. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, 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 round the world; Botany; Botanique. A VOYAGE TO THE Having been at fea a month, when we expelled only a cruize of two or three days, thou mayeft imagine we were greatly elated with the profpe6l of fpeedily coming to anchor, and beginning to traffic j but all our expectations on this head foon vanilhed, for on Hand- ing in for th
. A voyage round the world [microform] : but more particularly to the north-west coast of America, 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 round the world; Botany; Botanique. A VOYAGE TO THE Having been at fea a month, when we expelled only a cruize of two or three days, thou mayeft imagine we were greatly elated with the profpe6l of fpeedily coming to anchor, and beginning to traffic j but all our expectations on this head foon vanilhed, for on Hand- ing in for the fhore till four o'clock, and at lefs than three miles diflance, we could not fee any appearance of the Sound mentioned by Captain Cook. The coaft, indeed, formed a Kind of bay, but afforded no place, in this fituation, where a vefTel could anchor^ with any degree of fafety. We founded with a line of 110 fathom, but found no bottom, neither was the colour of the water in the leaft changed; fo that there is reafon to expect deep water quite: clofe to the fliore. Being difappointed in our expectations of falling in with Crofs Sound, it was judged a needlefs wafte of time to look for it in any other fituation, efpecially as Captain Cook never came to anchor there, but only faw it at a confiderable diflance j and we knew by experience, how deceitful the appearances of land are on this coaft, occafioned by a conftant haze, which perpetually changes its pofi- tion, and renders it next to impolTible to afcertain land at a dil- tance, with any degree of certainty. The Bay of IJlands was the next eligible harbour for us to make -, this lay about thirty miles to the Southward and Eaftward. A favourable breeze fpringing up towai'ds the evening, we flood un- der an eafy fail during the night, with every profpeCt of making this harbour foon; but in the morning of the loth, a very heavy gale of wind came on from the Southward, which continued till evening, when we had a flat calm for a few
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