owing'to the badnefs of the .weather, prevented our*
making any fatisfa&ory obferyatioQS.' We had ftrOng
breezes, with ahead fea .all nighty-and at daylight
we had the wind to the |N;orthr,o£ Weft, ,witb fine?
clear weather; and at 19 h- 3$ we faw the land ex-*
tending from N. 40° W. to N. 65° W. from Jhe deck.
Made all fail.
2‘3 h.‘ Current N. 70° E. 30 miles.
24 h. Strong breezes, and clear; . Land feen bear-;
ing N. 60° W. 12 or 13 leagues. .
Strong breezes and fine weather. At 4 h. 20' jthe
extremes of land from N. 55° W. to Weft, juft vifible
from the deck. At 15 h. the land extended from
N. 70° W. to N. 63? W. We judged thefe lands to be
the continuation of coaft; but the ftfong wind from
the N. W. prevented our neater approach. They ap*-
peared to be very high in detached parts.
We tried for foundings all night unfuepefsfully,.
and the breeze was now moderate. < At 19h. 30' we
were well up with the extreme fouthern land feen
laft night, bearing S. 80° W.» and the north extreme
N. 12° W. ; and we faw high diftant land to the S. W.„
apparently unconned;ed with the other. We fteered
towards a deep bay; and at noon we were three or
four
four leagues from the ihore, whiph appeared high and C HA p.
rugged, much broken into ridges; in general bare of
wood and rocky, but > fomP of the hills. were clothed November,
with wood up tp their fummits. The extremes bore ,
from N. 75? W. to N.. 1° W .; ftarboard point of bay
55° W., * two or three leagues; Volpano Mountain
N. 65° W .; high diftant land S; W., ten or twelve
leagues.
Lisht breezes and variable weather. The volcano, *jth;
whiph is fituated in* the interior parts .of the bay,
emitted vaft columns-of finoke; and we obferved
feveral boats fifhing in flipre, and a junk Handing into
the bay- At 5h. the extremes bore from NvSl80>E.
to S. 75? W .; centre of bay N. 40° W., five or. fix
miles; low- land, juft, vifible from the deck, S. 68° W. j 1
diftant land S. 42° W.; and more low land, feemingly
conneaed with it, S. 25° W. We fteered to the fouth-
ward and eaftward upon a wind. At daylight or 19 h.
we faw the low land bearing S. 67° W .: the fame fet
laft evening ,S. 27° W. ; the extremes, North of the
bay, N. 27° W. We ftoo4;iu ftxore for the low land,
which was five or fix leagues, having‘moderate, .winds
and cloudy weather. At noon the extreme, North of
the bay, N. 15° W., and folrth extreme N. 72* W.;
and