1773. ROUND THE WORLD. So 



south, and brought with it fair weather. At noon, 

 we found ourselves in the latitude of 49 55\ lon- 

 gitude 159 28', having a very large swell out of the 

 S. W. For the three days past the mercury in the 

 thermometer had risen to 46, and the weather was 

 quite mild. Seven or eight degrees of latitude had 

 made a surprising difference in the temperature of 

 the air, which we felt with an agreeable satisfaction. 



We continued to advance to the N. E. at a good 

 rate, having a brisk gale between the south and east ; 

 meeting with seals, Port-Egmont hens, egg-birds, sea- 

 weed, &c. and having constantly a very large swell 

 from the S. W. At ten o'clock in the morning of 

 the 25th, the land of New Zealand was seen from the 

 mast head ; and, at noon, from the deck ; extending 

 from N. E. by E. to east, distant ten leagues. As I 

 intended to put into Dusky Bay, or any other port I 

 could find, on the southern part of Tavai Poenam- 

 moo, we steered in for the land, under all the sail we 

 could carry, having the advantage of a fresh gale at 

 west, and tolerably clear weather. This last was not 

 of long duration ; for, at half an hour after four 

 o'clock, the land, which was not above four miles 

 distant, was in a manner wholly obscured in a thick 

 haze. At this time, we were before the entrance of 

 a bay, which I had mistaken for Dusky Bay, being 

 deceived by some islands that lay in the mouth of it. 



Fearing to run, in thick weather, into a place to 

 which we were all strangers, and seeing some breakers 

 and broken ground a-head, I tacked in twenty-five 

 fathom water, and stood out to sea with the wind at 

 N. W. This bay lies on the S. E. side of Cape West, 

 and may be known by a white cliff on one of the isles 

 which lies in the entrance of the bay. This part of 

 the coast I did not see but at a great distance, in my 

 former voyage ; and we now saw it under so many dis- 

 advantageous circumstances, that the less I say about 

 it, the fewer mistakes I shall make. We stood out 

 to sea, under close-reefed top-sails and courses, till 



g % 



