A VOYAGE Of DISCOVERY
SO OK gradually from each extreme ; and we obferved feveral
i Light breezes!’ ân d ii^ ÿ - hady ‘ weather. At half
paft 1 11. the. north 1 exfreme- fet at noon' ribW- bbrè
July 30th. North, four or five miles j land open with it extended
to the N. E., more disante At half paft4h.* we^'pafred
feme high landjî ^ilh ftëej^ clayèÿ'dlifîsf^whièhlfe't ihh.
bore NÎ. £ 0 E. about three leagues.
At hay-hght w@#ere^elLttp%ith'the iflundr-floftth
of Jeddo -bay,* extettding'from N. E. to'ShE^by^S!^
and the extreme è#N%on, Nl SO“ W.’ A%!d l A. BP.
we tacked to the N
and : calm, which prevented» our feeing any diftant
objeéts;. and at noon,we had the <e^viflgr b^rhWS’:
two hummocks iflands ln one, Sr30»’Eo4hV^a ( ^ ^ p it
milçs; Volcano Ifiand, N. 32° E. to N..83? E. ;.\C3&
tremè of Nipon, from N. 10° W. to S, 80“
foundings; During .the night we had. thunder had
, %htning, with moft oppreffivte Weafr CnnehVÏÎ7#K®.
15 miles, i
31ft. A firong current, fet us to the North, between Volcano
ifiaçds and the weftfern fhore of Jeddo bay. At
4 h. the north, part of the illand bore Eaft, two or
three miles ; and on the weft fide we obfferved a large
village. This ifiand was very high in the centre, riling
gradually
times;; large,columns ‘of black fmoke iffuing front the
fid$of :fhe eaft-ern higheftpart of ;the mcKmlain. At
7 h. the ifiand extended ■ from [Srt>° E tp ■'■&. 40° fi.
thjiefr miles. In the morning at 1 7 li. the paft entrance
into Jeddo bay bore^N.. 5° W..: to N- W. The
wind icontinued;.variable and calm till noon, when the
city point, forming the entranefe-into the bay, bore
S. S0° W. three leagues. Several boats came-off, and
bartered their fifli for TrtfteM«|5
We,n$ade fail for White Point,\whieh at 4h. bore
N-^lfiaiW. At 7 h. we Were a-breaft- c^ Ytf Dehringi
in 0 .0 § >vitb the* round mountain, N .-87° W. Wé had
nine.fathoms Water, |threp oT four miles from the*fti-ore.
Whfte Point dp remarkable, andeafiiy known in any
direëtion, being much higher than!' any/land near it,
and tefminating abruptly towards the tea* »with white
clifts; capped with wood ; the landhpn each fide re-
.q$flihj| from it.. ,-Ajftèr leaving* it we gradually, deepened
oar; water td 20; and 30 fathoms. ; Th'e?extreme,s
JKV.the Nofflr being' wpry Jpw,' boe/e !S | N. E., and tor
wards the*S.W- extreme point, S.; 43? AVr/hThe night
w&smOderate;i and in the morning'at* 17 b the land
extended ‘from■ N. $° /E- to.-N.' SO? W,, four or fix
; -'ll' 2' 1 leagues.
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