2)14' A ugust,
3. Anchored on the'North fide .’of this ifland, o f which the middle lies in 1S0 S. and
169° 20' E, Its circumference appears to be above 30 leagues.
4. Sailed fromthis ifland, which (as we afterwards learnt) the natives call Irromanga, and
advanced towards themoje Soxitheply>. one,
5.. Anchored in a port oh the new.ifland, -Which has a volcano. The . natives call -their
ifland Tanna ; it lies in 19® 30' S. and 169° 38' E, Its circuit, appears to be about
34 leagues, .
20. Sailedrff'om Tanria. A fmall daw ifland j inamedJmmer, lies1 a few. .leagues to-the North
o f it:; a high ifland, called Irronan, liesabo.uti2 leagues.1 to the Eaflvvard of i t ; and
another, called Anattom, to the South-Eaftward. This Lift is fituated in zo° 3' S.
and 17.6°-'5^:E. We.flood to:the North Weftward, along the lee 7 fide .of the clufter- of
ifles .we. had hitherto difcovered, which-wereinamedthn N.ew<Hebrides.
24. Having coafted the W. fhore of Mallicollo, we failed roundits.North point, through a
paflage already .difebvexed by.M, de Bougainville, and formed byt.ano.ther great ifland
to the Northward, • near.which we-faw&veraL.fmall ifles, along the'S. and E.icoafts.
3^* We entered a vaftbay about 8 leagues.deep, .on Jthe. North end o f the great ifland. It
appeared to Captain Cook to be the fame'which Capt. Quiros has dedicated to;St. Philip
and -St, James. Its. Weft.point, which we called Gape-Cumberland, lies in 14^ 3 8^. S,
and-i&60c$2/ E. and the.Eaft point,, named Cape Quaros, i n c a n d 167°
27., Sailed out«£the:bay o f St. Philip and .St-ujames', .oh .Qniros’s .T-ierraedeLEfpiritu-Santo.
31. Left the Tierra del Elpiritu Santo,:after.coailing its WefternIhbre, down to Bougainville’s
Paflage. The S. W. point o f the land, or Cape Lifbume, lies, in 150 33' S. and
; r67°jE. .
S eptember.
4. Difcovered- a veryextenfive tradl of. land, to Which we gave: the name of New Caledonia.
$. Came to an anchor in a harbour on the-North-fliore; ; A ft'nail ifland in the harbour, which
we called Obfervatory Ifland, -lies in -20? • i-^S. and • *64° 40' E . . .
13. Sailed out of the harbour to the North Weftward along the fhore. The point we firft fell
in with or Cape Oollnet, lies in 20° 30' S..and x'650 'oaf R.
Ah ifland to the Weftward, - which the natives call -Balabea, about 12. miles in circuit,
lies in; 20° 06' S... and 164° 18' E. ■ - •
s'6.' The Northernmoft land, which looked like broken iflands;, lies rneairly in 19° 3-7^ S. and
163° 40^ E. We failed to-the South-Eaftward again along the coaft.
34« -Saw the-Eafternmoft extremity of ‘New Caledonia, which we.called Queen Charlotte’s
Foreland, in 22® i t ' S. and 167° 15'vE.' In the evening .difcovered another ifland,
which we called the Ifle of -Pines. It is 15 or 18 leagues in;circuit, and -lies in 22°
4c/ S. and 167° 40' E.
39. Came to an anchor under a fmall ifle, which Capt. Cook called Botany Ifland, in 22°
28' S.-and 167° 3j6/ E . , The Southernraoft-point of New -Caledoniay \gkich we called
. .the Prince of Wales’s Foreland lies in 22° 30'.S. and 166° 53' E.
O ctober.
October. 1774*
1. Cleared the reefs of New Caledonia at day break, and fail'ed'to the Southward,
x-o. Difcovered a fmall ifland, on which Wb landed in the afternoon, and which we left in the
evening» It was named Norfolk Ifland, and lies in 29? 2§' S. and 168° i6 'E . ,
16. In the evening faw the Coaft of New Zeeland, near Mount Eginont.
x8. Anchored in Ship Cove, Qyeen Charlotte’s Sound, the third time. This harbour is fitu-
ated in-4i° 6' S. 174° 2 ƒ frafl E . :
N ovember.
10. Sailed from Queen Charlotte’s found-..
December.. *
18. Made the coaft of Tierra del Fuego near Cape Defeadb, foon after midnight..
20. Anchored in a fpacious Sound-, which Wecalled'Chriftmas Sbund.
284 Set fail from-Chriftmas Sound. The Weft point of its entrance called York Minfter,
lies in £g° 30' S - and 70° 28' W .
29. Pafled Cape Horn in the morning,, and found it fituated in and 67? 46' W.
3J. Anchored under fome fmall iflands on the North Add oESfatenLarid,. after paffing £ trait'
le Maire,. We called-thefe ifles New Year’s Iflands, fituated in C40 46' S, 64°. 3 b7 W,
Ja n u a r t ;. • • ’ • ' : 1L 7 : ; , ' V ' ' jW j .
3. At day break failed to the Southward..
14. Saw land in the morning at a vaft diftance-
16. Pafled between two little iflands at the N .W . end of.this land; The paflage'was not- above
a league acrofs. The Southernmoft was named Bird Ifland, the Northernmoft, or
Willis’s Ifland, lies in 54° S. and 38^ 25' W.
ay. Landed in a bay, which we called Pofleffion Bay, in 34° i^ S. and 3y.° 1 ^ W*-
-x.9. Reached the S .E . end of the new land, which was called the Ifle of Georgia, A final!
ifland at. the S. end lies in 54° 52' S. and 3 5° 50' W. and-was called Cooper’s Ifland -
Some rocks to the South EaftwarcL1 about 13 leagues off were called Clerke”s rocks, :acuh
lie in-550 S.~and 34° £c/ W. *
23. Very near being loft upon Clerke’s rocks.
28. Having crofled 6o° S. we were flopped by field-ice.
3-'i. At feven o’clock faw- very high land clofe to us, through th!e fog;
February.-
2 - Saw the Northernmoft parts of this land, which was named Sandwich' Land. Its South—
ernmoft extreme, or Southern Thule, lies in 59® 30' S. and 27° 30'W. The point:
which we firft fell in with, or Freezeland: Peak, in 58° 55/ S. and 27° W. A:
finuofity of the coaft between Thule and Freeze land’s Peakwas • called Forfter’s Bay..
An ifland called Saunder’s Ifland, in 57° 48^ S; and 26° 3-5'W. and two others
iflands,*. called Candlemas Iflands, in 57° 10' S. and 27° (/ W.-
r8. Pafled over the place, where M. des Loziers Bouvet,. fuppofeA to have feen land, which,
he called Cape Circumcifion.
2.3.- Pafled over the fpot, where we had feen field-ice in December,. 17.72*
March*.