the matter returned from his expedition. The matter reported
that he had found four places, in which there was
good anchorage, between the place where we lay and Cape
Froward: that he had been on fhoreat federal places, where
he had found plenty o f wood and water clofe to the beach,
with abundance of cranberries and wild celery. He reported
alfo, that he had feen a great number of currant butties full
o f fruit, though none of it was ripe, and a great variety of
beautiful Ihrubs in full bloflom, bearing flowers of different
colours, particularly red, purple, yellow, and white, befides
great plenty o f the winter’s bark, a grateful fpice which is
well known to thebotanifts o f Europe. He fliot feveral wild
ducks, geefe, gulls, a hawk, and two or three o f the birds
which the failors call a Race-Horfe.
■ Sunday IS. At five o’clock in the morning o f Sunday the 18th, we
made fail, and at noon, being about two miles from the
fliore, Cape Froward bore N. by E. a bluff point N. N. W. and
Cape Holland W. iS . Onr latitude at this place, by obfer-
yation, was, 54° 3'S. and we found the Streight to be about
fix miles wide. Soon after I fent a boat into Snug hay, to lie
at the anchoring place, but the wind coming from the land,
I flood off again all n igh t; and at a mile from the fliore, we
had no ground with 140 fa,thorn.
•Monday 19. | | | j morning o f Monday the 19th, the Swallow having
made the fignal for anchoring under Cape Holland, we ran
in, and anchored in 10 fathom, with a clear fandy bottom.
Upon fending the boats out to found, we difcovered that we
were very near a reef o f rocks; we therefore tripped the anchor,
and dropped farther our, where we had 12 fathom,
and were about half a mile from the fliore, juft oppofite to a
large ftream o f water which falls with great rapidity from
the
the mountains, for the land here is of a ftupendous height. 1767-
Cape Holland bore: W. S. W. 4. W. diffant two miles, and Cape , J ”“try:,
Froward E.. Our latitude, by obfervation, was 53° 58'S.
The next morning we got off fome water, and great plenty Tuefday 20.
o f wild celery, but could get no fifh, except a few muffles.
I fent off the boats to found, and found that there was good1
anchorage at about half a mile from the fliore, quite from
the Cape to four miles below i t ; and clofe by the Cape a good
harbour, where a fliip might refrefli with more fafety than
a t Fort Famine, and avail herfelf o f a large river o f frefli
water; with plenty o f wood, celery, and berries; though
the place affords no fifh except muffles.
Having completed onr wood and water, we failed from »
this place on the aid, about three o’clock in the afternoon.
At nine in the evening, the fliip being about two miles
diftant from the fliore, Cape - Gallant bore W. 4 N. diftant
two leagues, Cape Holland E. by N. diftant fix leagues; Gape
Gallant and Cape Holland beingnearly in one: a white patch.
in Monmouth’s ifland bore S. S. W. -f W. Rupert’s ifland
W. S. W. At this place the. Streight is not more • than five
miles over ; and we. found a tide which produced a very un-
ufual effect, for it became- impoflible. to keep the fhip’s head's
upon any point.
At fix the next morning, the Swallow made the fignal for Fridayzj...
having found anchorage; and at eight we anchored in a bay
under Cape Gallant, in 10 fathom, with a muddy bottom.
The eaft point of Cape Gallant bore S. W. by W. 4 W, theex-
tream point of the eaftermoft land E. by S. a point making :
the mouth of a river N. by W. and the white patch on
Charles’s ifland S. W. The boats being fent out to found,
found good anchorage every -where, except within two ■
cables’ length S. W. o f the fliip, where it was coral, and ■
deepened;