Towards night the ship again stood out to gain sea-room, and a gloom was visible in every countenance.

The captain himself shared in the general anxiety, and probably repented of his peremptory orders.

Another weary and watchful night succeeded, during which the wind subsided, and the weather became serene.
On the following day, the ship having drifted near the land, anchored in fourteen fathoms water, to the northward of the long peninsula or promontory which forms the north side of the entrance, and is called Cape Disappointment.

The pinnace was then manned, and two of the partners, Mr.David Stuart and Mr.M'Kay, set off in the hope of learning something of the fate of the whaleboat.

The surf, however, broke with such violence along the shore that they could find no landing place.