B 0I0K . At 17 h. the land from to'-#. 80° W .1 five
o■■r fix • leag°u es; . :>■/*
November: %% h. Dark, cloudy weather, and variable, with
. fin all rain. '
,24 h. - Continual rain, and very gloomy weather.
idth.- Variable and'dark .cloudy weather, .with continued
rain .till 6' h., when.it was calm. Aftei 8 h a,,breeze
fprung up from $ h cW .W , and we.flood in fhore.
At 13 h. we wore and flood off; and at 3 wetagai®
flood in fhore. At 6 h. 30 A. M. the land bSre-frdm
N. 47s W. to $5°. W'.; a :remarkable hill Ny $Q°
and we^made.fail., At?2 1 h. 2QVthe S, JBi.poiht k>f
Japan bore N. 3°.E„ on with a diftant Hummock.
Allowing its longitude to V.be right, ,f4ff 40' E.j as
fettled in Captain Cook s voyage, we fet the watch,
:N° 1, a-going, allowing its rate, to be the fame as
before. — |j 9Hj ■, " Lj ' jSHH
The fhore from White Point ten3ed|to ’the S. W.
• I t was-of moderate elevation, with chalky cliffs to an
opening, from whencepcame many fifhing boats; and
from thence it continued bare .of wood and.deflfiute
of verdure. -We fleered nearly in the dffe&ion of the?
■ coaft, with fine clear weather, and at the d-iftanceof
two leagues; and at noon we were abreaft of an ex-
7 •.. tenfive
tenfive' town. The latin about it jappeared -richly cultivated,
in -ridges riling aboVe one another in the tides
■of' thd' hilh. The - tops of tlifffe hills were' fleepf and
craggy ; and in ’ the hollows ‘ between*' them’ we faw
fbme, wobd, but in ?hip ^quantity, To the N. E. of
the town the coaft was indented. The extreme, South
■of the. town, S. 79° W/'10'i;%pemhg- Mr^river, '»'Ni 9°
W. ; land about White Point, making north extreme,
N. 34° E. ; Round Mountain, N y5;80 W., 4 , « leagues
off fhore. I
Moderate breezes and very fine weather.. We law
feveral iflands between the South and Weft ; and at
5 h. we were'' abreaft of the fouth extreme, which bore
N. 30° W. fix miles. This point forms-the eaftern
-entrance .into the’ bay of Jeddo, The Outer Maud
bore.S. Mp W., ten or twelve leagues, y in :the afternoon
we , were vifited by many fifhing boats., They
were; Sj5 feet, long, 8f. wide, and 2§ deep, very' neatly
built of oak, elm, and fir, very fharp forward, and
. yvith a rifing flern, which projected .beyond the real
Hern, being-a continuation ofithe fides:C They have a
falfe jbottom, where they> contain their. fifti ; and in
every~ refpeét they weçe^moft ingenioufly xönftruéted.
They were fleered ip, the Chinefe. manner ; and each
boat carried ; one maft, with a fquare cotton fail.
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