Sunday 28,

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

and pafled feveral {mall bays, when we came to the point of a very deep
one, whofe extremity was not difcernible; the land bearing South from
us, at the diflance of about ten miles. Our guide not having been here
for.eight winters, was at a lofs what courfe to take, thou gh as well as he
could recolleét, this bay appeared to be the entrance of the river. Ac-
cordingly, we fteered down it, about Weft-South-Welt, till we were in-
volved ina fieldof brokenice. We {till could not difcover the bottom of
the bay, and a fog coming on, made it very difficult for us to get to an ifland
to the South-Wefi, and it was nearly dark when we effected a landing.

Ata quarter paft three we were again on the water, and as we could
perceive no current fetting into this bay, we made the beft of our way
to the point that bore South from us yefterday afternoon. We con-
tinued our courfe South three miles more, South by Weft feven miles,
Weft fifteen miles, when by obfervation we were in 61 degrees
North latitude; we then proceeded Weft-North-Weft two miles. Here
we came to the foot of a traverle, the oppofite land bearing South-Weft,
diftance fourteen miles, when we fleered into a deep bay, about a
Welterly courfe; and though we had no land a head in fight, we in-
dulged the hope of finding a paflage, which, according to the Indian,

would conduét us to the entrance of the river.

Having a {trong wind aft, we loft fight of the Indians, nor could we
put on fhore to wait for them, without ruking material damage to
the canoe, till we ran to the bottom of the bay, and were forced
among the rufhes; when we difcovered that there was no paflage there.
In about two or three hours they joined us, but would not approach our ,

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