. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 502 ] i; ». On the loth there was a full moon, and the wind blew frcfli from the S. W. On the 13th we conceived ourfelvcs to be In foundhigs from tlie colour of the fea; at the lame time appeared Orange heaas^ many flags, many birds, with red feet, breaft, and beak, as alfb many whales ; all which were certain figns of our nearer ap- proach to land. During the 14th and 15th thefc Ti^^ns increafed, when we found ourfelves in N. Lat. 56, 8. & 154 leagues W. of the con- tinent, and 6
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ 502 ] i; ». On the loth there was a full moon, and the wind blew frcfli from the S. W. On the 13th we conceived ourfelvcs to be In foundhigs from tlie colour of the fea; at the lame time appeared Orange heaas^ many flags, many birds, with red feet, breaft, and beak, as alfb many whales ; all which were certain figns of our nearer ap- proach to land. During the 14th and 15th thefc Ti^^ns increafed, when we found ourfelves in N. Lat. 56, 8. & 154 leagues W. of the con- tinent, and 69 leagues from an iiland to be found in our chart % which likewlfe pointed out an archipelago in the fame parallel. This fearch however was attended with great difficulty, as tlic wind blew with great violence, whilft the mifts did not permit u^ to diftinguhh any diftant objetft. At noon on the i6th we law land to the N. W. at thcdiflancc of fix leagues, and it foon afterwards opened to the N. E. pre- fenting confiderable headlands and mountains, one of which ^wis of an immenfe height, being fituatcd upon a projeftlng cape, and of the moll regular and beautiful form I had ever feen. It was nlfo quite detached from the great ridge of mountains. Its top was covered with fnow, under which appeared fome wide gullies, which continue till about the middle of the mountain, and from thence to tlie bottom are trees of the fame kind as thofe at Trinity ^ We named this moutaln ^ and the cape delKngan- both of which are lituated in N. Lat. c,y. 2. and by two «o'S * I fhould rather fuppofc that this was the chart of D. Juan Perez, who was on board, and had been on a former voyage of dilcovcry. ^ Before dcfcvibed to be pines. e There is a monaflery of St. Jacinihus, at a fmall diltance from Mexico. Giige's Survey of tlie W. Indies. '' Or of deceit.) repeated. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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