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T1770. leagues. This point rifes in a round hillock, very much
1 A-pr- ‘ . refembling the Ram Head at the entrance of Plymouth
urfday ig. 50untj) an(j therefore I called it by the fame name. The variation
by an azimuth, taken this morning, was 3° 7' E .; and
what we had now feen of the land, appeared low and level:
the fea-fliore was a white fand, but the country within was
green and woody. About one o’clock, we faw three water
fpouts at once ; two were between us and the fliore, and the
third at fome diftance, upon our larboard quarter: this phenomenon
is fo well known, that it is not neceflary to give a
particular defcription of it here.
At fix o’clock in the evening, we fhortened fail, and
brought to for the night, having fifty-fix fathom water, and
a fine fandy bottom. The nórthermoft land in fight then
bore N. by E. -i E. and a fmall ifland lying clofe to a point on
the main bore \V. diftant two leagues. 3 This point, which I
called Cape H owe, may be known by the trending Of the
coaft, which is north on the one fide, and fouth weft on the
other j it may alfo be known by fome round hills upon the
main, juft within it.
Friday 20. We brought to for the night, and at four in the morning
made fail along lhore to the northward. At fix, the norther-
ffloft land in fight bore N. N.W. and we were at this time
about four leagues from the fhore. At noon, we were in
latitude 36° 51' S., longitude 209° 53' W. and about three
leagues diftant from the fhore. The weather being clear,
gave us a good view of the country, which has a very
pleafing appearance: it is of a moderate height, diverfified
by hills and vallies, ridges and plains, interfperfed with a
few lawns of no great extent, but in general covered with
wood: the afcent of the hills and ridges is gentle, and the
fummits are not high. We continued to fail along the fliore
to
fo the northward, with a foutherly wind, and in the after-
noon we faw fmoke in feyeral places, by which we knew the
country to be inhabited. At fix in the evening, we fhortened
fail, and founded : we found forty-four fathom water, with
a clear fandy bottom, and flood on under an eafy fail till
twelve, when we brought to for the night, and had ninety
fathom water. -
At four in the morning, we made fail again, at the dif- Saturday 21.
tance of about five leagues from the land, and at fix, we
were abreaft of a high mountain, lying near the fhore,
which, on account of its figure, I called Mount D romed
a r y : under this mountain the fhore forms a point, to
which I gave the name of Point D romedary, and over it
there is a peaked hillock. At this time, being in latitude
36° i:8' S., longitude 209° 55' W. we found the variation to
be 10° 42' E.
Between ten and eleven, Mr. Green and I took feveral ob-
fervations of the fun and moon, the mean refult of which
gave 209° 17' longitude W. By an obfervatfon made the day
before, our longitude was 210“ 9' W. from which 36' being
fubtradled, there remains 209° 49' the longitude of the fliip |
this day at noon, the mean of which, with this day’s obfer-
vation, gives 209° 33' by which I fix the longitude of this
coaft. At noon, our latitude was 35° 49'S. Cape Dromedary
bore S. 30 W. at the diftance of twelve leagues, and an
open bay, in which were three or four fmall iflands, bore
N. W. by W. at the diftance of five or fix leagues. This bay
feemed to afford but little fhelter from the fea winds, and
yet it is the only place where there appeared a probability o f
finding anchorage upon the whole coaft. We continued to
fleer along the fhore N. by E. and N. N. E. at the diftance of
about three leagues, and faw fmoke in many places near
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