1770. Pigeon Houfe, (the latitude and longitude of which I found
■ ApiiI' . to be 35* 19 S. and 309“ 42' W.) S. 75 W. In the morning,
Tuefda/ 24. we foun(i the variation, by amplitude, to be 7° jo' E.
and by feveral azimuths 7° 54' E. We had a frefh breeze at
N. W. from noon till three; it then came to the weft, when
we tacked and flood to the northward'. At five in the evening,
being about five or fix leagues from the fhore, with the
Pigeon Houfe bearing W. S, W. diftant about nine leagues,
we had eighty-fix fathom water ; and at eight, having thunder
and lightnings with, heavy fqualls, we brought to in
120 fathom-
Wednef. 25. At three in the morning, we made fail again to the northward,
having the advantage of a frefh gale, at S. W. At:
noon, we were about three or four leagues from the fhdrc,.
and in latitude 34° 22' S. longitude*208? 36' W. In the courfe
of this day’s run from thé preceding noon, which was:
forty-five miles north eaft, v/e faw fmoke in feveral- places,
near the beach- About two leagues to the northward of
Cape George, the fhore Teemed T o 'form a bay, which pro-
mifed fhelter from the north eaft winds, but as the wind:
was with us, it was not in my power to look into it without
heating up, which would have cofi me moré time than I was-
willing to fpare. The north point Of this' bay, on account of
its figure, I named Long N ose ; its latitude is 35° 6 ,. and
about eight leagues north of if there lies a point, which;
from the colour of the land about it, I called R ed Poiïit : its
latitude is 34° 39', and longitude 208° 45'W. To the north weft
of Red Point, and a little way inland, Hands a round hill,
the top of which looks like the crown of a hat. In the afternoon
of this day, we had a light breeze at N. N. W. till five
in the evening, when it fell calm I at this time, we were between
three and four leagues from the fhore, and had forty-
eight fathom water: the variation by azimuth was 8° 48'E.
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and the -extremities of this land were from N. E. by N. to »57°*
»■ <? vy bv S. Before it was dark, we faw fmoke in feveral 1---$— »
vy * t Wednef. 25;
places along the fhore, and a fire two or three times atter-
wards, During the night we lay becalmedT driving in before
the .fea till one in the morning, when we got a breeze Thurflay ifi*
from the land, with which we fleered N. E. being then in
thirty-eight fathom. At noon, it veered to N. E. by N. and
we were then in latitude 34° 10' S. longitude 208° 27' W.:
the land was diftant about five leagues, and extended from
S. 37 W. to N - iE . In this latitude, there are fome white-
cliffs which rife perpendicularly from the fea to a con--
fiderable height. We flood off the fhore till two o’clock, and
then tacked and flood in till fix, when we were within
four or five miles of it, and at that diftance had fifty fathom
water. The extremities of the land bore from S. 28 W. to
35o 3a £. now tacked and flood off till twelve, then
tacked andftood in again till four in the morning, when we Fridayzyj-
made a trip off till daylight; and during all this time we loft
ground, owing to the variablenefs of the winds. We continued
at the diftance of between four and five miles from
the fhore, till the afternoon, when we came within two
miles, and I then hoifted out the pinnace and yawl to-
attempt a landing, but the pinnace proved to be fo leaky that
I was obliged to hoift her in again; At this time we faw
feveral of the natives walking brifkly along the fhore, four
of whom carried a fmall canoe upon their fhoulders: we-
flattered ourfelves that they were going to put her into the
water, and come off to the fhip, but finding ourfelves disappointed,
I determined to go on fhore in the yawl, with as;
many as it would carry: I embarked therefore, with only
Mr. Banks, Dr. Solander, Tupia, and four rowers': we pulled
for that part of the fhore where the Indians appeared, near
which four fmall canoes were lying at the water’s edge.
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