November corning we gave it a fecond falting, packed it into a cafk,
>---------- and pot to it a fufficient quantity of 11 rong piekte. Great
-hurtday 25. yS to be taken that the meat be well covered with pickle,
otherwife it will foon fpoil.
The morning before we failed, I wrote a memorandum,
fetting forth the time we laft arrived, the day we failed, the
route I intended to take, and fuch other information as I
thought neceffary for Captain Furneaux, in cafe he fhoiild
put into the Sound; and buried it in a bottle under the root
of a tree in the garden, which is in the bottom of the cove,
in fuch a manner as mull; be found by him or any European
who might put into the cove. I, however, had little reafon
to hope it would fall into the hands of the perfon for whom
it was intended, thinking it hardly poflible that the Adventure
could be in any. port in New Zealand, as we had not
heard of her in all this time. Neverthelefs I was refolved
not to leave the coaft without looking for her, where I
thought it moll likely for her to be. It was with this view
that I Hood Over for Cape Teerawhitte, and afterwards run
along fhore, from point to point, to Cape Pallifer, firing guns
every half hour ; but all to no effedl. At eight o’clock we
brought to for the night, Cape Pallifer hearing S. E. by E.,
diftant three leagues; in which fituation we had fifty fathoms
water.
I had now an opportunity of making the following remarks
on the coaft between Cape Teerawhitte and Cape Pallifer.
The bay which lies on the Weft fide of the laft Cape,
does not appear to run fo far inland to the northward as
I at firft thought; the deception being caufed by the land
in the bottom of it being low: it is, however, at leaft five
leagues deep, and full as wide at the entrance. Though it
feems
feems to be expofed to' foutherly and S. W. winds, it is pro- .
-i i , r November, bable there may be places in the bottom of it, Iheltered even >----.----'
from thefe, The bay or inlet, on the Eaft fide of Cape Teera- fnffSj 25‘
whitte, before which we anchored, lies in North, inclining
to the Weft, and feemed to be Iheltered from all winds. The
middle cape, or point of land that disjoins thefe two bays,
rifes to a confiderable height, efpecially inland ; for clofe to
the fea is a fkirt of low land, off which lie fome pointed
rocks, but fo near to the fhore as to be noways dangerous.
Indeed, the navigation of this fide of the Strait feems
much.fafer than the other, becaufe the tides here are not
near fo ftrong. Cape Teerawhitte and Cape Pallifer lie in
the direction of N. 69° W., and S. 69° Eaft, from each other
diftant ten leagues. The cape which disjoins the two bays
above mentioned, lies within; or North of, this direction.
All the land near the coaft, between and aboutThefe capes, is
exceedingly barren ; probably owing to its being fo much
expofed to the cold foutherly winds. From Cape Teeri-
whitte to the Two Brothers, which lie off Cape Koamoroo,
the courfe is nearly N. W. by N., diftant fixteen miles. North
of Cape Teerawhitte, between it and Entry Ifland, is an
ifland lying pretty near the fhore. I judged this to -be an
ifland when Ifaw it in my former voyage, but not being certain,
left it undetermined in my chart of the Strait, which is
the reafon of my taking notice of it now, as alfcj of the bays,
&c. above-mentioned.
At day-light in the morning on the 26th, we made fail Ff:<Ja, i6
round Cape Pallifer, firing guns as ufual, as we ran along
the fhore. In this manner we proceeded till we were three
or four leagues to the N. E. of the cape, when the wind fhift-
ing to N. E., we bore away .for Cape Campbell on the other
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