mJ I night! and difcovered the others under our bow at break of
day, it is manifeft that our danger was imminent, and our
efcape critical in the higheft degree: from the fituation of
thefe rocks, fo well adapted to catch unwary Grangers, I
called them the T r a p s . Our latitude at noon was 47° 36' S.
The land in light, which had the appearance of an ifland,
extended from N.E. by N. to N. W. by W. and feemed to be’
about five leagues diftant from the main; the eaftermoft
ledge of rocks bore S. S. E. diftant one league and an half,
and the northermoft N.E. ^E. diftant about three leagues.
This land is high and barren, with nothing upon it but a
few ftraggling fhrubs, for not a Angle tree was to be feen;
it was however remarkable for a number of white patches,
which I took to be marble, as they reflected the fun’s rays
very ftrongly: other patches of the fame kind we had ob-
ferved in different parts of this country, particularly in
Mercury Bay: we continued to Hand clofe upon a wind to the
vveftward, and at fun-fet the fouthermoft point of land bore
N- 38 E. diftant four leagues, and the weftermoft land in
fight bore N. 2 E. The point which lies in latitude 470 ig' S.
longitude 192° 12' W. I named So u th C a p e ; the weftermoft
land was a fmall ifland, lying off the point of the main.
Suppofing South Cape to be the fouthern extremity of this
country, as indeed it proved to be, I hoped to get round it
by the weft, for a large hollow fwell from the fouth weft,
ever fince our laft hard gale, had convinced me that there
was no land in that direction.
SatarJay,io. 1^ dte night we had a hard gale at N.E,.by N, and N.
which brought us under our courfes, but about eight in the
morning it became moderate; and at noon, veering to the
weft, we tacked and flood to the northward, having no land
iu fight. Our latitude, by obfervation, was 470 33's. our
longitude;.
longitude, weft from the South Cape, 59'. We flood away
N, N. E. clofe upon a wind, without feeing any land, till v—-9---->
two the next morning, when we difcovered an ifland bearing Sunday '
N. W. by N. diftant about five leagues: about two hours
afterwards we faw land a-head, upon which we tacked and
flood off till fix, when we flood in to take a nearer view of
i t : at eleven we were within three leagues of it, but the
wind feeming to incline upon the fhore, I tacked and flood
off to the fouthward. We had now failed round the land
which we had difcovered on the 5th, and which then did not
appear to be joined to the main which lay north of i t ; and
being how come to the other fide of what we fuppofed to be
water, a bay, or low land, it had the fame appearance, but
when I came to lay it down upon paper I faw no reafon to
fuppofe it to be an ifland; on the contrary, I was clearly of
opinion that it made parr of the main. At noon, the weftern
extremity of the main bore N. 59 W. and the ifland which
we had feen in the morning, S. 59 W. diftant about five
leagues. It lies in latitude 46° 31'S. longitude 192° 49'W.
and is nothing but a barren rock about a mile in circuit, re,-
markably high, and lies full five leagues diftant from the
main. This ifland I named after Dr. Solander, and called it
Solander’s Island. The fhore of the main lies, neareft E,
by S. and W. by N. an.d forms a large open bay, in which
there is no appearance of any harbour or fhelter forfihipping
againft S. W. and foutherly winds : the furface of the country
is broken into craggy hills, of a great height, on the
fummits of which are feveral patches of fnow: it is not,
however, wholly barren, for we could fee wood not only in
the vallies, but upon the higheft ground, yet we faw no appearance
of its being inhabited.
We continued to Hand to the S. W. by S. till eleven o’clock Monday u.
the next morning, when the wind fhifted to the S. W. by W.
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