«-.Thick gfoggy? weather V^pèwftNtafiL' m i iïtóng-’ théf
iflaud diflinéÈly .till near noon. ‘ At noon i t bore from
. t<gN; ^2 v.®.*fe]tir jor ;five milës,Jand da© rocks1
frofn S«67* rW:'ft#§?,8©°-.-W..?/bjr which it appeals Ve
had.feeA fot to the:WvS;.WL
Wè fteered to pafs to the weftward>of the’ iflands,
which afforded rhthef a barren profpeéti Ofoa moderate
elevation. They; werevéry rdok^- towards^th© lea r
but in the hollow ridges formed‘ .by Tthe hills wfe-faV
fome trees;. and as we pafled the fouth point wè perceived
a froall village! At funfct the iffaiid bore SJ
E. to N. 749 ;E.. four or five miles; and we had 3f
fathoms, fine fandy bottom.
After midnight-we preferred our fituaiioh; mafeing-
fhort boards till day-light, when the iffand bore from
S. 22° E. to S. 42° W. five or fix miles. In the-morning
weliad the wind from thé S; Wi, andJwe plieA'to
windward. We faw land to the E. aM
but indiftinétly.,’ .
At 50 h. we pafled the north fide of the iflands ; and
before noon we fent a boat on fhore. On their-return,
they reported they had feen fpriogs of good
8 ' water,
waterland-the-land covered with cearfiVgrafs ; the CHAP ,
ffoil rich mould, ' competed,of decayed vegetable^. -—3 ^
abundancejdf crow-ferries and bilberries, ' oa£r.
with; a fpeeies oScranberry,, and great quantities of "
fthe fabjna. A t noon the M. Wiftpointhore N. 80° W.
M m or .four ndles^' and the other extreme S. 33^'W.
The^grew. ^ f e .b o j a t fojindi a i f ecié& of | j-umpéii 8th.
fome ; Zew trees,' and -the. fibfei pine.' * The'' ffiores
abounded with wild fowl; and'tfey faw many paths,
asthey ftppofedi of; animals/
T^jis is -moft probably jthe .fame iffand vifitéÖ by
Spsnb.erg : ^vMe, Cookes 3d voyage, ?Koh III. p^388 <;
fee alfo Muller,' Voyages etDee$$vertes,'$ &q.„p.
k t feered'M. M i BidfarMfa
l^nd, Mbeapflg. in ;that dire^ion. At funfet ifevboré
N. ft) E„ and a remaohable peaked mountain covered
Wlth ; Spapberg's Ifland from S. 80°
50° W. about five\ leagues A At day-li^ht
^ ew ere nearly in the fame fituation, and we fleered
HHp* W ' for a . paffage • Much -appeared to divide
tidwpgaked hill , lande from thé other 4<y- thé''N;*U'
We?triedfor foundtogsfin^he pafihge ^
pnd jpafiTed ^through .feveral ’ ftrong-’ ripUfigs« At 2Th:
ihe. peaks bore. Weft. At 'noón-we Velé Veil Icfelfr
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