. 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. 1 ~ Wf 1 1 f 4 C2 A VOYAGE TO THE O;--' :. i^r. .rKt; I III 1786. enabled us to fliape our courfc agreeably to Captain Portlock's September, jircaion, though I muft own wc left the coaft reluaantly, and ^ the more fo, as the prefent wind was what we wanted to cany us into the Ibund. Indeed it
. 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. 1 ~ Wf 1 1 f 4 C2 A VOYAGE TO THE O;--' :. i^r. .rKt; I III 1786. enabled us to fliape our courfc agreeably to Captain Portlock's September, jircaion, though I muft own wc left the coaft reluaantly, and ^ the more fo, as the prefent wind was what we wanted to cany us into the Ibund. Indeed it fhould be remembered, that the wind for fome days part had been as favourable as we could wifli, when at a diftance from the Ihore, but always grew light and variable, as we drew near the land; and there is every reafon to imagine this would have been the cafe at prefent: fo that on the whole, we probably may have caufc to rejoice at this unexpefted determina- tion. At noon, the harbour bore North 40 deg. Eaft, diftant about twelve leagues : our latitude was 49 deg. 15 min. North ; and the longitude 127 deg. 35 min. Weft. Before night we had entirely loft lisht of the coaft. Thus ended all our hopes of making King. George's Sound this fcafon. If we take a retrofpecl view of occurrences fince our leaving Cook's River, we fcem to have been peculiarly unfuccefsful in all our attempts to gain a fecond harbour on this inhofpitable coaft. Twice indeed, (viz. at Crofs Sound, and the Bay of Illands) our mifcarriage was owing, in a great meafure, to mifmformation j and that we did not make either Prince William's, or Nootka Sound, may juftly be attributed to unfavourable winds, and bad weather, things which muft ever baffle the ftrongeft efforts of hu- man wifdom ; and, though we were unacquainted with Captani Portlock's motives for leaving the coaft, yet he no doubt was con- vinced, that every attempt had been made that prudence could fuggeft, confiftent with the fafety of the veflels,
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