Tuefday 26.
Wednef. 27.
Thurfday 2!
being the direction of the coaft of Sandwich Ifland. We
had but juft got through the paflage, before the Weft wind
left us to variable light airs and calms ; fo that we were ap-
prehenfive of being carried back again by the currents, or
rather of being obliged to return in order to avoid being
driven on the fhoals, as there was no anchorage, a line of an
hundred and fmy fathoms not reaching to the bottom. At
length a breeze fpringing up at S. W. we flood to S. E., and
at fun-fet the Monument bore N. 140 3°' Weft, and Montagu
Ifland N. 28° Weft, diftant three leagues. We judged we
faw the S. E; extremity of Sandwich Ifland bearing about
S. by E. ‘
We continued to Hand to S. E. till four A. M. on the 27th,
when we tacked to the Weft. At fun-rife having difcovered
a new land bearing South, and making in three hills, this
occafioned us to tack and Hand towards it. At this time
Montagu lfle bore N. 5,2° Weft, diftant thirteen leagues; at
noon it was nearly in the fame direftiori, and the new land
extended from S.A E. to S. by W., and the three hills fee mod
to be connefted. Our latitude, by obfervation, was 180 1' S.,
and the longitude, made from Port Sandwich r° 23' E. We
continued to ftand to the S. E„ with a gentle breeze at S. W,
and S.’k w., till the 28th at fun-rife, when, the wind veering
to the South, we tadkcd and flood to the Weft: The three hills
mentioned above, we now faw, belonged to one iffand,-
which extended from S. 55» «> ? ic « diftarit about ten or
twelve leagues.
Retarded by contrary winds, calms, and the currents, that
fe t to N.W., we were three days in gaining this fpace; in which
time we difcovered an elevated land to the South of this. It
firft appeared in detached hummocks, but we judged it to be
connected.
connected. At length on the. ift of Auguft, about ten A. M.
we got a fine breeze at E. S. E., which foon after veered to
N. E., and we fleered for the N. W. fide of the ifland. Reaching
it about two P. M., we ranged the weft coaft at one mile
■ from fhore, on which the inhabitants appeared in feveral
parts, and by figns invited us to land. We continued to
.found without finding bottom, till we came before a fmall
bay, or bending o f the coaft, where, near a mile from fhore,
we found thirty and twenty-two fathoms water, a fandy
bottom. I had thoughts of anchoring here, but the wind
almoft inftantly veered to N. W .; which being nearly on
fhore, I laid, this defign afide. Befides, I was unwilling to
lofe the opportunity that now offered of getting to the South-
eaft, in order firft to explore the lands which lay there. I
therefore continued to range the coaft to the South, at about
the fame diftance from fhore; but we foon got out of foundlings.
About a league to the South of this bay, which hath
about two miles extent, is another more extenfive. Towards
the evening, the breeze began to abate, fo that it was fun-
fet before we got the length of it. I intended not to flop
here, and to ftand to the South under ah; eafy fail all night,
but at, eight o’clock, as we were fleering S. S. E. we faw a
light ahead. Not knowing but it might be on fomc low
detached ifle, dangerous to approach while dark, we hauled
the wind, and fpent the night ftanding off and on, or rather
driving to and fro; for we had but very little wind.
At fun-rife on the 2d, we faw no more land than the coaft i*ueaay 2,
we were upon; but found that the currents had carried us
fome miles to the North, and we attempted, to little purpofe,
to regain what we had loft. At noon we were about a
league from the coaft, which extended from S. S. E. to N. E.
G 2 • Latitude