to $. 27° E*: a low point» S,«8f W.-, off flidre fourorfrye
hl^gsfes., iTfe© vyeather foon became. thick/.and -hazy,
and* we loft fighbof landveBy fodn after feeing i t ; and
the wind increafing without any .profppcft of ifeclearing
away, w#i#bfe^eefed • the< fcopfeils, and}flood, to- the
^ ^ E, with daflfe gloomy, and. uncertain :weather.
« Srong breezes, and very dark gloomy wdather With
an ipcreadeg ^ l e In the\«v&n*i%, obliged us to redued
opr fejl, apd ftrike the, topgallant ufefts. :
; ; At daylight we faw land .beai'ing ftom ^j^So JYAto
h .Ofj te^/engue^;; but,th©gale;contkuitog^
we wore flop and-flood to the M. E- We few this
ifland rerjiudittiucftly from the ftate o f .the weather.
Towards midnight the w ith e r became: mOire: »edeA
rate, and at 11
more land, extending from S. 80° E to a low point S.
30° E . ; and a t the feme time , the iflaiid feeri yefterd'ay
bore fi;om §.;20° W>.!to: &. 379 W < + a a d lf e o f r ^ v a
third appeared ; this wfe conjectured to be the-fame
we pafled on Sundaya» We. flood towards them till 8
A. M. to convince oudelyes they.were notccinnecfted
widi each other, when weialtered our courfe to N^E.
with a gentle wind,-which induced us to get-up'dhe
top-gallant
top-gallant maftS and; m’aKMaiL At noon wewere t&
miles South of our eftimation, when the extremes: of the
northernmoft ifland bore from N. 70° E. to- Sv .three or
foui- leagues.; it appearedf very high, and broken land
in parts with projeCting-rocks, and in general very bare.
We alfp obferved fiiow in’the Cavities ofrthe hills.
... The other ifland" was equally high and barren r it
bojje ffom-.S*. 3£° W. to JS^46» W. feven. or eight leagues,
'but was of very dittlefextent.- The cither ifland was
not in fight. '
The extremes preferred nearly- the hoori-bearMgs*
the head fwell haviMg impeded oUr progrefs. • No
foundings. 1
At "'daylight we' few more land to the 1ST. *E., but a
thick frig-bank from the horizon upwards prevented
bur rCiharkinlguts connfedtion with the other land, which'
at nooir Bore from S.-20° W., to S. 40° W. fix or eight’
leagues; outer land making an ifland N. 63°’- E. B^
a?f^dwFerent ObferVatioh we Were 15 miles North
of’ account. Dark'add very glooiny Weather. No
foundings with 1