n,U°r' S' S‘ W‘ ® W • twenty-feven leagues diftant from Albetrofs Point,
v— ,— and on the north fide of it are two fmall iflands, wh.ich lie near
Sat'ui;day -l 3. , - . . .
a remarkable point on the main, that rifes to a confiderable
height in the form of a fugar-loaf. To the fouthwatd of the
Cape, the land trends away S. E. by E. and S. S. E. arid feeiris
to he every where a bold fhor.e. At noon, Cape Egmont bore
about N. E. ; and in this direction, at about four leagues from
the fliore, we had forty fathom of water. The wind during
the reft of the day was from W. to N. W. :hy W. and we coni
tinued to fleer along the fliore S. S. E. and S. E. by E. keeping
at the diftance of between two and three leagues. At
half an hour after feven, we had another tranfient view of
Mount Edgcombe, which bore N. 17 W. diftant about ten
leagues. , .
Sunday 14. At five the nest morning, we fleered S. E. hy S. the coaft
inclining more foutherly; and in about half an hour, we
faw land bearing S. W. by S. for which we hauled up. At
n'oon the north weft extremity of the land in fight bore
S. 63 W. and fome high land, which had'the appearance’ of
an ifland lying under the main, bore S. S. E. diftant five
leagues. We were now in a bay, the bottom of which bearing
fouth we could not fee, though it was clear in that quarter.
Our latitude by obfervation was 40° 27' S. longitude
384° 39' W. At eight in the evening; we were within two
leagues of the land which we had difcovered in the morning,
having run ten leagues fince noon: the land which then
bore S. 63 W. now bore N. 59 W. at the diftance of feyen or
•eight leagues, and'had the appearance of an ifland. Between
this land and C a p e E g m o n t lies the bay; the weft fide of
which was our fituation at this time, and the land here is pf
& confiderable height, .anddiverfified by hill and valley.
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