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|g | . but without flaying to look into it, we continued our courfe
— i to the weftward, for the fartheft land we could fee in that
“ ay 4' direftion, which bore W. by N. 6 N. and appeared very high.
At noon, we were about three leagues from the fhore, by
■ obfervation in latitude 190 47' S. and Cape Gloucefter bore
S. 63 E. diftant feven leagues and an half. At fix in the
■ evening, we were abreaft of the weftermoft point juft mentioned,
at about three miles diftance, and becaufe itrifes abruptly
from the low lands which furround it, I called it
C a p e U p s t a r t . It lies in latitude 190 39'S., longitude 212°
32'W. fourteen leagues W.N.W. from Cape Gloucefter, and
is of a height fufficient to be feen at the diftance of twelve
leagues : inland there are fome high hills or mountains
which, like the Cape, afford but a barren profpedt. Having
palfed this Cape, we continued Handing to the W.N.W. as
the land lay, under an eafy fail, having from fixteen to ten
Tuefday 5. fathom, till two o’clock in the morning, when we fell into
feven fathom; upon which we hauled our wind to the northward,
judging ourfelves to be very near land: at day-break,
we found our conjecture to be true, being within little5
more than two leagues of it. In this part of, thecoaft the
land, being very low, is nearer than it appears to be, though
it is diverfified with here and there a hill. At noon, we
were about four leagues from the land, in fifteen fathom
Wetter, and our latitude, by obfervation, was ig° 12’ S. Cape
- Upftart bearing S. 320 30' E. diftant twelve leagues. About
this time fome very large columns of fmoke were feen riling
from the low lands. At fun-fet, the preceding night, when
we were clofe under Cape Upftart, the variation was nearly
■ 9° E. and at fun-rife this day, it was no more than 3“ 35'; 1
judged therefore that it had been influenced by iron ore or
other magnetical matter, contained under the furface of the
.earth.
1 We
We continued to fleer W. N.W. as the land lay, with
twelve or fourteen fathom water, till noon on the 6th, when
our latitude by obfervation was 190 1' S. and we had the
mouth of a bay all open, extending from S. 4 E. to S.W. 7S.
diftant two leagues. This bay, which I named C l e a v e l a n d
B a y , appeared to be about five or fix miles in extent every
way: the eaft point I named C a p e C l e a v e l a n d , and the
weft, which had the appearance of an illand, M a g n e t i c a l
I s l e , as we perceived that the compafs did not traverfe well
when we were near i t : they are both high, and fo is the
main land within, them, the whole forming a furface the
moft rugged, rocky, and barren of any we had feen upon
the coaft; it was not however without inhabitants, for we-
faw fmoke in feveral parts of the bottom of the bay. The
northermoft land that was in fight at this time, bore N.W.
and it had the appearance of an ifland, for we could not
trace the main land farther than W. by N. We fleered
W.N.W. keeping the main land on board, the outermoft
part of which, at fun-fet, bore W. by N. but without it lay
high land, which we judged not to be part of it. At daybreak,
we were abreaft of the eaftern part of this land,
which we found to be a group of iflands, lying about five
leagues from the main: at this time, being between the two
Ihores, we advanced flowly to the N.W. till noon, when our
latitude, by obfervation, was 180 49'S. and our diftance from
the main about five leagues: the north weft part of it bore ■
from us N. by W. 4 W. the iflands extending from N. to E..
and the neareft being diftant about two miles: Cape Cleave-
land bore S. 50 E. diftant eighteen leagues. Our foundings,
in the courfe that we had failed between this time and the
preceding noon, were from fourteen to eleven fathom.
In the afternoon, we faw feveral large columns of fmoke.-
upon the main; we faw alfo fome people and canoes, and;
1770. June.
Wednef. 6,
Thurfd'ay. 74.
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