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Jane." 'BPon one IP the iflands -wliat had the appearance of cocoa-
-n^rfSTr' nut trees: as a few o f thefe nuts would now have been very
acceptable, I Pent Lieutenant Hicks afhore, and with him
went Mr. -Banks and Dr. Solander, to fee what refrefhment
could be procured, while I kept Handing in for the ifland
with the.fhip. About feven o’clock in the evening they returned,
with an account that what we had taken for cocoa-
nut trees, were a fmall kind of cabbage palm, and that, except
about fourteen or fifteen plants, they had met with nothing
worth bringing away. While they were afhore, they
faw none of the people, but juft as they had put off; one of
them came very near the beach, and fhouted with a loud
voice; it was fo dark that they could not fee him, however
they turned towards the fhore, but when he heard the boat
putting back, he ran away or hid himfelf, for they could not
get a glimpfe of him, and though they fhouted he made no
reply. After the return of the boats, we flood away N. by \V.„
for the northermoft land in .fight, of which we were abreafl
•Friday 8. at. three o’clock in the morning, having palled all the iflands
three or four hours before. This land, on account of its
figure, I named -Point Hi l l o c k : it is o f a confiderable
height, and ,may be known by a round hillock, or rock,
which joins to the Point, but appears to be detached from
it. Between this Cape and Magnefical Ifle the fhore forms a
large bay, which I called H al ifax'B a y : before.it lay .the
group o f iflands which has been juft mentioned, and fome
others, at a lefs diflance from the fhore. By thefe iflands
the Bay is flickered from all winds, and it affords good an-
•chorage. The-land near the beach, in the bottom of the.
Bay, is low and woody, but farther back iris one continued
ridge of high land, which appeared to be barren and rocky.
Plaving pafled Point Hillock, we continued Handing to the
.N. N.W. as the land trended, having the advantage of a light
mo'on.
moon. At fix, we were abreafl o f a point of land which lies »770.
N. by W. 4-W. diftant eleven miles from Point Hillock, which 1 _
I named C ape S a n d w i c h . Between thefe two points the Fnda!,8‘
land is very high, and the furface is craggy and barren.
Cape Sandwich may be known not only by the high craggy
land over it, but by a fmall ifland which lies eaft of it, at the
diflance of a mile, and fome others that lie about two leagues
to the northward. From Cape Sandwich the land trends
W. and afterwards N. forming a fine large bay, which I
called R o c k in g h am B a y , where there appears to be good
fhelter, and good anchorage, but I did not flay to examine
i t : I kept ranging along the fhore to the northward, for a
clufter of fmall iflands, which lie off the northern point of
the Bay. Between the three outermoft of thefe iflands, and
thofe near the fhore, I found a channel of about a mile
broad, through which I paffed, and upon one of the neareft
iflands we faw with our glaffes about thirty of the natives,
men, women, and children, all Handing together, and looking
with great attention at the fhip; the firft inftance of cu-
riofity that we had feen among them: they were all Hark
naked, with fhort hair, and of the fame complexion with
thofe that we had feen before. At noon, our latitude, by
obfervation, was 170 59', and we were abreaft of the north
point of Rockingham Bay, which bore from us W. at the
diftance of about two miles. This boundary of the Bay is
formed by an ifland of confiderable height, which in the
chart is diftinguifhed by the name of D unk Is l e , and which
lies fo near the fhore as not to be eafily diftinguifhed from it.
Our longitude was 2130 57'W. Cape Sandwich bore S.by E. 4 E.
diftant nineteen miles, and the northermoft land in fight
N. 4 W .: our depth of water for the laft ten hours had not
been more than fixteen, nor lefs than feven fathom. At fun- •
fet, the northern extremity of the land bore N. 25 W. and we
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