March war6 in. carrying fail, as well by night as day, having the
1 « / advantage of a very ftrong gale, which was attended with
hazy rainy weather, and a very large fwell from the Welt
and W, S. W. We continued to meet with, now and then,
a feal, Port Egmont hens, and fea weed.
Monday 22. On the morning of the 2gd, the wind lhifted to South, and
brought with it fair weather. At noon, we found ourfelves
in the latitude of 49,° 55', longitude 159° 28', having a very
large fwell out of the S. W. For the three days pall the
mercury in the thermometer had rifen to 46, and the weather
was quite mild. Seven or eight degrees of latitude had
made a furprifing difference in the temperature of the air,
which we felt with an agreeable fatisfadfion.
We continued to advance to the N. E. at a good rate,
having a brilk gale between the South and Eaft; meeting
with feals, Port Egmont hens, egg birds, fea weed, &c. and
having conftantly a very large fwell from the S. W. At ten
Thurfday 25. o’clock in the morning of the 25th, the land of New Zealand
was feen from the mall head; and, at noon, from the
deck; extending from N. E. by E. to Eafb, diftant ten leagues.
As I intended to put into Bulky Bay, or any other port I
could find, on the fouthem part of -Tavai Poenakmoq, we
fleered in for the land, under all the fail we could carry,
having the advantage of a frelh gale at Weft, and tolerably
clear weather. This laft was not of long duration; for, at
half an hour after four o’clock, the land, which was not above
four miles diftant, was in a manner wholly obfcured in a
thick haze. At this time, we were before the entrance of
a bay, which I had miftaken for Dulky Bay, being deceived
.by fome illands that lay in the mouth of it.
5 Fearing
Fearing to run, in thick weather, into a place to which »773.
we were all ltrangers, and feeing lome breakers and broken 1--- ,—-■>
ground a-head, 1 tacked in twenty-five fathom water, and Th“rf<lay Z)'
flood out to fea with the wind at N. W. This bay.lies on
the S. E. fide of Cape Weft, and may be known by a white
cliff on one of the illes which lies in the entrance of the bay.
This part of the coaft I did not fee, but at a great diftance,
in my former voyage; and we now faw it under fo many
difadvantageous circumftances, that the lefs I fay about it,
the fewer miftakes I lhall make. We flood out to fea, under
clofe-reefed top-fails and courfes, till eleven o’clock at
night; when we wore and flood to the northward, having
a very high and irregular fea. At five o’clock next morning, j r;<jay j6>
the gale abated, and we bore up for the land; at eight
o’clock, the Weft Cape bore E. by N. 4 N,, for which we
fleered, and entered Dulky Bay about noon. In the entrance
of it, we found 44 fathoms water, a fandy bottom,
the Weft Cape bearing S. S. E., and Five Fingers Point, or
the North point of the bay, North. Here we had a great
fwell rolling in from the S. W. The depth of water decreafed
to 40 fathoms; afterwards we had no ground with 60.
We were, however, too far advanced to return ; and therefore
flood on, not doubting but that we Ihould find anchorage.
For in this bay we were all ltrangers ; in my former
voyage, having done no more than difcover, and name it.
After running about two leagues up the bay, and palling
feveral of the illes which lay in it, I brought to, and hoifted
out two boats; one of which I fent away with an officer
round a point on the larboard hand, to look for anchorage.
This he found, and fignified the fame by fignal. We then
followed with the Ihip, and anchored in jo fathoms water,
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