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coral and shells. The South Cape then bore N. 75 

 W., two or three leagues distant ; Tasman's Head 

 N. E ; and Swilly Rock S. by W. -j- W. About a 

 league to the eastward of Swilly, is another elevated 

 rock, that is not taken notice of by Captain Fur- 

 neaux. 1 called it the Eddystone, from its very 

 great resemblance to that light-house. Nature seems 

 to have left these two rocks here, for the same pur- 

 pose that the Eddystone light-house was built by man, 

 viz, to give navigators notice of the dangers around 

 them. For they are the conspicuous summits of a 

 ledge of rocks under water, on which the sea, in 

 many places, breaks very high. Their surface is 

 white with the dung of sea-fowls ; so that they may 

 be seen at some distance, even in the night. On the 

 north-east side of Storm Bay, which lies between the 

 South Cape and Tasman's Head, there are some 

 coves or creeks, that seemed to be sheltered from the 

 sea-winds : and I am of opinion, that were this coast 

 examined, there would be found some good harbours. 

 Soon after we had sight of land, the westerly winds 

 left us, and were succeeded by variable light airs and 

 alternate calms, till the 26th at noon. At that time 

 a breeze sprung up and freshened at south-east, which 

 put it in my power to carry into execution the 

 design I had, upon due consideration, formed, of 

 carrying the ships into Adventure Bay, where I 

 might expect to get a supply of wood, and of grass 

 for the cattle ; of both which articles we should, as 

 I now found, have been in great want, if I had 

 waited till our arrival in New Zealand. We there- 

 fore stood for the bay, and anchored in it at four 

 o'clock in the afternoon, in twelve fathoms' water, 

 over a bottom of sand and ouse. Penguin Island, 

 which lies close to the east point of the bay, bore 

 N. 84 E. ; the southernmost point of Maria's Islands 

 bore N. 76 -- E. ; and Cape Frederic Henry, or the 

 north point of the bay, bore N. 33 E. Our distance 



