the extremes bearing from South to N. 22° E.; but we had no soundings with 50 fathoms. The lofty mountains we had before remarked, seemed to terminate on the north side of the bay, and in a W. N. W. direction the coast fell back, leaving a small bay within, which most probably affords good anchorage from the appearance of the shores. The southern land rose in hummocks to a tolerable elevation. |
CHAP VII ![]() 1797 October 7th. |
Light airs, with calm and cloudy weather. 6 h. Light winds. 12 h. Inclining to calms. 18 h. Gentle breezes. Our situation nearly the same as yesterday. A peaked mount S. 27° W.; extreme S. 12° W. Saddle Hill S. 67° W. about five leagues the centre. |
8th. |
Light breezes, with dark gloomy weather. |
9th. |
A peaked |
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