r77°*
January.
Wednef. 10.
fandy. I then fleered S. E. by S. in a direction parallel with
the coaft, having from forty-eight to thirty-four fathom water,
with a black fandy bottom. At day-break the next morning,
we found ourfelves between two and three leagues from
the land, which began to have a better appearance, rifing in
gentle dopes, and being covered with trees and herbage.
We faw a fmoke and a few houfes, but it appeared to be but
thinly inhabited. At feven o’clock, we fleered S. by E. and-
afterwards S. by W. the land lying in that diredtion. At
nine, we were abreaft of a point which rifes with an eafy
afcent from the fea to a confiderable height I this point,
which lies injatitude 370 43', I named W o o d y H e a d . About
eleven miles from this Head, in the diredtion of S. W. 4 W.
lies a very fmall ifland, upon which we faw a great number
of gannets, and which we therefore called G a n n e t I s l a n d .
At noon, a high craggy point bore E. N. E. diftant about a
league and a half, to which I gave the name of A l b e t k o s s
P o i n t : it lies in latitude 38J 4 'S. longitude 184° 43' W .;
and is diftant feven leagues in the diredtion of S. 17 W. from
Woody Head. On the north fide of this point the fhore forms
a bay, in which there appears to be anchorage and fhelter
for fhipping. Our courfe and diftance for the laft twenty-
four hours was S. 37 E. fixty-nine miles ; and at noon this
day Cape Maria bore N. 30 W. diftant eighty-two leagues.
Between twelve and one, the wind fhifted at once from
N. N. E. to S. S. W. with which we flood to the weftward till
four o’clock in the afternoon; and then tacked, and flood
again in fhore till feven; when we tacked again and flood
to the weftward, having but little wind. At this time, Albe-
trofs Point bore N. E. diftant near two leagues, and the
fouthermoft land in fight boreS. S. W. ~W. being a very high
mountain, and in appearance greatly refembling the Pike of
Tenerifle. In this fituation we had thirty fathom water, and
having
having but little wind all night, we tacked about four in the >77°-
morning, and flood in for the fhore. Soon after, it fell calm;
and being in forty-two fathom water, the people caught a ThurHay
few fea-bream. At eleven, a light breeze fprung up from
the weft, and we made fail to the fouthward. We continued
to fleer S. by W. and S. S. W. along the fhore, at the diftance
of about four leagues with gentle breezes from between
N. W. and N. N. E. At feven in the evening, we faw the top
of the Peak to the fouthward, above the clouds, which concealed
it below. And at this time, the fouthermoft land in .
fight bore S. by W. the variation, by feveral azimuths which
were taken both in the morning and the evening, appeared
to be 14° 15'eafterly.
At noon on the 12th, we were diftant about three leagues Friday 1».
from the fhore which lies under the Peak, but the Peak it-
felf was wholly concealed by clouds : we judged it to bear
about S. S. E .; and fome very remarkable peaked iflands,
which lay under the fhore, bore E. S. E. diftant three or four
leagues. At feven in the evening we founded, and had
forty- two fathom, being diftant from the fhore between two
and three leagues: we judged the Peak to bear eafl; and
after it was dark, we faw fires upon the fhore.
At five o’clock in the morning we faw, for a few minutes, Saturday 13.
the fummit of the Peak, towering above the clouds, and
covered with fnow. It now bore N. E .; it lies in latitude
39“ 16' S. longitude 185° 15' W . ; and I named it M o u n t
E g m o n t , in honour of the Earl. It feems to have a large
bafe, and to rife with a gradual afcent; it lies near the fea,
and is furrounded by a flat country, of a pleafant appearance,
being clothed with verdure and wood, which renders
it the more confpicuous, and the fhore under it forms a
large cape, which I have named C a p e E g m o n t . It lies
S. S. W.