book Light winds from, the land.
*7^7* - .
SsftQmbet. We fcept èlöfe to thé wïxiQ
24tb' &ipeéing to get w&lï in witfr' thé land ia .the, morning.
Frelh breezes and clear weather. Towards noon
the wind veered to N. W., and we were unablto-te ap-
proach the land within five leagues. It made -high
in parts; and the fides of the hills were perfectly
bare, and deftitute of any verdure. The extremes at
noon, from N. 14° W. to S. 80? W.; RoundTfili, itfc
yefterday noon, N. 35° W .
W e were this day to the fouthwardT of the eafiem
point, which forms the entrance of the gulph, ih the
latitude of 46° 0T North; and in which: paraBelof
latitude it is about 6o" leagues acrofsf arid runs up
North and South 120 leagues. I named it the Gulph
of Tartary. It is poffible there may be tome openings,
that have efcaped our notice in filch an extent ;■ arid
if any, probably on the weftem fide, which the bad
weather prevented our making too free with on feme
dfeyS; and when "fair, the wind was contrary. Excepting
on the eaft point we faw no habitations whatever
; nor had we any reafon to. fiippofe the fea coafl;
was
was inhabited •Ain geperal I hamfound ippall.coun- € hap.
tries*. .wherey ep fhey/ppe inhabited,; palM'iSHiHfe) ipgiy4|, 't&m &sA
' f * * . i ! W^'0 1 motaones, - theifiiroke, of fires is always vifible, and Sepaanber.
tjiyyetfally mgd^ whgpo^ftr grange vellels''.appear, as
figpals• ofj| al^rip, op $Q jay^kto^ftho^r, purlofity; and I
think it m oft likely ,po ypftel eyep .appeared in thefe
teas befiueg to tftpip adpiir^tjonc. I
j, The feafpn being too far advanced to permit our
paffing,,-through the ftr^its which 4ividp the land of
Infop from Tai’tary, and ;gpoo^ding up to Sakuleen
Ifland, agreeafetto $o my • fifth' iutentions, and from
tl|fnoe mprp folly* osathriltBl the Kurile Iflands, and
afterwards to ..ycpiftinuo exploring the Corcan ppaft to
th e1 Yellow Sea. - .This plan being rendered abortive
b y the. unfortunate lolsl of. his M'ajefty s flftp Providence,
and the want pfprovifions in the fchooner,
induced me to prefer the continuation, of tfeecoaft of
Corea, as the mofi eligible. For -even/ton the: fup-
pofition of fucceedirig in my rcfearches to the North,
J had every reafon to be allured the welterIy winds
would prevent my repafling-the ftraits of ilnfooTarid
of courfe, the Coreah coaft would fee left .unex-
amined. I ^therefore ,continued our ; coubjfe; ;to the '
fouthward.