milêai This head land rofe-abruptly from thè feà to
a confiderahle height, bold and cliffy. -Within; the
outer èxtreme the fhore prèfehtèd a barren appearahc'ei
but not fo elevated, till it joined- the high: land, Which
was much broken : the extreme part of' it extended to
S. W., when the lowland continued to the South as-
far as We could'fee. » An extbnfive village was feen-
to the W. S. W., with the cultivations furrounding it
afcendin'g the hills, in ridges' one above another/ A
fandy beach fkirtedthe Ihore, from -whence wh were
d iff an t four/ miles. : We I experienced. ;tbis : dayj/a
foutherly current of 14 milès. ; In the evening.and
morning, and during the ;fog, : we were Continually
troubled with a variety.ofbrown peterèls, : haviög- the
outer part of their wings tipped underneathjwith
white. They made an unufual chattering noife,- and
wérein great numbers.
; At 7 b; we were only abreaft pf the outer extreme
head fet at noon, now bearing N». 6$° W .. ; At; the
extremity .of the low point beyond it are fome detached
rocks ; they bore N. 40° W. five or fix miles.
Some ; very diftant high land was obferved to | the
W. N. W. The night was very foggy..
In the morning we had affrefh breezef-rom. the S. E.,
which increafed the fog.-till near boon, when.it .entirely f}
difperfedvit,
We experienced this d^y ^ZJ mile^of - tyutherly
current.
At 18 h. we juft got fight .ofthe^ rocks* hewing Weft
five Or fix miles ? b u t we got up view off the land, the
fog coming on again fo -immediately..;:We pnrfued
ouiv courfef foruVoleano Bay;, and a t fe-W
Poirlt -Bfarme td the' W: N-’W- Af„noon,, iffbore
:Nl. &0° W .; > abrupt head onUK&NiE. point of ,l^ipon,
,S.! 30° W.; high mountain, S.,47aW . >8'; „theiextiemes
of Nipon very high, S. 67- W. a
Soon after noon the wind drifted to the weft-
ward.'
Point Efarme, S. 37° W. The Ihore, from ttys point
took a S.W. by W. dire&ion. Our diftance was
three or four leagues off. Variable g ather.
At noon Point Efarme, S. 15° W^on with the main
land of Nipon; north point of Volcano bay, N. 63° W.
four leagues ; extremes of Infoo, from N. 15 E. to
8 N. 80.®
CHAP. " iv . ;
1797-
Auguft..
nth.