17 c 2 cook's VOYAGE TO JAN. 



CHAP. VI. 



passage from kerguelen's to van diemen's land. ar- 

 rival in adventure bay. incidents there. inter- 

 views with the natives.- their persons and dress 



described. account of their behaviour. table 



of the longitude, latitude, and variation. mr. 



Anderson's observations on the natural productions 

 of the country, on the inhabitants, and their lan- 

 GUAGE. 



After leaving Kerguelen's Land, I steered E. by 

 N., intending, in obedience to my instructions, to 

 touch next at New Zealand, to recruit our water, to 

 take in wood, and to make hay for the cattle. Their 

 number, by this time, had been considerably dimin- 

 ished ; two young bulls, one of the heifers, two 

 rams, and several of the goats, having of late died, 

 while we were employed in exploring this desolate 

 coast. 



The 31st, in the morning, being the day after we 

 stood out to sea, we had several observations of the 

 sun and moon. Their results gave the longitude 7^ 

 33' 36'' E. The time-keeper, in this situation, gave 

 72 38" 15". These observations were the more use- 

 ful, as we had not been able to get any for some 

 time before, and they now served to assure us that 

 no material error had crept into the time-keeper. 



On the 1st of January, being then in the latitude 

 of 48 41' S. longitude 76 50' E. the variation was 

 30 39' W. and the next day, in the latitude of 48 

 %%' S., longitude 80 22' E., it was 30 47' 18" W. 



