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Title: A voyage round the world; 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
Year: 1789 (1780s)
Authors: Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817. cn
Subjects: King George (Ship) Queen Charlotte (Ship) Voyages around the world
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Stockdale, and G. Goulding
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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leagues distant. (Thursday 13) As I wished to look into Funchal Bay, and was not willing to lose the opportunity of doing it, we shortened sail and brought-to during the night with the ships head to the Northward. At five in the morning of the 13th we bore away and made sail. The East point ot the island of Madeira, when it bears about Weft by North, has a most remarkable appearance; the land seems to be divided by many extraordinary chasms, and there is a large rock at the extreme East point, in the shape of a sphere, which is perforated so as to form an uncommon arch. There is also a rock greatly resembling a spire, which seems entirely detached from the island, and which, one might suppose, could never resist the heavy surfs that constantly beat against it. By noon we were close in with the island, and kept standing for Funchal Bay, with a fine breeze at North East. Soon after five o'clock, being abreast of the bay, we found riding there his Majesty's ship Grampus, of fifty guns, commo-
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NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. 15 commodore Edward Thomson; and under his command his Majesty's ship Nautilus of 16 guns, which were bound on the African station. We hove-to, and I sent Mr. McLeod, my chief mate, on board the commodore with dispatches, in order to defire that he would be obliging as to fend them on shore to the British consul, with a request that he would forward them to England by the first conveyance. At the fame time I discharged one of my crew, and sent him on board the commodore at his own request. Mr. McLeod returning about eight o'clock,we made fail and stood to the South Weft with a fine Easterly breeze and clear weather. Nothing occurred worthy of note till the 2 2d; when (Saturday 22.) the water appearing remarkably coloured, we sounded at noon with 130 fathom line; but got no bottom. Our latitude was 17° 19 North, and the longitude 22° 55 West. At five in the afternoon we saw the Isle of Sal, bearing West North West half West, 11 leagues distant

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