Wednesday the 18th, the wind at W.N.W. in hard squalls, with hail and snow.  This morning cast loose, and stood over to the southward, believing the tide to run stronger and more true than on the north-shore, hoping shortly to get out of the sound, which is not above a league in the wind’s eye.  At two o’clock got into a cove on the south side, made fast along side of the rocks; all hands on shore getting muscles and other fish.

Thursday the 19th, fresh gales W.N.W. with hail and snow.  This morning cast loose, and sail’d out, but could make no hand of it, our boat will not work to windward; put back from whence we came, and sent the people ashore to get muscles.  This night departed this life Mr Thomas Caple, son of the late Lieutenant Caple, aged twelve years, who perish’d for want of food.  There was a person on board who had some of the youth’s money, upwards of twenty guineas, with a watch and silver cup.  Those last the boy was willing to sell for flour; but his guardian told him, he would buy cloaths for him in the Brazil.  The miserable youth cry’d, Sir, I shall never live to see the Brazil, I am starving now, almost starv’d to death, therefore, for God’s sake, give me my silver cup to get me some victuals or buy some for me yourself.  All his prayers and intreaties to him were vain, but heaven sent death to his relief, and put a period to his miseries in an instant.  Persons who have not experienc’d the hardships we have met with, will wonder how people can be so inhuman to see their fellow-creatures starving before their faces, and afford ’em no relief:  But hunger is void of all compassion; every person was so intent on the preservation of his own life, that he was regardless of another’s, and the bowels of commiseration were shut up.  We slip no opportunity, day or night, to enter into the suppos’d right Streights, but can get no ground.  This day we serv’d flour and a piece of beef between two men for a week.  Captain P——­n, of his majesty’s land forces, gave two guineas for two pounds of flour; this flour was sold him by the seamen, who live on muscles.  Many of the people eat their flour raw as soon as they are serv’d it.  The wind and weather not permitting us to go out, the men were employ’d in getting wood and water.

Tuesday the 24th, this morning it being calm, row’d out, at eight o’clock had the supposed right Streights open, having a breeze at W.N.W.  S.E. by E. through the first reach, and S.S.E. through the second, then saw three islands, the largest of which lies on the north-shore, and there is a passage about two miles broad between that and the islands to the southward; there is also another passage between that island and the north-shore, of a mile and a half broad.  Before you come to those islands there is a sound lying on the south-shore:  You can see no passage until you come close up with the island, and then the imaginary Streights are not above two miles broad.  Steer’d away for the island