. A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America [microform] : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon ; dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages around the world; Botany; Zoology; Voyages autour du monde; Botanique; Zoologie. NORTH-WEST COAST OF 11 In the afternoon of the 20th, the weather being thick and hazy, 1787. we loft light of land, and did not fee it again till near noon on the J^^^^^''^; 22d, when Atoui bore from North 15 deg. Eaft, to North ^^ dcg.
. A voyage round the world, but more particularly to the north-west coast of America [microform] : performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon ; dedicated, by permission, to Sir Joseph Banks, Voyages around the world; Botany; Zoology; Voyages autour du monde; Botanique; Zoologie. NORTH-WEST COAST OF 11 In the afternoon of the 20th, the weather being thick and hazy, 1787. we loft light of land, and did not fee it again till near noon on the J^^^^^''^; 22d, when Atoui bore from North 15 deg. Eaft, to North ^^ dcg. Well; diilant about four leagues. During this gale, we were undc-- great apprehcnfions for Cap- tain Portlock's fafety, as his fituation we knew mult be a very cri- tical one, no harbour at Onechow afibrding tlie leaft fhelter from a Soutlierly or Wctlcrly wind. But at one o'clock on the 22d, we law the King George, to our great fatisfaclion, bearing Wed by North, about three leagues diftant. I''oni her fituation, it was evident, that fhe had failed round Oneehow, and we did not doubt hut that flie had been obliged, by the violence of the gale, to flip, or cut her cables, and run to lea. '1 he wind continued wefterly till the 25th, when it veered to South Hall, and loon afterwards to North North Eaftj this being fa- vourable for us, and likely to continue from that (juartcr, \vc again llood for Onechow, and in the evening of the 26th, came to anchor in Yam Bay, in twenty-nine fathom water, over a fandy bottom j the extremes of Oneehov/ bore from South Eaft to North by Well-, a mile and half diilant from Ihorc; the llland Tahoora South 48 deg. Well. During the 27th, the wind kept at North North Eaft, but blew fo frelh, that our fituation was by no means an eligible one. Our piinci})al motive in coming to Oneehow was, to {)rocure a fupply of yams, they being the only loot this illand ad'oids, which will keep for any time ; but the furf lan (o high, that vciy few canoes ventured o
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