I fhould have obferved, that there are two; paffages into the i
Sound ; the one, (which we have in vain attempted for fbme time ,tpt_
paft) to the Weft ward, and the other to the Eaft ward of Montague
Ifland. At five in the afternoon we faw fbme low, flat land, bearing
North Eaft, which we took for Kayes Ifland. At eight o’clock,
the land a-head bore North by Weft, at ten miles diftance. The-
wind blowing frelh, we tacked, and flood off fhore during the night,.
■ not judging it prudent to ftand in for the land..
In the morning of the 28th, the land bore Weft, at twelve or
fourteen miles diftance; and by noon, we had entirely loft fight of
it. The weather was fqually, with rain, and a frefh North Eafterly
breeze. All hopes of making Prince William’s Sound this feafon.
were now given up, and it was determined by our Captains to fleer
for Crofs Sound, that being the next known harbour to the Southward,
where any fkins were likely to be procured.
From the 29th o f Auguft to the 3d of September, we had frefh.
North Eafterly breezes, with fqually weather. On the 4th, the-
weather grew moderate, and tolerably pleafant, with light variable
winds, which continued much the fame till the 7th, when we:
had a brifk gale from the North Eaft, but. towards evening, it turned;
nearly calm. On the 8th, a frefh breeze fprung up from the-
South South Weft. Our obfervation at noon gave 58 deg. North,
latitude; and our longitude was 13.7 deg. 38 min. Weft. This
being pretty near the fiiuation of Crofs Sound, as laid down
by Captain Cook, we fleered North Eaft by Eaft, and our Southerly
breeze continuing, we faw land right a-head at eleven o’clock,
in the. forenoon of the 9th, and at two o’clock it bore from North.
Weft to. Eaft by South, at fix miles diftance.
K Having.