DeVeitr. f e w ~4V to,70: fathom, till the
i ' eigfe^ o f December, yyfee-n, about, fix o’clock, in the mornin a-
we faw land beaming #jom;S. W. to W.,by S, and appearing
like many fm^ll iflandg. . At noon it b.orp from W. by S.
to S S. W. diftant '8 leagues!; our latitude then .being 47°
16 s - j 5-8' ^ . About three o’clock Cape BJance bore
W. N. W. dili'ant'lix leagues, and a.remarkable double faddle
"W. S. W .' diftant about, three leagues. We had now foundings
frOtfaib"to 16 fathom, Sometimes with c'oarfe fand and
gravel,fifUmetimes a»hh finall;black -ftones l and C e l l s ’/ ' At
eight in the, evening the Tower rock at Port Defire boreS.W.
by-W. diftant about three leagues ; and the ebttfearns o f the
land from S. by K. to N. W.. by N. At nine. Penguin Ifland
boreS.,W.iby W.q. W. diftant two leagues; and at four o’clock
Tuefday g. in the mprning of the ninth, the. land feen from the maft-
licad tqrc'froni S. W. to W. by N. '
At noon Penguin ifland bore S. by E. diftant y 7 miles;
Our latitude being 48° ^ S. longitude 65° 6'W. This day
we faw fuch a quantity o f red fhrimps about the fhip, that
the fea was coloured with them.
Wcdnef.’io. At noon the next day, Wednefday the 10th, the extreams
o f the land bore from S.W. to N. W. and Wood’s Mount,
near the entrance o f Saint Julianas, bore S>. W- by W. diftant
three or four leagues. Our latitude was,qqh^b'S- nur longitude
66° 48' W. i and opr foundings were from ap tq 4S
fathom, fometimcs fine fand, fomctimcs loft mud.
Thorfday u. A t noon, on Thurfday the 11 th, Penguin Iflapd bore N. N. E
diftant 58 leagues, 0 .ur latitude was 50° 48' S. our longi-
.tude .67° io'W.
Saturday 13. We continued our courfe till Saturday the igth, when
our latitude being S°° 34' S- and our longitude 68° 15' W.
the
the extreams o f the land bore 'from N. y E. to S. S. W,5" W. 1766.
aird the.ftiip ,wa)s about five; or Use miles diflSni from the .December'.
feore. Cape Beachv-head, the nOrtherrftbft cape,' was found
to lie in latitude 50“ 16'S. and Cape Fa-ifWe£ithe'f,rf ih& foufh-
ermoft cape, in.latitude 50" yo’ S.
On Sunday,the.14th, at four in the morningrCape Beachy- Sunday 14,
head bore N. W. ,N; diftant. abo'Ut eight leagued; and aft
noon, our latitude being yb'°. S. and lon^itu,ded685’ ib6W,
' PengUin ifland bore N. jjr? E. diftant 68 league's^ . We were
fix , leagues from the lliorc, and the' extreams o f the land'
were from N. W. to W. S. W.
^ .o clofck in the morning, o f Monday the ryth, Monday 15..
being about fix foiles’frbrfi the fliore, the'extreams of the land
bore fforn S: by E. to N. by El, and the entrance o f the river:
Saint Croix 'S. W. a. W. We had 20 fathom quite crofs the
opening, the diftan'ce from point' to point being about fOven
miles,, and afterwards keeping abthbehftance of about four
miles from each cape, we had from 22 to 24 fathom. T h e :
land on the noith fhore is high, and appears, in three capes;
that on the fouth- Ihorc is low and flat. At feven in the evening,
Cape Fairweather bore.S. W. | S. diftant about four
leagues,, a low point running out from it S. S. W. 4 W. We
flood off and on all night, and had from 30 to 22 fathom
water, with a bottom of fand and mud. At feven the next
morning, Tuefday the 16th, we ftioaled gradually into 12; Tuefday.6,.
fathom, with a bottom o f fine fand, andfoon after into fix:
we then hauled off S. E. by S. fomewhat more, than a m ile ;
then fleered eaft five miles, then E. by N. and deepened into-
12 fathom. Cape Fairweather at this time bore W. 4 S.
diftant four leagues, and the northermoft extremity o f the,
land W. N. W. When we firft came into fhoal water, Cape
Fairweather bore W. q N. and a low point without it W. S. W.
diftant