S2Q cook's voyage to may, 



a continuation of the former ; as they are only di- 

 vided from them by the plain above mentioned. They 

 extend as far to the west as the longitude of 217 ; 

 where, although they do not end, they lose much 

 of their height, and become more broken and divided. 



At noon, on the 10th, our latitude was 59 5V, 

 and our longitude 215 56', being no more than three 

 leagues from the coast of the continent, which ex- 

 tended from east half north, to north-west half west, 

 as far as the eye could reach. To the westward of 

 this last direction was an island that extended from 

 N., 5<2 W., to S., 85 W., distant six leagues. A 

 point shoots out from the main toward the north-east 

 end of the island, bearing at this time N., 80 W., 

 five or six leagues distant. This point I named Cape 

 Suckling. The point of the cape is low ; but within 

 it is a tolerably high hill, which is disjoined from the 

 mountains by low land ; so that, at a distance, the 

 cape looks like an island. On the north side of Cape 

 Suckling is a bay that appeared to be of some extent, 

 and to be covered from most winds. To this bay I 

 had some thoughts of going to stop our leak, as all 

 our endeavours to do it at sea had proved ineffectual. 

 With this view I steered for the cape ; but as we had 

 only variable light breezes, we approached it slowly. 

 However, before night, we were near enough to see 

 some low land spitting out from the cape to the north- 

 west, so as to cover the east part of the bay from the 

 south wind. We also saw some small islands in the 

 bay, and elevated rocks between the cape and the 

 north-east end of the island. But still there ap- 

 peared to be a passage on both sides of these rocks ; 

 and I continued steering for them all night, having 

 from forty- three to twenty- seven fathoms' water over 

 a muddy bottom. 



At four o'clock next morning, the wind, which 

 had been mostly at north-east, shifted to north. This 

 being against us, I gave up the design of going with- 

 in the island, or into the bay, as neither could be 



