Bö|)K 1<5 h. we; were- enabled to carry föme fails: the wind
' aW"° veered to Si SiE;,H ü and wè had a cdnfufed broken r m
•September. »lea.:
At day-light .we, faw the land " from the NorthHo
W. 5°- S. about fxvd- leaguesi ■ In tti^; morning the
. wind fhifted i to * S.>Si W., ■ and wé half xtefy 'fevér-e
fqrialls, which fpiit moft oft ©rifr” fails*. . It-.fd©n! after
became calm ; and we wëfè left*Éö' thé" rheÉij'' of a
• moft; irregular >fea, breaking in -every ddredipn..■ ïTfte
weather obfcured the land; arid at noon we had light
[breezes from the N . E. quarter.
szd. ' Variable and threatening weather, with fhowers'.of
rain, and the fame confided fwell. Having fpiit all
our fails, except the fore-topfails, iri the :galë, wë
werb bufily employed repairing with the remaining
fuit. The haze prevented our feeing the landr and
at 10 h. the wind veering to the S. W., we flood off
the remainder of the night.
Variable winds, which at laft fettled in the N. W.
quarter, and blew a freftv breeze. At 17 hi 30 m. the
land extended from. N. W. tb S. 80°W.; and at 20 h.
we faw it bearing S. W. by W. To the North it was
high and broken, with bare rocky projections’; the
more
Mdr&'ldvel parts of the coaft were of a brownifh ap- ch ap.
pearattde, and covered with pine trees. At noon we v— t
Bad light airs and" ftnej weather. Therco^ft extended September.
framiN'.-lCW.; .to’ b5°;W. about five leagues.* To •
the N; W. there» appeared a fmall opening; or perhaps,
«the ‘ land being indented, it might be a* bay,
which rdupdiftrince,prevented there being any certainty
of; and it was directly to. windward. We had no
foundings.
LightVbreezes ■ and cloudy, with a fouthern fweU. ,*3d-
We-fleered in the direction of the coaft; but the haze
.prevented our diftingufthing-any thing particular in
’tlie land,' from „which we were diftant four or five
leagues. At 6h. the fouth extreme, making a high
hid, boreS- -70" W. fix or .eight leagues; and we
had led more g oft; die land.
■ The night was fqually and rainy, with a great deal
of lightning, which brought the.wind to the fouthward.
At h. we ftood to the eaftward.
Heavy fqualls ,pf, wind,, and a large fwell, fpiit the
jib: By noon we had clear weather, which gave us
a diftind view of the .land, extending from Weft to
N. 35° Wv, diftant 10 or 12 leagues.