An Authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke during the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; in search of a ... and America. Including a faithful account

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1783 edition. Excerpt: ...low point S, E. by E. our distance from the shore about seven miles.' The land near the shore was of a moderate height: the hills were covered with strait tall trees of the fir kind, and where they were but thinly fcattered, the ground was covered with snow. There were a number of white sandy beaches, which at a distance appeared like chalk cliffs: this part of the coast runs nearly N. and S. and in a strait direction, without the least appearance of a bay or inlet. During the night, we had frequent squalls with showers of hail and snow which continued more or less the best part of the next day. The squalls were generally so heavy, as to oblige us to get down our top-gallant-yards, and closereef our top-sails. As the wind continued so long to the westward, and so fresh with a1'. al, we could do nothing more than stand off and on, which plan we continued till the 15th, but we fell to leeward considerably. Our weather was now dark and cloudy, with a natly moist atmosphere: in the afternoon, the wind being more moderate, we wore ship, and stood in for the land again. In the night, we had light airs and calms. On the 16th, we had moderate breezes with cloudy weather, and in the afternoon saw several whales. The 17th, and part of the 18th, were rainy and disagreeable; but the 19th was fine, clear, and pleasant, with a fine little breeze from the S. S. E. which in the afternoon, almost died away, and in the course of the night shifted to the northward. We continued however to stand in for the land, and the next day a hawk was seen flying round the ships. In the night the vessels lost sight of each other; but the Discovery firing a gun, the Resolution answered it with a light. The next day we had the wind from from the southward, which in the afternoon...