| "On lowering the sails, deeper water was attained, but the wind began to blow hard directly upon the shore, and we could not discover a landing-place, nor did we even know our distance from the beach. In this dilemma we saw a long line of floating sea-weed, and Ooligbuck suggesting that it came from the mouth of a river,we followed its direction, and, with the aid of the sounding-lead, groped our way betwixt two shoals into a well sheltered inlet. Here there was a good landing-place, and we deemed ourselves peculiarly fortunate in reaching so snug a harbour, for the fog continued all day, and in the afternoon the wind increased to a heavy gale. The inlet was named Browell Cove, in honour of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, ..." |
