1787- About ten o’clock we were got well into the entrance we came in
; bys but the wind fet right in, with a thick fog, fo that we were
' obliged to make feveral boards before we could get clear of the
land. Our meridian altitude gave 56 deg. 30 min. North latitude ;
and the longitude was 135 deg. 35 min. Weft.
The afternoon and evening continuing foggy, we ftood to the
Southward during the night, and at day-light in the morning of
the 27th, ftood again to the Eaftward. At eleven in the forenoon,
the day being tolerably clear, we faw land, which had the appearance
of two rocky iilands, bearing North Eaft, on which we fleered
dire£tly for them. At noon the land in fight bore from North
18 deg. Eaft, to North 50 deg. Eaft, four miles diftant. Our latitude
was 55 deg. 32 min. North j and our longitude 134 deg.
54 min. Weft.
On our approaching ftill nearer the land, there was every appearance
of a fine bay, the furtheft point to the Eaftward bearing
North 35 deg. Eaft; and the Weftermoft point, which was very
rocky, North 45 deg. Weft, two miles diftant.
At three o’clock the whale-boat was hoifted out, and Mr. Turner
feht to found the entrance into the bay-, and look for a harbour.
He returned at five o’clock-, and reported, that the greater part of
the bay was Ihoal water, and that there was no probability of
Sleeting with a convenient birth to anchor in.
At fix o’clock the weather turned hazy, with frequent fqualls,
which caufe* us to double reef the top-fails-, and haul by the wind
tp the Southward. At eight o’clock the land bore from North 60
deg.
deg. Eaft to Weft; and the extremes of a large ifland from North
6 deg, Eaft, to North 26 deg. Weft. u—
The weather in the morning of the 28th, was thick and hazy,-
attended with a frelh breeze from the Weftward. In the eourfe of
the forenoon, we faw land to the Northward and Weftward, about
four miles diftant; but the weather ftill continued fo very hazy,
that it was by no means prudent to ftand clofe in with it.
About three in the afternoon, the day clearing up, we had a good
view of the land, the extremes of which bore from North 12 deg.
Eaft to South 65 deg. Eaft, and an o p en in g , which had the appearance
of a deep bay, North 47 deg. Eaft, about three leagues diftant. -
We fleered directly for this bay, expecting to find a harbour,
but on approaching quite clofe to the land, we found it a ftraight
bold Ihore, without the leaft Ihelter. The Northermoft point is .a
remarkably high barren rock, and was covered with an innumerable
quantity of various kinds of birds.
During the night, and the forenoon of the 29th, we plied occa-
fionally, the weather being thick and hazy. Our latitude at noon,
was cc deg. 18 min. North ; and the longitude 134 deg 56 min.
Weft At three o’clock in the afternoon, we had a fight of th e1
land, the extremes of which bore from North Weft to South Eaft
by Eaft.
During the night, and the forenoon of the 30th, we had light
variable winds, the weather ftill thick and hazy, which occafioned
us to make frequent hoards, always endeavouring to keep.as near
the coaft as wasoonfiftent with prudence. At- noon we faw land