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hauled immediately up for it, and by noon were within 

 three or four leagues of it. A point, much like the 

 Ramhead, off Plymouth, which I take to be the same 

 that Tasman calls South Cape, bore north four 

 leagues off us. The land from this cape runs directly 

 to the eastward ; about four leagues along shore are 

 three islands about two miles long, and several rocks, 

 resembling the Mewstone (particularly one which we 

 so named) about four or five leagues E. S. E. 1 E. off 

 the above Cape, which Tasman has- not mentioned, 

 or laid down in his drafts. After you pass these 

 islands the land lies E. by N. and W. by S. by the 

 compass nearly. It is a bold shore, and seems to afford 

 several bays or anchoring places, but believe deep 

 water. From the S. W. cape, which is in the latitude 

 of 43 39' south, and longitude 145 50' east, to the 

 S. E. cape, in the latitude 43 36' south, longitude 

 147 east, is nearly sixteen leagues, and sounding 

 from forty-eight to seventy fathoms, sand and 

 broken shells, three or four leagues off shore. Here 

 the country is hilly and full of trees, the shore rocky 

 and difficult landing, occasioned by the wind blowing 

 here continually from the westward, which occasions 

 such a surf that the sand cannot lie on the shore. 

 We saw no inhabitants here. 



The morning on the 10th of March being calm, 

 the ship then about four miles from the land, sent 

 the great cutter on shore with the second lieutenant, 

 to find if there was any harbour or good bay. Soon 

 after, it beginning to blow very hard, made the signal 

 for the boat to return several times, but they did not 

 see or hear any thing of it ; the ship then three or 

 four leagues off, that we could not see any thing of 

 the boat, which gave us great uneasiness, as there 

 was a very great sea. At half past one P. M. to our 

 great satisfaction, the boat returned on board safe. 

 They landed, but with much diffiulty, and saw seve- 

 ral places where the Indians had been, and one they 

 lately had left, where they had a fire, with a great 



