B 0 I 0 K a n d i n e v e r y r e f p e & t h e f h i p w a s r e q d y f o r
1— v — ’ f e a . . ,
\ w m September.
2 8 th . A t d a y - l i g h t W e g o t u n d e r w a y , A n d w i t h t h e f e a -
w i n d p l i e d . t q t h e f o u t h - e a f t w a r d . , L a t i t u d e 5 a t n o o n
w a s 42° 18' 2 0 * . H . ; t h e e x t r e m e , f o r m i n g t h e f o u t h
e n t r a n c e o f t h e h a r b o u r , h o r q N . $ 9° < E . . f o u r . l e a g u e s - ;
a n d ’t h e - f o n t h e r n v o l c a n o S , W . ; h o r f h ^ F n v o l c a n o ^
N . 50° E . B e f o r e d a r k w e « c a m e t o a n c h o r , i n 1 1
f a t h o m s , m u d d y B o t t o m * , a b o u t t w o m i ^ e s , - o f f , , t h e ï e n * '
t r a n c e , < p f t h e h a r b o u r . T h e l e a b e i n g o p e n * - f r o m
S . 2 2 ° E . t o S . 2 7 ° E . ; t h e f o u t h e r n v o l c a n o S „ 25° ’W . ;
a - f m a l l i f l a n d o p w i t h a v i l l a g e S ^ 37° E . .; . . t h e h e a d o f
t h e h a r b o u r E . S . E . , o n e m i l e o f f A l u m :
T h r o u g h o u t t h e n i g h t i t b l e w f h q n g f r o m t h e ,
9 quarter.
2 9 th . . I e x a m i n e d t h e h a r b o u r : . , i t a f f o r d s , g o o d
f r o m a l l w i n d s , b r i n g i n g t h e b l u f f o n t h e . e x t r e m e p a r t
o f t h e i f t h m u s ( w h i c h f o r m s t h e l a r b o a r d p o i n t c p i n ^
f o g i n ) t o b e a r N . W . I n t h i s l i t u a t i c m w ^ i : f i M x n d .
f o u r o r f i v e f a t h o m s ; a n d t h e l a r b o a r d e n t r y p o i n t o n
t h e n o r t h f b o r e w a s o n w i t h t h e b l u f f . > I n r u n n i n g ■
f o r t h e h a r b o u r , t h e , i f l a n d m u f t h e ’k e p t o p e n w i t h t h e
{ l a r b o a r d e n t r y p o i n t t i l l w i t h i n I a m i l e o f a f m a l l
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ifl$'(„which is only forat half,tide), and then you muff ch a p .
fleer in tq ,tEelS. where your watermill be fhoaled,:; l-—
and any birth .taken yq^Wy.p^fef:; The foundings September,
gradually degre^fe’from K),t0v2, fathoms-,. f®ft bottom.
A few boafcsAre fcattered on the-' fouth tide, ofi/ther J
harbour; and: towards the head'the-'ftrpfes are low and
fl^C Ib.mach, fo^,s to prevent boats landing’within one»’
hundred yards’.^ Ip alb other parts wood and water
are? procure A witlx the utmofl convenience:,! ,
TbiSmorningHans Oldfon, featnan, dfMC BefwaV5 30th.
a- Ihioe feyr ^fi^feh'!; and his death unhappily occafioned
by agtree1 falling upon him. ~After11idgenp^!in^t6fi!
xnents for fome-.days’, a mortification took place.and'- ’
we had Ahe misfortune of lofing a- very wiling and ,
well-behaved man. Ile-was buried in the final): ifland,
to which,, in ednfeq.uence of the events I gave hia >
name. ■
The harbour is called Endermo by th e . natives;.
I t is fituated op the iff E. corner, of the bay,, formed)
by the apparent ifland which is an extenlive peninfula
of a .circular figure
Latitude of the. entrance,.
Longitude, , - -
42® 19' 29r N:.
141®' y yS" E.,
High