in a hi,(^li blulT roc'kv cliiT, with a round. lii,i;li, rockv iflct lying cIoRmo
it, and by its fliorcs on its callcrn li<le takinir a Huup uoithcrly dnetiion,
it becomes a vcrv narrow point of land, which lia ing bcrn l("cn by
Captain Coliictt in his mc rmnti'.c cpcdiiion to this roall. Nas I)v liirn
named Cape Ommanoy, and the opening betwein it iwvl capi' Dv.H'i(ion,
thrill ian Sound.
Our conjcthires of Toon finding a port in this nciidiljonrhood. did not long remain unconfirmi-d, for alter advancing - or 8 nnles iVoni cape Onnnanev, we difcovered on the eaOern fliore ol the archipelago an opening that took a fouih-well direction; and us it a])peared likelv tn anl'werall our purpofes we worked into it, with a tVelh breeze dneclly aiiainll us until leven in the evening; when we anchored off a cove about half a league within the entrance of the haibcnir. On fri<la' niorninir the iflofaugufl the vefl'els were moored head and Hern in this cove, there not being flillicient room for diem to fwing; and whilR thole on board were fo employed, accompanied by Mr. W'hidbey and Mr. Johnflone, /"who were each to undertake a dilHn61; expedition, and by which means we entertained the ho}>e of being enabled to conned the furveys of the |)rcfcnt, with thofe of the two preceding feafons) I rowed to the entratice of the port, in order to be better able to arrange the mode of condu6f ing that l"erice: this appea.cd to be no (bfficult talk, as there were two given points before us, and both were nearly in view. The one was cape Dccilion, where our examination of the continental fliore had finiflu-d the former fealon, and the other was point Gardner, from whence Mr. Whidbey had returned on his lall excurfion from Crofs found. Mr. Whidbev was directed to recommence his refearches from that point, whilft Mr. Johnllone proceeded to cape Decifion, there to begin his ex- amination along the eaflern fliore of the found northward, until the two jxtrties fhould meet, or be otherways informed by notes which each partv was to leave in conlpicuc^us ])Iaccs for the government of the other, lit fcribing tl'e extent of their rifpetlive furveys.
The fpace now to be exjilored occupied about a degree of latitude, and although I hoped that the exatnination of it with tolc-rable weather, would not employ the boats more than a week ; yet in order that it fhould M m J not
