half a mile from the fhore. There is good watering about a
mile up Bachelor’s River, and good wooding all round the
bay, where the landing alfoi ia, in all parts, very good. We
found plenty o f celery, cranberries, mufcles, and limpets,
many wild fowl, and feme fifli, but not enough to fupply
the fhip’s company with a frefh meal. The latitude here is
5 3 0 3 9 ' S. longitude,by account, 73° 52' W. t the variation two
points eafterly. The water rifes and falls about eight feet,
but the tide is Irregular. The matter, who crofied the
Streight many times to examine the bays, frequently found
the current letting in three different directions. We anchored
here on the 4th o f February, and failed again the n th .
VIII. B U T L E R ’s B AY. This ia a fmall bay, intirely fur-
rounded by rocks, fo that no fhip fhould anchor here i f fhe
can poflibly avoid it. We found, however, fuflicient wood
and water to keep up our flock, mufcles and limpets in
plenty,. fame good rock-fifh, and a few wild fowl, but celery
and'cranberries were very fcarce. This bay lies in latitude
53° 37' S, longitude, by account, 74° 9' W. ; the variation is
two points eafterly. The water rifes and falls here about four
feet,, but the current always fets to the eaftward. We am
chored here the 18th of February, and failed the firft of
March.
IX. LION COVE. This is a fmall bay, and furrounded
by rocks. The water is deep, but the ground is good. It is
not a bad place for one fhip, nor a good one for two. Here
is good watering up a fmall creek, but no wood. There is
good landing at the watering-place, but no where elfe. We
found no refrefhment but a few mufcles, limpets, and rock-
fifh, with a little celery. The latitude is 53° 26' S. longitude,
by account, 74° 25'W .; the variation was two points eafterly.
The water, as far as we could judge by the appearance of
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the rocks, rifes and falls about five feet, and the current fets
at the rate o f about two knots an hour. We anchored here
on the ad of March, and failed the next day.
X. GOOD-LUCK. BAY. This is a fmall bay, and like
fevdral others in this Streight, intirely furrounded by rocks"
The ground is very coarfe, and the cable of our belt bower
anchor was fo much rubbed, that we were obliged to condemn
it, and bend a new one. At this place there is a little
wood, and plenty o f good water, but the rocks render it
very difficult o f accefs. No man that fees this part o f the
coaft, can expedl to find any kind of refrefhment upon i t ;
and indeed we caught nothing except a few rock-fifh, with
hook and line. There may be circumftances in which it
may be good luck to get into this bay, but we thought it very
good luck to get out o f it. It lies in latitude 53°,23'S. longitude,
by account, 74° 33' W.; the variation is two points
eafterly. The water rifes and falls between three and four
feet, though whenever we had an opportunity o f trying the
current, we found it run eafterly. We anchored here the
3d o f March, and failed the 15th.
XI. SW A L LOW H A R BO U R . This harbour, when once
entered, is very fafe, being fheltered from all winds, but
the entrance is narrow and rocky; the rocks, however, may
be eafily avoided by keeping a good look-our, as there are
large bunches o f rock-weed upon them all. We found here
a fufficient fupply o f wood and water, the wood however was
very fmall. As the water is conftantly fmooth here,- the
landing is every where go od; but we found no fupply of
provifions, except a few mufcles and rock-fifh. The mountains
round it have the mod horrid appearance, and feem to
be altogether deferted by every thing that has life. The latitude
is 53° 2 / S. the longitude, by account, 74° 35' W .; the
C c 2 variation