at five in the afternoon, ha vin g a g le am o f fun fhine,
w e faw land bearing N orth 59“ Weft, appearing in h illocks
lik e iilands.
W e d n e f. 24. Ax fix in the. morning o f the 24th, w e got a fight erf the
continent 5. and at nine it was feen extending from North
Eaft by Eaft, to South Weft by Weft, h a lf Weft; the neareft
part about four leagues diftant. T h e land to the South Weft
proved to be i i la n d s t h e fame that had been feen the preceding
evening. But the other was a continuation o f the
continent, without any iilands. to obftruct our view o f it. In
the evening, being about four leagues from the Ihore, in,
forty-two fathoms water, ha vin g little or no wind, we had:
recourfe to our hooks and lines 3 but only two or three fmalL
cod were caught.
T h e next morning we got a breeze Eafterly; and, what ‘ 778,
• i 1 • • J u n e . was uncommon, w ith this wind, clear weather; fo that w e '— — j
not only faw the volcano, but other mountains, both , to the T1‘urfdaj'2S’
Eaft and Weft o f it, and all the coaft o f the main land under
them, much plainer than at any time before. It extended
from North Eaft by North, to North Weft h a lf Weft, where
it feemed to terminate. Between this point and the iilands
withou t it, there appeared a large opening, fo r w hich I
fleered, till we raifed land beyond it. T h is land, although
we did not perceive that it joined the continent, made, a paf-
fa g e through the opening very doubtful. It alfo made it
doubtful, whether the land which we faw to the South Weft,
was infular or con tin en tal; and, i f the latter, it was obvious
that the. opening wou ld be a deep bay or inlet, from which,
i f once w e entered it w ith an Eafterly wind, it wou ld not
be fo eafy to ge t out. Not caring, therefore, to trull too
mu ch to appearances, I fleered to the Southward. Having
thus got without all the land in fight, I then fleered Weft,
in w h ich direction the iilands la y ; for fuch we found this
land to be.
By eight o’clo ck w e had palled three o f them, a ll o f a
good he ight. More o f them were now feen to the Weft-
w a rd ; the South Wefternmoft part o f them bearing Weft
North Weft. T h e weather, in the afternoon, became
gloomy, and at length turned to a m ift; and the wind
blew fre fh at Eaft. I therefore, at ten at n ight, hauled the
wind to the Southward till day-break, when w e refumed our j.riday 2s.
courfe to the Weft.
D a y -light availed us little 5 fo r the weather was fo thick,
that w e could not fee a hundred yards before u s ; but as
the wind was now moderate, I ventured to run. A t h a lf