A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY BOOK
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A peaked hill South of the Saddle Hill
bore S. 48- W. six or seven leagues. The wind having veered to the westward, brought with it fine clear weather. Strong breezes and squally. |
The peaked hill bore of us N. 71° W., and the extreme S. 12° W. four leagues off shore. We steered throughout the morning in the direction of the coast, with a strong gale and fine weather, keeping at two or three leagues distance. At noon the land extended from S. 15° W. to N. 38° W. The extreme set at 6 h. A. M. bore from us N. 51° W.; and we were five or six miles from the land. The coast afforded a most barren prospect, the hills were much broken into ridges, forming chasms in their sloping sides towards the sea: we saw no appearance of any openings. |
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We ranged the coast
at the same distance four or five miles; |