T h e mouth o f the bay opens in a North North Weft di-
.redtioij. T h e land, on. the South fide, is o f a moderate
h e ig h t ; to the Northward, it rifes into a b lu ff head, w h ich
is the higheft part o f the coaft. In the channel between
them, near the North Eaft: fide, lie three remarkable
ro ck s ; and, farther in, near the oppofite coaft, a fingle detached
ro ck o f a confiderable fize. On the North head,
there is a look-out houfe, which, when the Ruffians expedt
any o f their ihips upon the coaft, is ufed as a light-houfe.
There was a flag-ftaff on i t ; but we faw no fign o f any
perfon being there.
Having palled the mouth o f the bay, which is about four
miles long , we opened a large circular bafon o f twenty-five,
miles in c ircum fe ren ce ; and, at h a lf paft four, came to an
anchor in fix fathoms water, being afraid o f ru nn in g fo u l
on a ihoal, or fome fu n k rocks, which are faid by M u lle r* ,
to lie in the channel o f the harbour o f St. Peter and St. Paul.
T h e middle o f the bay was fu ll o f loofe ice, driftin g with
the tide ; but the ffiores were ftill entirely blocked up w ith
it. Great flocks o f w ild -fow l were feen o f various fpecies ;
likewife rayens, eagles, and large flights o f Greenland
pigeons. We examined every corner o f the bay, w ith our
glafies, in fearch o f the town o f St. Peter and St. P a u l;
wh ich , according to the accounts g iv en us at Oonalailca,
we had conceived to be a place o f fome ftrength and con-
iideration. At length w.e difcovered, on a narrow point o f
land to the North North Eaft, a few miferable log-houfes,
and fome conical huts, raifed on poles, amounting in all to
about thirty ; which, from their fituatiOn, notwithftanding
all the refpeft we wiffied to entertain for a Ruffian oftrog,
* Voyages made by the Ruffians from Afia to America, &c. Mandated from the
German} by T . Jefferys9 p. 37. .
William Bligh.
Mallei oft/v Kefoluti