C H A P . X.
Return from Cape North, along the Coafl o f Afia.— Views
o f the Country.— Burney s Ißand.— Cape Serdze Kame
the Northern Lim it o f Beerings Voyage. — Pafs the
Baft Cape o f A fia .—-Dfcription and Situation o f it.—
Ohfervations. on Muller.— The Tfchutfki.— Bay o f Saint
Lawrence. — Two other Bays-, and Habitations o f the
Natives.— Beering's Cape Tfchukotfkoi.— Beer in fs Po-
fition o f this Coafi accurate.— Ifiand o f Saint Lawrence.
— Pafs to tlx American Coafi.— Cape Darby. — Bald
Head.— Cape Denbigh, on a Peninfula.— Befiorough
Ifiand.—-Wood and Water procured.— Vifits from the
N a tives— Their Perfons and Habitations.— Produce o f
o f the Country.— Marks that the Peninfula had formerly
been furrounded by the Sea.— Lieutenant K in g s Report.
— Norton Sound. — Lunar Ohfervations there. —
Stcehlin s Map proved to be erroneous.— Plan o f future
Operations,
A F T E R ha vin g flood o ff till w e got into eighteen fa- 1778.
thorns water, I bore up to the Eaftward, along th e ' . Angnlt~.
eoaft, which, by this time, it was pretty certain, could only Saturda>r 29-
be the continent o f Afia. As the wind blew frefh, with a
very heavy fa ll o f fnow, and a thick mift, it was neceflary
to proceed with great caution. I therefore brought to, for
a few hours in the night.