leagues deep ; upon this we. hauled our wind to the eaft-
ward round the north point of the bay, which at this time
bore from us N. E. by N. diftant four leagues : from this
point we found the land trend way N. by W: M W. and a
ftreight or paflage between it and a large ifland, or iflands,
lying parallel to it. Having the tide o f ebb in our favour, we
flood for this paflage; and at noon were juft within the entrance
: our latitude by observation was 20° jalÉjB ; Cape Hillf-
borough bore S. by E. diftant ten leagues; and the north
point of the bay S. 19 W.-. diftant four miles. This point,
which I named Cape Coitway, lies in latitude s6 ° gó' S. longitude
3110 28'W.; andahe bay which lies between this Cape
and Cape Hillfborough I called R epulse Ba y . The greateft:
depth of water which we found in it was thirteen fathom
and thé leaft eight. In all parts there was fafe anchorage,
and I believe, that upon proper examination, Tome good harbours
would be found in i t ; especially at the north fide
within Cape Conway; for juft within that Cape there lie two
or three fmall iflands, which alone would Shelter that fide of
the bay from the Southerly and South eafterly winds, thatfeem
to prevail here as a Trade. Among the many iflands that lie
upon this coaft, there is one more remarkable than the reft;
it is of a fmall circuit, very high and peaked, and lies E. by S.
ten miles from Cape Conway, at the South end of the paf-
fage. In the afternoon, we fleered through this paflage,
which we found to be from three to Seven miles broad, and
eight or nine leagues in length, N. by W. 4- W., S. by E. 4 E.
It is formed by the main on the weft, and by the iflands on
the eaft, one of which is at leaft five leagues in length: our
depth of water in running through was from twenty to five
and twenty fathom, with good anchorage every where, and
the whole paflage may be confidered as one fafe harbour,
exclufive of the fmall bays and coves which abound on each
fide,
fide, where Ships might lie as. in a bafon. The land both >770.
upon the main and iflands is high, and diverfified by hill <■— T —
and valley, wood and lawn, with a green and pleafant S““ 3'
appearance. On one of the iflands we difcovered with out
glafies two men and a woman, and a canoe with an outrigger,
which appeared to be larger, and of a conftrudtion:
very different from thofe of bark tied together at the ends,
which we had feen upon other parts of- the coaft ; we hoped-
therefdre that the people here had made fome farther advances
beyond mere animal life than thofe that we had feen
before. At fix o’clock in the evening, we were nearly the-
length of the north end of the paflage; the north weftermoft
point of the main in fight bore N-. 54 W, and the. north end:.'
o f the- ifland N. N. E. with an open fea between the two-
points. As this paflage was difcovered on Whitfunday, I
called it W h i t su n d a -y ’s Pa s s a g e , and I called the iflands that-
form it C umb e r l a n d Is lands , in honour of his Royal High-
nefs' the Duke. We kept under an eafy fail, with the leadgoing
all night, being at the diftance of about three leagues,
from the Shore, and having from twenty-one to twenty-three
fathom water. At day-break, we were abreaft of the point- Monday *,
which had been the fartheft in fight to the north weft the.
evening before, which I named C a p e G l o u c e s t e r . It is a
lofty promontory, in latitude 199 59' S. longitude 2ii°49'W.
and may be known by an ifland which-lies-out at Tea N. by W.
4 W. at the diftance of five or fix leagues from it, and which
I called H olborne Isle ; there are alfo iflands lying under:
the land between Holborne Ifle, and Whitfunday’s Paflage.-
On the weft fide of Cape Gloucefter the land trends away.
S. W. and S.S.W. and forms a deep bay, the bottom of . which
I,could but juft fee from the maft-head ; it is-very-low, and
a continuation of the low land which we had feen at the.
bottom of Repulfe Bay. This bay I called Edgcumbe Ba y ,,
but.